Annotation:Wilke's Wrigle
X:1 T:Wilkes's Wrigle M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 145, p. 51) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|A>Bc E2c|d2c B2A|A>Bc E2E|F3A2:|| F|A2c e2g|f2d c2B|A2c e2c|d3 e2g| f2d B>cd|e2c B2A|A>Bc E2E|F3 A2:|]
WILKE'S WRIGLE. AKA and see "Quaker's Wife," "Merrily Danced the Quaker('s Wife)." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in several American musicians' manuscript collections of the latter 18th century, including the copybooks of Oliver White (1775, Conn.), William Williams (1775, Pautuxit, R.I.) and Luther Kinglsey (1795, Mansfield, Conn.). See also the related "De'il's Awa wi' the Exciseman (The)."
