Key: A*
Form: Waltz?*
MP3: (Played by George Belcher and Susan Reid)
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Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge.
Sheet Music in PDF: maidens-prayer
ABC:
X:1
T:Maiden's Prayer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
B:The Fiddler's Fake Book, p. 182.
"A"A,4-A,CEA|[c8A8]|(3BcB Ac B2 AG|"D"EF3-F4|"E"{Bc}d4 {Bc}d3 e-|
d4 dcB2|ece2 (3fgf e2|"A"Bc2 dcBA2|A,4-A,CEA|B c2 dcBA2|
B3 c (3BcB A=G|"D"EF3-F2 (3agf |"A"ec e2 "D"fa-(3agf|
"A"ec e2 "D"a2-(3agf|"A"ec e2 "E"c'3e|"A"a8|]
YouTube:
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (1935):
Source: Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861). See this Wikipedia article.
Other Tunes in Set:
Region: Derived from a Polish original and set in a Texas Swing style by Bob Wills, first recorded in 1935. See the Wikipedia article.
*Notes:
Most sources show this tune in A major but the MP3 clip above is played in G.
Also, the ABC above shows the time signature as 4/4 but as played in the MP3 clip it sure sounds like a waltz to me. However, Bob Wills’s Western Swing version is definitely 4/4.