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About this tune

One of the most widely played fiddle tunes, it is printed in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection(later renamed 1000 Fiddle Tunes), Kerr's Merry Melodies, The Athole Collection and The Skye Collection. Notation for the distinctive version played here by Elliott Wight is in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island.

 

 

Tune Selections

Arsenault, Delphine - Soldier's Joy Accompanied by: Zélie-Anne Arsenault Poirier pump organ
Evangeline Coast / East Prince
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Arsenault, Delphine - Soldier's Joy (pump organ solo) Accompanied by: unaccompanied
Evangeline Coast / East Prince
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Stewart, Archie - Soldier's Joy / MacSwain's Reel Accompanied by: Chester MacSwain, gtr
South Kings
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Wight, Elliott - Soldier's Joy Accompanied by: Judy Lowe, pno; Norman LeClair, gtr
Eastern Queens
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