Annotation:Irish Widow

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IRISH WIDOW. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The "Irish Widow" was a popular country dance tune that appears in numerous late 18th century publications and musicians' manuscript collections. In print, it can be found in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Tutor for the Fife (c. 1770),

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Straight and Skillern (Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), c. 1775; No. 49, p. 25.

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