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{{Abctune
|f_tune_title=Bride Next
|f_aka=My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing (1)
|f_country=Scotland
|f_genre=Scottish
|f_rhythm=Jig/Quadrille
|f_time_signature=6/4, 6/8
|f_key=D
|f_accidental=2 sharps
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_structure=AB
|f_book_title=Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music
|f_collector=Mary Ann Alburger,
|f_year=1983
|f_page=Ex. 10, p. 27
|f_theme_code_index=1H6 1H5 7b7b 7b2
}}
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'''BRIDE NEXT'''. AKA and see "My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing [1]." Scottish, Jig (6/8 or 6/4). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A "double-tonic" (e.g. G Major-A Major) tune. Printed in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance airs, '''Original Scotch-Tunes''' (p. 8). In the 18th century it acquired the alternate title "My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing," still current. 
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''Printed sources:'' Alburger ('''Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music'''), 1983; Ex. 10, p. 27. Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 10, p. 26.
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X:1
T:Bride Next
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
Bc | d4A2 BcdcBA | d6 A4B2 | =c3d c2c2G2E2 | =c6E4 B^c | 
d4 A2 BcdcBA | d6 A4G2 | F2D2F2 E2C2E2 | D6 D4 || FG | 
A3B A2 F2D2F2|A6F6|G3A G2 E2=C2E2 | G6E4 FG | 
A3B A2 F2D2F2 | A6a4g2 | f2 de f2e2 cd e2 | d6D4 || 

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'''© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.'''
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