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ST. FRANCIS REEL. AKA – “Saint Francis Reel.” Canadian, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune seems to be more associated with Ontario fiddler wikipedia:Graham_Townsend's playing than with wikipedia:Don_Messer's. Conjecturally, Messer perhaps learned the tune from Townsend who frequently played with the Messer band early in his career. It is marked "Traditional" in Messer's 1980 anthology.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 82, p. 57.

Recorded sources : - Arc JR-1, “Old Tyme Jigs and Reels”. Arc A616, Earl Mitton – “Old Time Dance Party.” Banff RBS.1116, Graham Townsend – “Fiddling Favorites” (1962). Rodeo Records BDFM 5-7004, Graham Townsend – “The Best Damn Fiddling in the World” (cassette, re-release of Banff RBS 1116).

See also listing at :
Hear Graham Townsend's 1962 recording at youtube.com [1]

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