Fit as a Fiddle (album)

This article is about the album. For the song, see Fit as a Fiddle (And Ready for Love).

Fit as a Fiddle
Studio album by Natalie MacMaster
Released	March 11, 1997
Recorded	May 1993
Studio	CBC Studio H, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Genre	Celtic
Length	53:42
Label	Rounder
Producer	Glenn Meisner and Dave MacIsaac
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Fit as a Fiddle, an album by Natalie MacMaster, was released in 1997 on the Rounder Records label.

Track listing

1. "Strathspeys & Reels" – 4:20
   • "John Campbell's" (strathspey)
   • "Miss Ann Moir's Birthday" (strathspey)
   • "Lady Georgina Campbell" (reel)
   • "Angus on the Turnpike" (reel)
   • "Sheehan’s Reel" (reel)
2. "Jigs" – 3:07
   • "My Dungannon Sweetheart" (jig)
   • "Scaffies Cairet" (jig)
   • "Juniper Jig" (jig)
3. "March, Strathspeys & Reels" – 6:48
   • "Carnival March" (march)
   • "Miller of Drone" (strathspey)
   • "MacKinnon's Brook" (strathspey)
   • "Lucy Campbell" (reel)
   • "Annie is My Darling" (reel)
   • "Gordon Cote" (reel)
   • "Bird's Nest" (reel)
   • "Maid Behind the Bar" (reel)
4. "Waltz" – 2:25
   • "Nancy's Waltz" (waltz)
5. "Hornpipe & Reels" – 3:45
   • "Compliments to Sean Maguire" (hornpipe)
   • "President Garfield" (reel)
   • "Miss Watt" (reel)
   • "Casa Loma Castle" (reel)
6. "Air, Strathspeys & Reels" – 7:14
   • "O'r the Moor Among the Heather" (air)
   • Traditional (strathspey)
   • "Lady Mary Ramsay" (strathspey)
   • "Jenny Dang the Weaver" (reel)
   • "The Lassies of Stewarton" (reel)
   • "Garfield Vale" (reel)
7. "Reel" – 3:07
   • "Jean's Reel" (reel)
8. "Air" – 4:20
   • "I'll Always Remember You" (air)
9. "Reels" – 4:04
   • "The Girls at Martinfield" (reel)
   • "Bennett's Favorite" (reel)
   • "The Green Fields of Glentown" (reel)
10. "Jigs" – 3:06
    • "Counselor's" (jig)
    • "The Rakes of Kildare" (jig)
    • "The Lark in the Morning" (jig)
11. "Strathspeys & Reels" – 4:18
    • "The Lass of Carrie Mills" (strathspey)
    • "Lennox's Love to Blantyre" (strathspey)
    • "Archie Menzies" (reel)
    • "Reichwall Forest" (reel)
12. "Air" – 3:55
    • "If Ever You Were Mine" (air)
13. "Jig & Reels" – 3:13
    • "The MacNeils of Ugdale" (jig)
    • "MacLaine of Loch Buie" (reel)
    • "Colville's Rant" (reel)
    • "Pibroch O'Donal Dhu" (reel)

Personnel

• Natalie MacMaster – fiddle, piano (track 10), step dancing (track 7)
• David MacIsaac – acoustic and electric guitar, bass
• Howie MacDonald – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 11)
• Tracey Dares – piano and synth (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 13)
• Tom Roach – drums and percussion
• Jamie MacInnis – highland pipes
• Sandy Moore – Celtic harp

External links

• Fit as a Fiddle at AllMusic