Widow are ye waking

X: 2072
T: Widow are ye waking
O: Adapted for the Harp & Piano Forte.
%R: air, march
B: Niel Gow & Sons "Complete Repository" v.2 p.7 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 1st 3 bass notes of the 2nd strain were transcribed as a triplet to fix the rhythm;
N: They might have been meant as a 2:1:1 ratio. Play whichever you prefer; it's clearly a typo.
M: C
L: 1/16
Q: "SLOW"
K: Eb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 4 4-bar lines, to satisfy several formatting programs.
V: 1 staves=2
B,2 |\
[E6B,6G,6]F2 ~G3FG2B2 | c4 [F3C4]G (G2F2) E2C2 | E6F2 (G2B2) ~F3G | TE8 B,8 ||
~A6B2 .G3FG2B2 | c4 [F3C3]G (G2F2)E2C2 | E4 e3c (BG3)~F3G |[1 E8 B,6 :|[2 E8 B,8 |]
|: ~e6f2 (e2f2)g2e2 | (f2e2)f2g2 {g}f4e2c2 | ~B3c~e3f (e2f2g2)f2 | {d2}e8 B4e2f2 ||
(g2f2e2)c2 (e2c2B2)[G2=E2] | (A2G2)F2E2 {G}F4E2C2 | ~e3fe2c2 BG3~F3G |[1 E8 B,8 :|[2 E8 B,6 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |
E4e4 E8 | a4=a4 b4c'2_a2 | (g2a2)g2f2 e2z2 [d2B2]z2 | (GB)(eB) (ge)(Be) (EG)(Be) (Ee)(Dd) |
C2c2d2B2 E8 | a4=a4 b4c'2_a2 | g2e2 c2A2 G2E2 A4 |[1 (GB)(eB) (ge)(Be) EGBe E2 :|[2 (GB)(eB) geBe (EG)(Be) EeDd |] |:\
(3C2c2=B2 cdef g2a2_b2g2 | a4 f4 b4 g2a2 | g2a2g2f2 g2z2 [d2B2]z2 |
gbe'b g'e'be' egbe' g2a2 || b2a2g2a2 b2d2e2c'2 | f2g2a2=a2 b4c'2_a2 | g2a2 g2a2 b4 b4 |\
[1 (GB)(eB) (ge)(Be) (EG)Be (Ee)(Dd) :|[2 (GB)(eB) (ge)(Be) (EG)(Be) E2 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CR/CR2-abc1/0021
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CR12/CR-abc1/0132
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CR12/CR2-abc1/0021
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CR12/CR2-abc2/0021
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CR2-abc1/0021

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