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|f_annotation='''SPINNING WHEEL [5], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Still I turn'd my Wheel about]]," "[[You Stole My Heart Away]]." English, Air and Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Spinning Wheel" is the indicated tune for a songs in a few ballad operas of the early 18th century. I can be found as the vehicle for the song beginning "How happy is my lady's life"... in Westmeath-born [[wikipedia:Charles_Coffey]]'s ballad opera '''The Merry Cobbler, or the Second Part of the Devil to Pay''', published in London in 1735 by John Watts<ref>"Merry Cobbler" was a follow-up to his 5th ballad opera, '''The Devil to Pay; or, Wives Metamorphos'd''' (1731), which was the most successful ballad opera of the century after John Gay's '''The Beggar's Opera.'''</ref>. As Air XIV "Still I turn'd my Wheel about" it was heard in '''The Jovial Crew''' | |f_annotation='''SPINNING WHEEL [5], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Still I turn'd my Wheel about]]," "[[You Stole My Heart Away]]." English, Air and Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Spinning Wheel" is the indicated tune for a songs in a few ballad operas of the early 18th century. I can be found as the vehicle for the song beginning "How happy is my lady's life"... in Westmeath-born [[wikipedia:Charles_Coffey]]'s ballad opera '''The Merry Cobbler, or the Second Part of the Devil to Pay''', published in London in 1735 by John Watts<ref>"Merry Cobbler" was a follow-up to his 5th ballad opera, '''The Devil to Pay; or, Wives Metamorphos'd''' (1731), which was the most successful ballad opera of the century after John Gay's '''The Beggar's Opera.'''</ref>. As Air XIV "Still I turn'd my Wheel about" it was heard in '''The Jovial Crew,''' and as Air XVII "As I sat at my Spinning Wheel" it was performed in '''Silvia; or, The Country Burial.''' | ||
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SPINNING WHEEL [5], THE. AKA and see "Still I turn'd my Wheel about," "You Stole My Heart Away." English, Air and Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Spinning Wheel" is the indicated tune for a songs in a few ballad operas of the early 18th century. I can be found as the vehicle for the song beginning "How happy is my lady's life"... in Westmeath-born wikipedia:Charles_Coffey's ballad opera The Merry Cobbler, or the Second Part of the Devil to Pay, published in London in 1735 by John Watts[1]. As Air XIV "Still I turn'd my Wheel about" it was heard in The Jovial Crew, and as Air XVII "As I sat at my Spinning Wheel" it was performed in Silvia; or, The Country Burial.
The tune was also entered into the large c. 1790-1820 music manuscript collection of British army fifer biography:John Buttery (p. 491), who, after his discharge from the army eventually emigrated to Ontario, Canada, bringing his manuscript with him. A very close version of the tune was printed by Francis O'Neill in Music of Ireland (1903, No. 527) as the air "You Stole My Heart Away."
See note for "annotation:Spinning Wheel (6) (The)" for more information.
- ↑ "Merry Cobbler" was a follow-up to his 5th ballad opera, The Devil to Pay; or, Wives Metamorphos'd (1731), which was the most successful ballad opera of the century after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.