Annotation:Willie is a Wanting Wag
X: 1 T:Willie is a Wanting Wag. JBa.58 M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 S:Joseph Barnes MS,Carlisle,1762. R:.reel O:England A:Carlisle N:Regrettably this bears almost no resemblance to 'Willie is a wanten N:wag' in Kerr's Merry Melodies..CGr. Z:vmp.C.Graebe. K:C major "_No key/time sig" D/D/D AG FG Ac | D/D/D AF GE CE |\ D/D/D AG FG Ac | dB cA GE CE :|! |:d/d/d fd ge fd | d/d/d fe ge ce |\ d/d/d fd ge fd | e (ag) f ed ce |]
WILLIE IS A WANTING WAG.AKA and see "Hexham Lasses." English, Reel (cut time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Willie is a Wanting Wag" is contained in the 1760's music manuscript collection of Cumbrian musician Joseph Barnes. The tune bears no relation to the better-known "Willie was a Wanton Wag"), however, Northumbrian musician William Vickers entered it into his large 1770 music manuscript collection as "Hexham Lasses." Compare with "Mrs. O'Sullivan's Reel."
