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Theme code Index	1H51H5 7b47b5
Also known as	My Wife's a Whore and a Drunkard, My Wife Is a Wee wanton Thing, My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing, Bride Next
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Oswald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 6
Tune and/or Page number	p. 12
Year of publication/Date of MS	1760
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Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:My Wife's a Whore and a Drunkard
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:The Jovial Crew, 1731, Air XLVI
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d4A2 (Bc)d2A2|d6 A4B2|=c3dc2 c2G2E2|c6 C4c2|
d4A2 Bc d2A2|d6 A4G2|F2D2F2 E2C2E2|D6-D4||
FG|A3B A2F2D2F2|A6 F4 EF|G3AA2 E2C2E2|G6 E4 FG|
A3B A2 F2D2F2|A6 a4g2|f2d2f2 e2c2e2|d6-d4||

X:1 
T:My Wife’s a Wanton wee thing [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 41, p. 15)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/e/|d2 A (B/c/d)A|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2f/e/|
d2A B/c/dA|d3 A2G|FGF EDE|D3 D2:|
F/G/|AdA FDF|A3 F3|GAG E[CG]E|G3 B3|
AdA FDF|A3 a2g|fdf ece|d3 d2:|]

X:1
T:My Wife's a Wanton We [sic] Thing [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:"Allegretto"
R:Jig 
B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 52)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f/e/|d2A AFA|d3 A2B|=c2G GEG|=c3 AB^c|
dcd AFA|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2||
F/G/|AdA FDF|A3 =c2A|G=cG ECE|G3 _B2G|
AdA FDF|A3 a2g|fdf ece|d3 d2||

X:1
T:My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:"Vivace"
B:G.H. Davidson - Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody (c. 1830's?, p. 15)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f/e/|d2A B/c/dA|Td3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E^c|
d2A dfe|{c}d3 A2G|FDF E>FE|D3-D2:||
F/G/|ABA FDF|A3 {AB}=c3|G>=cG EcE|G3 B3|
AdA FDF|A3 Tg3{fg}|fdf ece|d3-d2 F/G/|
A>BA FDF|AdA FDF|G>AG E>GE|G=cG EGE|
ABA FDF|AFA aeg|f>ga gfe|{c}d3-d2||
|:f/e/|d2g faf|d3 A2B|=c>dc cGE|T=d3 {Bc}E2^c|
d2A dfd|{c}d3 A2G|FDF EFE|D3-D2:||
f/g/|abg fdf|a3 g2f|g>ag e=ce|g3 {fg}efg|aba fdf|
a3 g3{fg}|fdf ece|{c}d3-d2 f/g/|aba fdf|gag e=ce|
gag e=ce|aba fdf|aba gab|fga gec|{c}d3 d2||

X:2
T:My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D Major
f/d/|d2A dfe|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2^c|
d2A dfe|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|
F/G/|ABA FDF|A3 =c3|G=cG ECE|G3 B3|
AdA FDF|A3 g3|fdf ece|d3 D2 F/G/|
ABA FDF|AdA FDF|GAG E=CE|G=cG ECE|
ABA FDF|AFA aeg|fga gfe|d3 D2||
|:f/g/|d2g faf|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2^c|
d2A dfe|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|
f/g/|aba fdf|a3 g2f|gag e=ce|g3 efg|
aba fdf|a3 g2 f/g/|fdf ece|d3 D2 f/g/|
aba fdf|aba fdf|gag e=ce|gag e=ce|
aba fdf|aba gab|fga gfe|d3 D2||

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