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Theme code Index	3122 3133
Also known as	Wap at the Window, Wap at the Widow My Laddie
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/8, 6/4, 6/8
History	SCOTLAND(Central Scotland)
Structure	ABCDE, AABB, AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Henry Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 23, p. 10
Year of publication/Date of MS	1700
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X:1
T:Wappat the Widow my Lady
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Henry Playford - A Collection of Original Scotch-Tunes, (Full of the
B:Highland Humours) for the violin (London, 1700, No. 23, p. 10)
N:"Most of them being in the Compass of the Flute."
Z:AK/FIddler's Companion
K:G
G2|B3A B2 (GAB2)G2 |(A2D2) B2 A4G2|B3A B2G2 BA BG|B3A B2g3a g2|
f3e (d2 Bc) d2e2|(d2B2g2) A4 G2|B3A B2G2 BA BG|B6 d4||
ef|g3d B2 g2f2e2|a3e2c2 a2 bagf|g3a bb2a2b2g2|f3e d2B2d2g2|
f3e d2e2d2e2|g3dB2A2 agfe|g3f g2d2g2G2|B6 d4||
B2 (GA)B2G2 (B,C)D2B,2|G,2g2 (ag) f4B2|(GA)B2G2 (B,C)d2B,2|G,2B2d2g3a g2|
f3e d2e2 cdec|d2 BcdB A2 agfe|g3f g2d2g2G2|B6 d4||
ef|g3a b2a2b2g2|(a2c2b2) a4g2|g3a b2a2 bagf|f3e d2B2d2g2|
f3e d2e2d2e2|g3dB2 (A2a2) f2|gfed ec dcBA BG|B6 d4||
ef|gfed e2d2 BcdB|(c2A2) a2 f4A2|dcBA G2d2 BcdB|G2B2 d2g3a g2|
f3e d2e2|cdec|d2 BcdB A2 agfe|gfed ec dcBA BG|B6 d4||

X:1
%
T:Wap at the Widow
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 98)
N:Published in several volumes and different editions, 1731-c. 1745)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D|F>EF (D/E/)FD|EB,F TE2D|F>EF (DF)D|EFA d2 e/d/|
c>BA BAF|dAF TE2D|(FE)D DFD|TF3 A2:|
|:A|d>ef efd|eBf Te2d|d>ef (ef)d|c>BA d2e|
Tc>BA F/G/AB|AFd TE2D|dcd AdD|TF3 A2:|]

X:2
%
T:Wap at the Widow my Laddie
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Brisk”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, p. 53  (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
"Brisk"d | B>AB (G/A/BG) | ADB/c/ TA2G |T(B>AB) (G/A/B)G | B>AB g>ag |
Tg>ed (B/c/de) |(d<B)g TA2G |T(B>A)B (G/A/B)G |TB3d2 :|
|: (e/f/ | g)dB gTfe | acA A(b/a/g/f/) |g>ab abg |Tf>ed Bdg | 
f>ed edB | gdB Aaf | (g/f/e/f/g) dgG | TB3d2 :|
|: d | (B/c/d)B (G/A/B)G |(A<D)a {g}Tf2d | (B/c/d)B (G/A/B)G | B/A/B/d/e/f/ g/f/g/b/a/g/ | 
f/g/f/e/f/d/ (B/c/d)e |de/f/g/B/ Af/g/a/f/ | g/b/a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/B/G/ | TB3d2 :|
|: e/f/ | g/f/g/d/B/d/ g/f/e/f/g/e/ |acA ab/a/g/f/ | g/f/g/a/b/g/ a/g/a/b/a/g/ | f/g/f/e/f/d/ Bdg | 
f/g/f/e/f/d/ ed/e/f/d/ | g/f/e/d/c/B/ Af/g/a/f/ |g/f/e/f/g/e/ dgG|TB3d2 :|

X:3
%
T:Wap at the Widow my Laddie
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures  (177?)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
G|B>AB GBG|ADB A2G|B>AB G/A/BG|G>AB g>ag|
f>ed e>dB|GdB A>ba|(g/f/e/f/g) deG|B3d2:|
|:d|g>ab abg|gdb a2g|g>ab bag|f>ed g>ag|
f>ed edB|gdB Aba|(g/f/e/f/g) deG|B3d2:|]

X:1
T:Wap at the Widow, My Laddie
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 183)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:G
"Lively"G|BAB (G/A/B)G|ADB {B}A2G|BAB GAG|BAB g2g|
f>ed (ed)B|dgB A2G|gfe deG|B3 d2:|
|:d|gab abg|adb a2g|gab abg|f>ed g2g|
f>ed ede|gdB (Aa)f|g(e/f/g) deG|B3 d2:|]

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