This tune was traditionally the final tune in the Cape Breton Wedding Reels medly, usually played after "The Cape Breton Wedding Reel" and "Hamish the Carpenter." Notation for the version played here by "Young Peter" Chaisson is in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island.
Big Coffin Reel
Kind of Tune
reel
Alternate Titles
Put Me in the Big Chest
Lying in the Casket
Place of Origin
Cape Breton
Tune Selections
| Miss Lyall Reel / Fmacdonald Reel 4 / Fmacdonald Reel 5 / Big Coffin Reel | Musician: Francis MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman | Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo | Northeast Kings | info |
| Yetts of Muckart / John Morrison's Reel / YPChaisson A-Reel1 / Big Coffin Reel | Musician: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman | Accompanied by: Kevin Chaisson, gtr; Ken Perlman, bjo | Northeast Kings | info |