Burnt River* Jig


Key: D

Form: Jig

ABC

X:9
T:Burnt River
C:Brian Pickell
D:JIIG:Ian Robb, James Stephens, Ian Clark and Greg Brown
Z:
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
DED FDF | ABc dfe | d2B BAB | d2B BAF | DED FDF |
Adf afd | f2e ede | fed BAF :: B3 Bcd | B3 BAG | B3 Bcd |
edc B2 A | B3 Bcd | B3 BAG | Bcd ede |1 fed cBA :|2 fed BAF |]

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Source (if known): Brian Pickell

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Region: Canada, Ontario

*Notes: The title comes from a town in Ontario, originally “Rettie’s Crossing”, which suffered a disastrous fire sometime in the 1920s. According to this Wikipedia article, “there was a gas station located in the centre of the village. A gentleman arriving in his Model T Ford smashed into the gravity-fed gas pumps and severed the lines connected to the above-ground gasoline storage tank. The gasoline was almost immediately ignited, and flowed like a river, down the main street engulfing everything it touched, until it poured into and spread across the fast-moving river.

“According to local legend, there were 18 miles of “Burnt River” stretching to Cameron Lake. Shortly after this, the Post Office changed its name to “Burnt River.” ”

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