Annotation:Jenny Beguil'd the Webster

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JENNY BEGUIL'D THE WEBSTER. AKA and see "Jenny Dang the Weaver (1)." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This is an early version of "Jenny Dang the Weaver" from William Thompson's Orpheus Caledonius collection, vol. 2, of 1733, where it is listed as the indicated tune for the song "O Mither Dear, I Gin to Fear."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 18, p. 39.

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