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WEDDING IN THE WEST, THE. English, Scottish; Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major (perhaps G Minor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Matt Seattle finds alternate titles and cognate tunes as "[[King of France he Run a Race (The)," "Lees of Luncartie," "Lees of Luncarty," "There was a wedding in the west," "When you go to the hill take your gun."

Source for notated version: The 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musican William Vickers [Seattle].

Printed sources: Laybourn (Köhler’s Violin Repository vol. 2), 1881-1885; p. 146. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 364.

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