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WEAVER'S TRIUMPH, THE (Tha bhuaidh aig an fhigheadair). Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This air the editor heard in a very imperfect state from an itinerant country tailor, ranting, in place of 'Jenny Dang the Weaver (1)', 'The triumph of a weaver of his acquaintance over Jenny.' It occurred to the editor that it would make a delightful dance, which he has accordingly modelled with very flattering success into its present shape" (Fraser).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 203, p. 84.

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-'''WEAVER'S TRIUMPH, THE''' (Tha bhuaidh aig an fhigheadair). Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This air the editor heard in a very imperfect state from an itinerant country tailor,  ranting, in place of '[[Jenny Dang the Weaver]]', 'The triumph of a weaver of his acquaintance over Jenny.' It occurred to the editor that it would make a delightful dance, which he has accordingly modelled with very flattering success into its present shape" (Fraser).
+'''WEAVER'S TRIUMPH, THE''' (Tha bhuaidh aig an fhigheadair). Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This air the editor heard in a very imperfect state from an itinerant country tailor,  ranting, in place of '[[Jenny Dang the Weaver (1)]]', 'The triumph of a weaver of his acquaintance over Jenny.' It occurred to the editor that it would make a delightful dance, which he has accordingly modelled with very flattering success into its present shape" (Fraser).
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