Toby Rider wrote: "...'Paresis", a pretty popular tune in Cape Breton, esp. among the great players of the last generation, like Winston Fitzgerald and Angus Chisholm.... I think Paresis is a tune from the 'New World.'"
The tune is in Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes (Cranford Publications, 1977), p. 65. According to the notation, "A favorite of Angus Chisholm, the tune Paresis comes from The Harding Collection, an early 20th century American publication which was widely distributed in Eastern Canada and Newfoundland. The melody is related to an 18th century strathspey, Lady Dalrymple, by Robert MacIntosh. The Irish reel setting of that strrathspey is found in O'Neill's Music of Ireland and is known as The Sailor's Return." Natalie MacMaster recorded it recently on My Roots Are Showing. Mike McGeary Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
