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T:Drops of Brandy
S:Kilkenny Tavern sessions, London
B:William Bradbury Ryan, 1883, Ryan's Mammoth Collection,
B:page 83; Elias Howe, Boston.
B:O'Neill's DMI, No. 448; O'Neill's Irish Music, No. 218.
B:Michael Raven, 1984, One Thousand English Country Dance
B:Tunes, page 130; Music Exchange, Manchester.
N:A widely known tune, perhaps originally 17th century
N:Scottish; similar to 'Scotland' in Playford's Dancing
N:Master, 14th edition, 1709.
N:First publication under the present title was in the
N:second edition of Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances,
N:circa 1735. It was the name of a country dance and
N:later a vehicle for solo set dancing in Ireland.
N:It appears in many English MS collections; in the 19th
N:century it was published in Thomas Wilson, 1816, 'A
N:Companion to the Ballroom', and in Kerr's Merry
N:Melodies, Vol. 2, No. 235.
N:Some people use more crochet beats than I have
N:transcribed here, as in O'Neill's versions.
Z:ATB
R:slip jig
M:9/8
L:1/8
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