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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)
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
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

X:1
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
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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