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'''JOHN TURNER'S LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE'''.  Scottish, Slow Air (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Dr. John Turner; musician, composer, performer, teacher and director of the Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling, held yearly in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. His first wife, Chris, died in a car accident in which the rest of the family survived. He composed other tunes for or about her as well, including "[[Graceful Young Woman (The)]]," "The Lass of New Kent" and "Allison Was Her Delight" (referencing their daughter). 
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''Source for notated version'': 
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''Printed sources'': Johnson ('''A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection'''), 2003; p. 4. Turner ('''Melodies in the Scottish Style'''), 1984. 
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Fiddletree Music, John Turner - "The Wanderer's Lament: Fiddle Music of Scotland" (1999)</font>
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