Annotation:As I sat at my Spinning-Wheel
X:1 T: A Scotch Song T:As I sat at my Spinning-Wheel M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Thomas D'Urfey - Wit and Mirth; or, Pills Purge Melancholy vol. 3 (1719, pp. 88-89) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb f|f2d2f3d|(cB) (cd) G3F|GA B2 e2 (dc)|A2c2c3d| efga b3g|(fd) (cB) e3e|d2 gd ^e2 (dc)|(d^e) (f>g) f3 f| (ga) (bg)(gd) (cB)|e2 (dc) A3d|g3f (ed) g3 (cB) |F2B3 B3||
AS I SAT AT MY SPINNING-WHEEL. Scottish, Air (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song was old in D'Urfey's time, having been issued on broadsides at least from 1688. It was popular, much imitated, and subsequently produced numerous versions (see note for "annotation:Spinning Wheel (6) (The)" for more information).
