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'''KISS MY WIFE AND WELCOME'''. AKA and see "[[Free and Easy (1)]]." English (?), Irish (?); Jig (12/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A tune of unknown provenance, but perhaps Irish. | '''KISS MY WIFE AND WELCOME'''. AKA and see "[[Free and Easy (1)]]." English (?), Irish (?); Jig (12/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A tune of unknown provenance, but perhaps Irish, as it is so identified in James S. Kerr's '''Merry Melodies''' (where it appears as "Free and Easy"). | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': William Litten's music manuscript collection [Huntington]. Litten was a ship's fiddler who sailed with the British East India fleet on a voyage to China during the years 1800-1802. Little else is known about him. His music manuscript came into the possession of sailor Allen Coffin, although how is a mystery. Coffin brought it home with him to the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard in the early 19th century, when he finished his own voyages. | ||
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KISS MY WIFE AND WELCOME. AKA and see "Free and Easy (1)." English (?), Irish (?); Jig (12/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A tune of unknown provenance, but perhaps Irish, as it is so identified in James S. Kerr's Merry Melodies (where it appears as "Free and Easy").
Source for notated version: William Litten's music manuscript collection [Huntington]. Litten was a ship's fiddler who sailed with the British East India fleet on a voyage to China during the years 1800-1802. Little else is known about him. His music manuscript came into the possession of sailor Allen Coffin, although how is a mystery. Coffin brought it home with him to the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard in the early 19th century, when he finished his own voyages.
Printed sources: Huntington (William Linton's), 1977; p. 33.
Recorded sources:
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