Annotation:'Tis all for the love of the widow
X:1 T:'Tis all for the love of the widow M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A | Add dcd | eAA A2 c/d/ | eac edB | BA2 z2A | f>ed e>dc | dBd cee | a2c/c/ e>dB | B A2 z2A | d>dd d>cd | B>BB B2 c/d/ | eef gBe | d3 {e/d/}c2 A/A/ | f>ed efg | fa2 z2A/A/ | Bge ABc | e d2 z2 :|
'TIS ALL FOR THE LOVE OF THE WIDOW. American, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. " 'Tis all for the love of the widow" is a courtship ballad, "adapted and arranged" by James Hunter and published in Baltimore in 1845 by F.D. Benteen.
Oh! why is thy visage so thoughtful and cold,
Quite abstracted thy mein I consider;
"Forgive me dear friend, but if truth must be told,
It is all for the love of the widow."
"Forgive me dear friend, but if truth must be told,
It is all for the love of the widow."
Cho:
It is all for the love of the widow,"
It is all for the love of the widow."
The original sheet music is available in the Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection [1].
