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The Blueberry Ball jig

There is 1 recording of this tune.

The Blueberry Ball has been added to 1 tune set.

The Blueberry Ball has been added to 7 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Blueberry Ball
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|:A|Gcc cee|dBc dde|geg fdc|BdB dBA|
Gcc cee|dBc dde|geg fdB|1 c3- cc:|2 c3||
|:e2 f|gee gag|fdd fdf|ecc gcc|BdB dBA|
Gcc cee|dBc dde|geg fdB|1 c3:|2 c3 cc||
2
X: 2
T: The Blueberry Ball
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d2 B|A2 d dfd|e2 c efg|af/g/a ged|cec B2 c|
A2 d dfd|e2 c ee/f/g|afa gec|d3:|
|:f2 g|a2 f aba|gef ge/f/g|f2 d add|
[1 cec ee/f/g|afg aba|gef gag|f2 d gec|d3:|
[2 cec B3|Add dff|ecd e2 g|aff gec|d3||
3
X: 3
T: The Blueberry Ball
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G2 E|D2 G GBG|A2 F ABc|dBd cAG|FAF E2 F|
D2 G GG/A/B|A2 F A2 c|d2 B cAF|G3:|
|:B2 c|d2 B ded|cAB cA/B/c|B2 G dGG|
[1 FAA AA/B/c|dB/c/d ded|cAB c2 d|B2 G cAF|G3:|
[2 FAF E3|D2 G GB/A/G|AFG ABc|dB/c/d cAF|G3||

Two comments

“The Blueberry Ball” ~ moved from 3/4 to 6/8 by Kevin Bennett

S: Kevin Bennett from St. Paul’s, Newfoundland - played on a Hohner G/C Erica

Quotes from the sleeve notes for the recording “The Four Stops: Traditional Accordion Music from the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and the Labrador Straits”:

https://thesession.org/recordings/3501
Track 10, 2nd tune of two, the first being the 3/4 waltz/song

The Blueberry Ball - Song and Jig - “I think that was Sam House from Daniel’s Harbour wrote that. That was a pretty popular song one time. I was sitting down one night and I thought I would put a square dance tune to it, make a tune out of it.” ~ Kevin Bennett

“Well, I started playing when I was seven, elight years old. I remember that old tin violin Santa Claus brought me, my grandfather he used to tune it for me. I started with the violin, and then when I was the age of eight and nine, ten years old I started at the cordeen and when I was twelve I played for square dances. My dad, he was a fairly good accordion player. He taught me most of the accordion jigs. I only ever got paid for one square dance and that as a five dollar bill. I played the whole night. I never stopped, old man, till daylight.” ~ Kevin Bennett