The Cake Maker's Wife

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 31st 2009 by bdh.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Goodnight Ginger by John McCusker

X: 1
T: Cake Maker's Wife, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
BA |: G2DE GABd | e/e/eeg edBA | G2DE GABd | e/g/edB edBA |
G2DE GABd | e/e/eeg edBd | {f}g2gf e/e/edB | AGBA G4 |
G2DE GABd | e/e/egf edBA | G2DE GABd | e/g/edB edBA |
G2DE GABd | e/e/eeg edBd | {f}g2gf e/e/edB | AGBA G4 |
efge f2ef | g/f/efg fedB | ezdB eBB/B/B | c/B/ABG ABcd |
efga f2ef | g/f/efg fedA | Bcc/c/c BzAB | c/B/ABc ABcd |
efge f2ef | g/f/efg fedB | ezdB eBB/B/B | c/B/ABG AGEF |
G4 GABd | e/e/eeg edBd |1 {f}g2gf e/e/ede | gedB AGBA :|2 {f}g2gf e/e/edB | AGBA G4 ||

A really great tune by John McCusker. On *Goodnight Ginger* it's played as a slow reel, then the band picks up the tempo and launches into "Simon Thoumire's." Transcription is my own.

# Posted on May 31st 2009 by bdh