- Style
- Celtic
- Tradition
- French Canadian
- Form
- Reel
- Key
- D
- Level
- 3
- Played on
- Fiddle
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
This one is French Canadian. Montreal fiddler Willie Ringuette recorded it first in 1927, and Joseph Allard recorded it in 1930. Victor issued Allard's record under two titles, "Reel de Ste-Anne" and "Reel des esquimaults." Allard researcher Jean Duval thinks the name points to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, at the west end of Montreal island.
Don Messer made it famous on radio and TV, and Nashville fiddlers like Tommy Jackson spread it in the United States in the 1950s. When American fiddlers are asked for a Canadian tune, this is usually the first one they play. Irish players and Missouri contest fiddlers have since taken it up too.