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Theme code Index	1566 5122
Also known as	Auld Man is Long a Dying (The), Auld Man Ill Ne'er Die (The), Bridge of Nairn (The), Old Man is Long a Dying (The), Fire fara a sheann Duine 's fhada leam a tha thu agum
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Pipe, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2, 2/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Alexander McGlashan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Strathspey Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 34
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1780
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Tune annotations

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T:Auld Man ill ne'er die, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2 (1785, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GBdG e2 eg|dBGB A/A/A A2|GBdB e2 ef|gagd B/B/B B2:||
gaT(ge) dedB|gaT(ge) agab|gage dega|gegd B/B/B B2|
gage dedB|gage f/e/f/g/ ab|gb eg dega|b/a/g/f/ gd B/B/B B2||

X:1
%
T:Fire fara a sheann Duine, 's fhada leam a tha thu agum
T:My old man is long a-dying
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music 
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 37)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|GBdB e2 Ae|dBBa BBdB|GBdB e2 Ae|dBGB A<AA<A:|
gage dedB|gage g2a2|gage dedB|efed B<BB<B|
gage dedB|gage g2a2|gage dega|gegd B<BB<B||

X:1
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T:Old Man is Long a Dying, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Pipe March
B:William Ross -- Ross's Collection of Pipe Tunes (1869, No. 31, p. 73)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|G/A/B/c/ dB|e2 eg|d/c/B/A/ G>B|AA/A/ A>B|
G/A/B/c/ d>B|e2 ef|a/g/f/e/ g>d|BB/B/ B:|
f|g>a g>e|d>e d>B|g>a g>e|f>g af>f|
ga ge|d>e g>f|a/g/f/e/ gd|BB/B/ B>f|
g>a g>e|d>e dB|ga ge|d/e/f/g/ a>f|
g>a e>g|d>g B>g|a/g/f/e/ gd|BB/B/ B||

X:1
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T:Old Man Will Never Die, The 
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GBdB e2 eg|d/c/B/A/ GB A/A/A AB|GBdB e2 ef|gagd B/B/B B2:|
~gage dedB|~gage agab|~gage degb|afgd B/B/B B2|
~gage dedB|~gage agab|gbeg degb|afgd B/B/B B2||

X:1
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T:Old Man Will Never Die, The 
M:C
L:1/8
R:Pipe March
B:David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, vol. 7 (c. 1885, No. 25, p. 13)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|G/A/B/c/ d>B e>deg|d/c/B/A/ G>B AA/A/ A>B|G/A/B/c/ d>B e>deg|
a/g/f/e/ g>d B>B B:||g>a gf/e/ d>e dB|ga gf/e/ dg a>e|
ga gf/e/ de/f/ ge|a/g/f/e/ g>d B>B Be|g>a gf/e/ d>e dB|
ga gf/e/ d/>e/f/g/ a>e|gaeg dgBg|a/g/f/e/ g>d BB/B/ B||

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