Annotation:Parting Kiss (2) (The)
X:1 T:Parting Kiss [2],The. RHu.161 S:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops. N:Song words written below music line. One kind kiss before we part, drop N:a tear and bid adieu..This is not Burns' "The parting kiss" but the N:lyric, not the tune, is similar to his "Ae Fond Kiss" A:Whitchurch, Shropshire Z:Tony Weatherall 2006 M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:3/4=35 R:Air K:A e2dc BA|A2G2A2|B>c d2c2|c2{dcBc}B2z2|! c2d2 e>f|A2G2 A2{ce}|fe/d/ c2B2|A6||! G>F G2A2|B>A B2c2|de/4f/4 fe ed|d2{dcBc}c2z2|! e2a2g2|g2f2e2|f/g/f/e/d2c2|c2B2z2|! c2d2 e>f|A2G2A2|fe/d/ c2B2|A4:|
PARTING KISS [2], THE. English, Air (3/4 time). G Major (Oswald): A Major (Hughes). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Parting Kiss [2]" was a song printed in Apollo's Banquet; or The Muses Delight[1] (London, 1756, p. 208). A version of the air was entered into the 1823 music manuscript collection of R. Hughes, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The first stanza goes:
One kind Kiss before we part,
Drop a Tear and bid adieu;
Tho’ we fever my fond Heart shall pant for you.
Till we meet shall pant for you, shall pant for you.
