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The Buffett Double reel

Also known as Harbour Buffett Double.

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

The Buffett Double has been added to 4 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Buffett Double
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|: BEED EBAG | FDDE FDFA | BEED EBAG | FDDF E4 |
BEED EBAG | FDDE FDFA |1 BEED EBAG | FDDF E4 :|2 B2BA BcdB | AFDF E4 ||
|: B2BA BcdB | AFDE FDFA | B2BA BABc | d2 f2 e4 |
c2BA BcdB | AFDE FDFA | B2BA BcdB | AFDF E4 :|
2
X: 2
T: The Buffett Double
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|: eAAG Aedc | BGGA BGBd | eAAG Aedc | BGGB A2Ad |
eAAG Aedc | BGGA BGBd |1 eAAG Aedc | BGGB A4 :|2 e2ed efge | dBGB A4 ||
|: e2ed efge | dBGA BGBd | e2ed edef | g2 b2 a4 |
f2ed efge | dBGA BGBd | e2ed efge | dBGB A4 :|
3
X: 3
T: The Buffett Double
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|: eAAG Aedc | BGGA BGBd | eAAG Aedc | BGBG A2Bd |
eAAG Aedc | BGGA BGBd | e2ed efge |1 dBGB A2Bd :|2 dBGB A4 ||
|: e2ed efge | dBGA BGBd | e2ed efgd | g2 b2 a4 |
f2ed efge | dBGA BGBd | e2ed efge |1 dBGB A4 :|2 dBGB A2Bd ||

Two comments

The Buffett Double

Newfoundland reel.

Great Big Sea play it on their album "The Hard and the Easy", and have it listed as a Rufus Guinchard tune.

Might be one of Baxter Wareham’s. He’s from Buffett Harbour, which was abandoned during resettlement ( https://www.mun.ca/mha/resettlement/harbour_buffett_1.php ), and seen a few references to him for the tune.
https://www.discogs.com/Baxter-Wareham-Buffett-Double/release/13442375

There was a discussion about it here some time ago, might be a variant of The Laurel Tree ( https://thesession.org/tunes/883 ). See:
https://thesession.org/discussions/33201

Shanneyganock, first tune (Harbour Buffett was on the South Side of Long Island in Placentia Bay):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_GWQhVSofQ


Another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct0JwaDAJpg

The Buffett Double, X:3

From the playing of Great Big Sea.

Subtle differences from X2 (which has been updated to represent Shanneyganock’s playing), the most significant being how the A Part ends the first time through.

The tune is also related to The Blackthorn Stick Reel (https://thesession.org/tunes/18345 ).