Annotation:Pure Drop (1) (The)

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PURE DROP [1], THE. AKA and see “Honeymoon Reel (2) (The),” “Maid Who Left the Country (1).” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kennedy): AABB (Levey, Roche). The term pure drop refers to the distillation of liquor, but is used euphemistically to describe core traditional Irish music and traditional performance.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 160, p. 38. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 81, pp. 36-37. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1912; no. 225, p. 15.

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