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WEAVER AND HIS WIFE, THE. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Martin): AA’BB (Cranford). A 20th century composition by Scottish accordion player and composer biography:Andrew Rankine [1] (1930-1985).

It is a popular tune with Scottish dance bands.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 171, p. 68. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4), 1991; p. 45.

Recorded sources: Monitor Records MFS 768, Billy Anderson's Band - "Scotland on Parade" (1975).

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played by Billy Anderson's Band on youtube.com [2] )(2nd tune in set).
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [3]