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Theme code Index	1H51H5 7b47b5
Also known as	My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing, Bride Next
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Neil Stewart
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number	p. 30
Year of publication/Date of MS	1761
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
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X:1 
T:My Wife’s a Wanton wee thing
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 41, p. 15)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/e/|d2 A (B/c/d)A|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2f/e/|
d2A B/c/dA|d3 A2G|FGF EDE|D3 D2:|
F/G/|AdA FDF|A3 F3|GAG E[CG]E|G3 B3|
AdA FDF|A3 a2g|fdf ece|d3 d2:|]

X:1
T:My Wife's a Wanton We [sic] Thing
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:"Allegretto"
R:Jig 
B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 52)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f/e/|d2A AFA|d3 A2B|=c2G GEG|=c3 AB^c|
dcd AFA|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2||
F/G/|AdA FDF|A3 =c2A|G=cG ECE|G3 _B2G|
AdA FDF|A3 a2g|fdf ece|d3 d2||

X:2
T:My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D Major
f/d/|d2A dfe|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2^c|
d2A dfe|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|
F/G/|ABA FDF|A3 =c3|G=cG ECE|G3 B3|
AdA FDF|A3 g3|fdf ece|d3 D2 F/G/|
ABA FDF|AdA FDF|GAG E=CE|G=cG ECE|
ABA FDF|AFA aeg|fga gfe|d3 D2||
|:f/g/|d2g faf|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2^c|
d2A dfe|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|
f/g/|aba fdf|a3 g2f|gag e=ce|g3 efg|
aba fdf|a3 g2 f/g/|fdf ece|d3 D2 f/g/|
aba fdf|aba fdf|gag e=ce|gag e=ce|
aba fdf|aba gab|fga gfe|d3 D2||

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