Annotation:Wives of Kilwinnon (The)
X:1 T:Wives of Kilwinnon, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel and Country Dance Tune B:Robert Bremner –A Second Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (1768, p. 111) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g>e e/e/e d>BGB|ge e/e/e g>aba|Tg>e e/e/e d>BGB|cgBg A/A/A A2:| |:c>def gdBG|c>def g>aTge|(b/a/g) (a/g/e) (g/e/d) (e/d/B)|c>Aec A/A/A A2:|]
WIVES OF KILWINNON, THE. AKA - "Wives of Kilwinnin." AKA and see "Lads of Kilwinning (The)." Scottish, Reel and Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (p. 111). The tune was entered by Northumbrian musician William Vickers in his large 1770 music manuscript collection as "Lads of Kilwinning."
The town of Kilwinning is in South Ayrshire.
