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SARAH’S JIG. American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. Composed by Peterborough, New Hampshire, piano and accordion player biography:Bob McQuillen (1923-2014), in honor of Sarah Forbes Bauhan, a whistle player.


Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Sally White (Scio, Oregon) [Songer].

Printed sources : - Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 175.

Recorded sources: - Green Linnet SIF 1028, Applejack with Bob McQuillen - "Contra Dance Music New England" (1980).



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