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VICTORIA BRIDGE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976).

Dan R. MacDonald

Victoria Bridge is both the name of an iron bridge and a Cape Breton community located on the Mira River. The bridge spans the river at one of the narrowest points. The community has diminished in size in modern times, and now consists of only a few houses.



Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; p. 60.

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