This is probably a "hybrid" tune. The first part strongly resembles Don Messer's version of the American tune "Billy in the Lowground." Notation for the version played here by Elliott Wight is in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island.
Wight's Reel
Kind of Tune
reel
Tune Selections
| Wight's Reel | Musician: Elliott Wight, Recordist: Ken Perlman | Accompanied by: Judy Lowe, pno; Norman LeClair, gtr | Eastern Queens | info |