Sic a Wife as Willie had (1)
X: 1 T:Such a Wife as Willie Had. HA05 M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:120 S:Henry Atkinson MS,Hartburn,Northumberland,1694/5 transcribed John Stokoe 1883 O:England A:Northumbria N:Time signature omitted by HA/JS. 1st note, bars 7, 11 missing. Bar N:10 N:The first two 'G's are clear, there may be two faint 'E's N:underneath.. N:C.G.P. says try it in Fmaj, which flattens the top B Z:vmp.Cherri Graebe F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/atrilcoral.com/s.abc K:A minor "Try in Fmaj"Adde|f2ed|f2ed|e2c2|Add2|f2ed|e f/g/ a/g/f/e/|d2A2|! |aab/a/g/^f/|gga/g/f/e/|ffg/f/e/d/|e2c2|! aab/a/g/f/|gga/g/f/e/|ef/g/ a/g/f/e/|d2A2||
X:1
T:Such a Wife as Willie had
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Vickers’ 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland)
B:http://www.farnearchive.com/detail.asp?id=R0306704
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Adde f2 ed|f2 ed ge c2|Adde f2 eg|afge d2D2:|
|:a2 af g2 ge|f2 ed gec2|a2 af g2 ge|face d2D2:|]
X:1
T:Sic a Wife as Willie had
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Old”
B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F2 FG (BA) GF|G2G2 _e2 dc|B2~B2 _e2 dc|B2 (_E2G2B2)|
F2 FG (BA) (GF)|G2A2 f2 ed|~c2 dc TB2 cB|A2(F2A2c2):|
|:f2fe f2c2|(fe) (fg) f2 cd|_e2 e2 {f}e2 dc|B2 (_E2G2B2)|
F2 FG BA GF|G2A2 f2 ed|~c2 dc TB2 cB|A2 (F2A2c2):||