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"Molly and I wrote this tune in 1985, when we were first together. It was a spontaneous composition -- where I started playing melody and she played chords, and both the chords and melody evolved as we played it. We'd played it at home together. But it was too personal to play for other people -- I felt the same way about 'Ashokan Farewell' at first. You know, you're not sure if people will like it. Eventually, we played it at a late night waltz session at Ashokan. It seemed like the right moment for the tune to emerge. We originally wrote it in the key of G. But the melody only uses three strings on the fiddle, and in G you never touch the E string. Usually, if a tune only uses three strings, I go for the higher strings. So that is why it's notated here in D. Sometimes we play it in both G and D, to get the full range. The other thing I do, if I'm playing it in G, is play the B part an octave higher the second time through, to get a different sonority." Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, RD 1 Box 489, West Hurley, NY 12491.

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T: Lover's Waltz, The
C: \2511992 Molly Mason & Jay Ungar
R: waltz
N:
N:"Molly and I wrote this tune in 1985, when we were first together.  It was a
N:spontaneous composition -- where I started playing melody and she played chords, and both
N:the chords and melody evolved as we played it.  We'd played it at home together.  But it
N:was too personal to play for other people -- I felt the same way about 'Ashokan Farewell'
N:at first.  You know, you're not sure if people will like it.  Eventually, we played it
N:at a late night waltz session at Ashokan.  It seemed like the right moment for the tune
N:to emerge.  We originally wrote it in the key of G.  But the melody only uses three
N:strings on the fiddle, and in G you never touch the E string.  Usually, if a tune only
N:uses three strings, I go for the higher strings.  So that is why it's notated here in D.
N:Sometimes we play it in both G and D, to get the full range.  The other thing I do, if
N:I'm playing it in G, is play the B part an octave higher the second time through, to get
N:a different sonority."  Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, RD 1 Box 489, West Hurley, NY 12491.
B:"The Waltz Book", Bill Matthiesen.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Z: ABC by Mary Lou Knack, modified by John Chambers
K: D
Adf\
|| "D"a3 afd | "G"B3 AGF |  "D"A6-    |     A3 Adf \
|     a3 afd | "G"B3 AGF | "Em"A6-    | "A7"A3 ABd |
| "Em"e3 def | "G"ed3 BA |  "D"A6-    |     A3 ABd \
| "G"e3 def  | "Em"ed3    BA | "A"a4-    ab  |    a4  dc |]
| "D"d4  dc   | "Em"d4    dc | "D/F#"d3d dc  | "G"d2 g3f \
| "D"d4  dc   | "Bm"d4    BA | "Em"B4- BA/B/ |"A7"A4 dc |
| "G"B3 cd2   |  "A"c2 d2 e2 | "Bm"f3  gfe   |    d4 dc \
| "G"B2 c2 d2 | "A7"e2 d3  c | "D (G)"d6-    | "D"d3 |]

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