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The Widowed Bride
Irish slow air · 4/4 · E minor · Suggested tempo: 1/4 = 72 BPM
An air marked 'Plaintively' in O'Neill's source. Ornaments are simplified.
The source melody is shown with a simple left-hand bass and chord accompaniment created for this site, for piano or chromatic button accordion.
Transpose Chord symbols are suggested by fisarmonica.org and are not part of the source score.
Source: Francis O'Neill (ed.), Music of Ireland (1903), no. 156, The Widowed Bride. IMSLP 1903 score
Source and playback
The 1903 melody is public domain. Pickups and endings are regularized; chords and bass are newly written for this site.