Annotation:Widdow Lady (The)
X:1 T:Widdow Lady, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 65) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g|BGB G/A/BG|AFc A2F|BAB G/A/BG|BAB g>ag| fed edB|gdB Gef|ga/g/f/e/ dgG|B3 d2:| |:e/f/|gab b2g|geb a2g|gab a2g|fed Bdg| fed edB|gdB Bag|gab dgG|B3d2:|]
WIDDOW LADY, THE. AKA and see "Wappat the Widow my Lady," "Widow (The)." English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune and dance directions were first published in John Walsh's Third Book of the Compleat Dancing Master (London, c. 1735, p. 89) and in John Johnson's Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 65).
