Here are a couple of pieces recorded by the Celtic Studies scholar and Cape Breton fiddler, John Shaw, et al. Shaw's notes imply that relatives of one musician were playing Cape Breton music on mandolin in the 1920's. (Alex Francis MacKay, named on the YouTube site is a fiddler of note, included on the same album, but not connected with this particular recording.):
"Jig & Hornpipe: Paddy’s Resource / The Flowers of Edinburgh ALEX MacNEIL mandolin with Charlie Dobbin mandolin and Kevin McCormick piano
"In the 1920's two of Alex MacNeil's close relatives were active musicians in Benecadie Pond..., Cape Breton County, a Gaelic-speaking area that was settled chiefly by families from the Island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. Their repertoire for mandolin and fiddle, which was passed on to Alex consisted of a surprising number of Irish tunes, among them PADDY'S RESOURCE (in O'Neill's Music of Ireland, #997). The ever-popular hornpipe THE FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH was fashionable in the Lowlands by 1740 and has since gained currency as a Scottish country dance tune."
If the links don't work, search YouTube for "Paddy's Resource/ The Flowers of Edinburgh (Jig & Hornpipe)".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgz1...dVillageMuseum
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