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SEAMUS McMANUS. AKA - "Shamus McManus Waltz." Canadian, Waltz (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Traditional.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Joe McIsaac (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) via Seamus and Manus McGuire (Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Matthiesen].

Printed sources : - Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; p. 52.

Recorded sources: - Folk Legacy Records FSE 078, Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Humors of Lissadell" (1980). Arc Records ARC-527, Joe MacIsaac - "The Sound of Cape Breton" (c. 1965)



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