The New Widow Well Married

slip jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 13th 2006 by pbassnote.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as The Emigrant's, The Exile's Jig, My Mind Will Never Be Easy, Port An Deora, Port An Deorai, Port Na Deorai, The Widow Well Married.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Castles In The Sky (Celtic Music) by Allan Alexander And Michael Carlito
• Give It Shtick by Matt Cranitch
• Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
• Live At Johnny Fox's by Dervish
• Morning Rory by Michael McGoldrick
• Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
• Playing With Fire by Dervish
• Rags, Reels And Airs by Dave Swarbrick
• Teada by Teada
• The Flying Pig by Slide

X: 1
T: New Widow Well Married, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
g |: edB BAB GED | E2d d2B d2g |edB BAB GED |1 E2e e2d efg :|2 E2e e2d e2d ||
B2g g2e fed | B2d d2B d2A | B2g g2e fed |B2e e2d e2d |
B2g g2e fed | B2d d2B d2g | edB BAB GED | E2e e2d efg |

The New Widow Well Married

Slip jig from the Roche Collection Vol II. Seems to hang out between G major and E minor. Lots of fun to play.

# Posted on February 13th 2006 by pbassnote

Duplicated

The Exile's Jig (aka. My Mind Will Never Be Easy): http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1327

# Posted on February 14th 2006 by slainte

Roche II, page 28, tune #266 "The New Widow Well Married" ~ note-for-note

"The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume II", 1912
"Hop Jigs" ~ pages 24 - 28

# Posted on July 18th 2008 by ceolachan