Annotation:Widow's Choice (The)
X: 1 T:Widow's Choice, The. JJo.111 B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 4, 1748 Z:vmp.Steve Mansfield 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=90 K:Em B | e^de BAB | GAB E2B | gfg dcd | BAB G2F | GAB cBA | def gfe | dcB AGF | G3-G2 || G |Bcd dcB | cBc C3 | ABc cBA | BAB B,3 | GAB cBA | ^dcB gfe | agf Bc^d | e3-e2 |]
WIDOW'S CHOICE, THE. English, Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was first printed in London by publisher John Johnson in his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (1748, No. 111). It was also entered into the music manuscript of musician Walter Rainstorp of Cheapside, London, dated 1747.
