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Theme code Index	556L6 5217L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:T. Straight and T. Skillern
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 49, p. 25
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1775
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T:Irish Widow
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite 
B:Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 49, p. 25)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A/B/|cAF cAF|D3 d3|cBA GAF|F3 E2 A/B/|
cAF cAF|{E}D3d3|cBA GFE|F3-F2:|
|:A/B/|cdc fga|cdc cAB|cdc fga|cdc cAB|
cAF cAF|D3d3|cBA GFE|F3-F2:|]

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T:Irish Widow, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson – The Hibernian Muse 
B:(London, 1787, No.  90, p. 55)
N:”A Collection of the most Favorite Compositions of 
N:Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/|dBG dBG|{F}E3e3|dcB ABG|G3 F2 B/c/|
dBG dBG|{F}E3e3|dcB AGF|E3G2:|
|:B/c/|ded gab|ded dBc|ded gab|ded dBc|
dBG dBG|{F}E3e3|dcB AGF|E3 G2:|]

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