Annotation:New Widow Well Married (1) (The)
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NEW WIDOW WELL MARRIED [1], THE. AKA and see "Emigrant's Jig (The)," "Exile's Jig," "My Mind Will Never be Easy," "Port an Deoraí." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Francis O'Neill's "My Mind Will Never be Easy" is a more distanced cognate, and both are derivatives of the 18th century (or older) Scottish air and dance tune "Woo'd and Married and a'."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1912; No. 266, p. 28.
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