Key: D
Form: Reel
ABC:
X: 1 T: Woodchopper's Reel I: RJ R-73 D reel M: C| R: reel K: D |:\ "D"afdB AdFA | DFAd f2ef | "A"(3gfe cB Ace [1,3 g | a^gab a2f=g :|[2,4 c | "D"dfec d4 :| |:\ "D"DFAd (3BdB AF | DFAd (3BdB Az | "A"A,CEA ceaf |[1,3 gfed cBAF :|2,4 (3gfe cA "D"d4 :|]
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Sheet Music in PDF: Woodchoppers_Reel
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Source: Ned Landry
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Region: New Brunswick, Canada
*Notes: Woodchopper’s Reel is AKA “Wood Chopper’s Breakdown,” “Pea Soup” (or “Reel de la soupe aux pois”), “Reel des bûcherons,” “Lumberjack”, “The Woodchopper”, “Woodchopper’s Hornpipe.” Originnaly from New Brunswick, it has made it’s way into the New England dance repertoire and beyond.