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Tune properties and standard notation


DROP OF DRAM, THE. AKA and see "Jack the Jolly Ploughboy," "Jolly Plowman (2)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is in a common song form, AABA, in which the first strain melodic material is repeated, and second half of the second strain returns to the first strain material.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 133.

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Tune properties and standard notation