Bride Next

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Theme code Index	1H61H5 7b7b7b2
Also known as	My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/4, 6/8
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Henry Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 18, p. 8
Year of publication/Date of MS	1700
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BRIDE NEXT. AKA and see "My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing (1)." Scottish, Jig (6/8 or 6/4). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A "double-tonic" (e.g. G Major-A Major) tune. The jig was printed in London publisher Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance airs, Original Scotch-Tunes (p. 8). In the 18th century it acquired the alternate title "My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing," still current.

Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 10, p. 27. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 10, p. 26. Playford (A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes), 1700; No. 18, p. 8.

X:1
T:Bride Next
N:My wife's a wanton wee thing
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. 18, p. 8)
N:"Most of them being in the Compass of the Flute." 
Z:AK/FIddler's Companion
K:D
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