Annotation:Willow Willow (1)
X:1 T:Willow Willow [1] M:3/2 L:1/8 N:16th century air B:Chappell – Old English Popular Music vol. 1 (1859, p. 106) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor d4|d6 G2A4|G4G4d4|f6 B2c4|B8 d4| d6 G2B2c2|d4d4d4|f4B4c4|d4B4d4| c6 B2A2G2|A8 f4|e2d2c2 B2A2A2|G4G4g4| ^f2e2d2 c2=B2A2|=B4 G4_B4|A6 G2A4|G8 B4| B6B2c4|d4d8|f6 d2_e2c2|d4 d4 g4| f6 d2_e2 c2|d6 c2B4|A6 G2A4|!fermata!G12||
WILLOW, WILLOW [1]. English, Ballad Air (3/2 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This sixteenth century air appears in a MS in the British Museum of c. 1600. Shakespeare makes use of the song in the fourth act of Othello (though he made changes in language to fit a female gender character).