Annotation:Widowed Bride (The)

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WIDOWED BRIDE, THE (An Ceile Baintreabac). AKA and see "House of Glamis (The)," "Roslyn Castle," "Roslin Castle." Irish, Air (4/4 time, "plaintively"). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune has an Scottish provenance, but popular in England as well, used for funerals and things funeral.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 156, p. 27.

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