Annotation:He left the poor widows a-weeping
X:1 T:He left the poor widows a-weeping M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:"A song of the war time." B:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 641) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Fmix FG|A2A2 Ac|B2G2F2|E2c2 Bc|d2c2 (3BGF|E2c2 dB| c4 (3dcB|A2A2 Ac|B2G2F2|G2c2 Bc|d2c2 Bc|G2F2F2 F4|| G2|B2 Bc d=e|f2 _e2 dc|d2B2 ce|d2c2 (3BGF|G2 c2ed>B|c4 (3dcB| A2A2Ac|B2G2F2|G2c2Bc|d2c2 Bc|G2F2F2|F4||
HE LEFT THE POOR WIDOWS A-WEEPING. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "A song of the war time" (Joyce). The melody was also entered into Book 2 of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper and Church of Ireland cleric wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist) (1828-1896). Goodman copied the tune from the music manuscript collection of Irish collector John Edward Pigot (1822–1871), while Joyce had it from collector William Forde (c. 1795-1850), who noted it from the playing of fiddler Hugh O'Beirne (Co. Leitrim). However, Goodman and Joyce's versions are identical.
