Annotation:Wives of Kilwinnon (The)
X:1 T:Wives of Kilwinnon, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel and Country Dance Tune B:Robert Bremner –A Second Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (1768, p. 111) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g>e e/e/e d>BGB|ge e/e/e g>aba|Tg>e e/e/e d>BGB|cgBg A/A/A A2:| |:c>def gdBG|c>def g>aTge|(b/a/g) (a/g/e) (g/e/d) (e/d/B)|c>Aec A/A/A A2:|]
WIVES OF KILWINNON, THE. AKA - "Wives of Kilwinnin." AKA and see "Lads of Kilwining." Scottish, Reel and Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (p. 111). A very similar (but not identical) version of the reel was entered by Northumbrian musician William Vickers in his large 1770 music manuscript collection as "Lads of Kilwining."
The town of Kilwinning is in North Ayrshire.
