Annotation:Mrs. Edwards of Woodend's Jig

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 '''MRS. EDS. OF WOOD END'S FAVOURITE'''. AKA and see "Mrs. Edwards of Woodend's Jig." English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, Yorkshire. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title was unclear in Lawrence Leadley's original MS., however, the melody was published by Glasgow editor James Airs as "Mrs. Edwards of Woodend's Jig."  Source for notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].  Printed sources: Airs (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; p. 38. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 61, p. 44.  Recorded sources:

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