Annotation:Parting Kiss (1) (The)
X:1 T:Parting Kiss [1], The M:C L:1/8 S:Aird, vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B3c A3B | G2 G2 AFED | D2d2 d3B | B2 AB G2 z2 | B2 Bc A2 AB | G2G2 AFED | D2d2 d3c | B2 AB G2 G2 || GABc d2d2 | A2 Ac B2B2 | B2B2 Bgfe | {e}d2 {d}c2 {c}B4 | GABc d2d2 | AGAc B2B2 | d2E2 AcBA | G2F2 E2 z2 ||
PARTING KISS [1], THE. Scottish, English; Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title is from playwright and publisher Robert Dodsley's (1703-1764) popular collection Colin's Kisses (1742), where "The Parting Kiss" begins:
One kind Kiss before we part,
Drop a Tear, and bid Adieu;
Tho' we sever, my fond Heart
Till we meet shall pant for you.
Scottish poet Robert Burns adapted Dodslwy words for his poem beginning: "Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, and then for ever!"
