Walker Street

Kind of Tune
reel
Alternate Titles
Laborer's Reel, The
Peter Street
Place of Origin
Ireland

Appears under this title in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1884), later republished as 1000 Fiddle Tunes. Another title commonly used in Ireland is "Peter
Street." Notation for the version played here by Archie Stewart - who called it Laborer's Reel - is in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island.

 

 

Tune Selections

Walker Street Musician: Eddy Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo Evangeline Coast / East Prince info
Walker Street Musician: Eddy Arsenault, Musician: Warren Leard, Musician: Frank O'Connor, Musician: Elmer Robinson, Recordist: Ken Perlman

Accompanied by: Eldon MacArthur, gtr; Ken Perlman, bjo

Evangeline Coast / East Prince info

Tune Variants

Laborer's Reel Musician: Archie Stewart, Recordist: Ken Perlman Accompanied by: Chester MacSwain, gtr South Kings info Laborer's Reel

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