Annotation:Old Man Will Never Die (The)
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OLD MAN WILL NEVER DIE, THE. AKA- "Auld Man is Long a Dying (The)," "Auld Man Ill Ne'er Die (The)," "Old Man is Long a Dying (The)." AKA and see "Bridge of Nairn (The)," "Old Man (4) (The)," "Trip to Bath (4)." Scottish, Reel or Pipe March. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (p. 67).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird [1] (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II), 1785; No. 56, p. 21. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 455. Glen (David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, vol. 7), c. 1885; No. 25, p. 13. Gow (Complete Repository, Book 2), 1802; p. 15. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; p. 34 (appears as "The auld man is long a dying"). William Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 31, p. 73. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 301.
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