In My
Hands ...
Natalie MacMaster
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Track 5
New
York Jig
Natalie is joined
by Irish harpist Laoise Kelly on this track.
The New York
Jig (Alex MacEachern)
Miss Gordon Of Park (William Marshall)
The Moll In The Wad (Traditional)
- Composed by the brother of the
famous Cape Breton composer Dan Hughie MacEachern The
New York Jig is
found in both
Jerry Holland's Collection
and in MacEacherns 2nd Collection (where it is called Alex
Joe's Jig)
- Miss Gordon Of
Park
comes from 18th century Scottish composer William
Marshall. The setting below comes from an early recording of
Winston Fitzgerald (he called it Lady Menzies). See Winston's
book.
- The Moll In The
Wad is a traditional Irish
jig which is found in various settings in Winston Fitzgerald's
Collection, O'Neill's
Music of Ireland and in
Ryan's
Mammoth.
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