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Annotation:Sunday is My Wedding Day
X:1 T:Sunday is My Wedding Day M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883, p. 80) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Em c|BEE dEE|BEE FEF|D>DD FEF|ABc ded| BEE dEE|def gfe|afd AFD|(FE)E E2:| |:f|efe fdB|efe fdB|ded dAF|DFA def| efe fdB|efe fdB|AGF dAF|(FE)E E2:|
SUNDAY IS/WAS MY WEDDING DAY. AKA and see "Apples in Winter (1)," "General White's Jig," "Ginger's Favourite," "Joe Kennedy's Jig," "Kennedy's Jig,” "Misfortunate Rake (The)," "Next Sunday is My Wedding Day," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "Squint-eyed Piper (The)," "Unfortunate Rake (2) (The)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor (Cole, Williamson): E Dorian (Kerr). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sunday is My Wedding Day" is a member of the "Hillside" family of tunes, according to Prof. Samuel Bayard; see his extensive notes under "annotation:Red Brick House in Georgia Town." The tune is usually known as "Apples in Winter (1)" nowadays.
"Sunday is My Wedding Day" is similar structurally and shares melodic elements with the "Paddy in London (2)"/"Mug of Brown Ale (1)" tune family, and also, for similar reasons, has been called a variant of “Hills of Glenorchy (1).”
