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Peggy’s Wedding jig

Also known as Biddy’s Wedding, Peggie’s Wedding.

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

Peggy’s Wedding has been added to 1 tune set.

Peggy's Wedding has been added to 16 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Peggy's Wedding
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|: cdc czc | ceg gec | cdc czc | Bcd dBG |
cdc czc | ceg gec | faf egc | Bcd dBG :|
|: cdc gzc | ezc gzc | cdc gzc | Bcd dBG |
cdc gec | edc gec | faf egc | Bcd dBG :|
# Added by jakep .
2
X: 2
T: Peggy's Wedding
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|: cdc c2 c | ceg gec | cdc c2 c | Bcd dBG |
cdc c2 c | ceg gec | faf ege | Bcd dBG :|
|: cdc g2 c | e2 c g2 c | cdc g2 c | Bcd dBG |
cdc gec | edc gec | faf ege | Bcd dBG :|

Seven comments

Another Scottish tune

I don’t know anything about this, but I heard it played after this tune:
https://thesession.org/tunes/8626
See the comments for details of the recording that it was on.

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"Peggy’s Wedding"

In case you’d like a name for it. It can be found in both the Skye and Athole collections as well as in "Gow’s Complete Repository"…

Correction, I was sure it was in the Skye collection but on an initial search I’m not finding it… 😏 Sorry…

"Peggy’s / Peggie’s Wedding" ~ a little history

X: 2
T: Peggie’s Wedding
S: "The Athole Collection" by James Stewart Robertson, 1884, page 110
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Cmaj
|: cdc c2 c | ceg gec | cdc c2 c | Bcd dBG |
cdc c2 c | ceg gec | faf ege | Bcd dBG :|
|: cdc g2 c | e2 c g2 c | cdc g2 c | Bcd dBG |
cdc gec | edc gec | faf ege | Bcd dBG :|

& here: The Fiddler’s Companion ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PEA_PER.htm

"Peggy’s Wedding" ~ & also

- a 64 bar R.S.C.D.S. country dance…