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Annotation:Wee Wee Man (The)
X:1 T:Wee wee man, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Allegretto" S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 38) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G f|g>fe (ed)B|gfg G2B|(gf)e edc|dBA A2f| (gf)e (ed)B|gfg a2b|g>fe efg|dBA A2:| |:B/c/|d2B d2B|gfg G2 B/c/|d2B d2g|ecA A2 B/c/| d2B d2B|gfg !fermata!a2f|g>fe efg|dBA A2:|]
WEE, WEE MAN, THE. AKA and see "Black Rogue (2)," "Bundle and Go (6)," "Carle's Cows (The)," "Fifer's Delight (The)," "Wee Wee Man (The)," "When I was a Younker." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major (most versions): D Major (Keith). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the cognate "Carle's Cows (The)" from the 1848 bagpipe collection of Glasgow piper, pipe teacher and pipe-maker William Gunn.
