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Theme code Index	1H1H5H5H 1H3H61H
Also known as	How Can We Abstain from Whisky
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland, Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, English, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Clinton
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 18, p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	1841
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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T:Legacy [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow and with feeling”
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841, No. 18, p. 9)
H:Irish-born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2.d (dA).F|.a2.a (af).d|.d2.e .f>.e.f|.B2.c .d2A|
(d>e).d (dA).F|(a>b).a (a<f).d|(d2e) {g}f>.e.f|(.B2.c .d2)||
d|(df).a d'2 d'|(c'>b).a (ba).f|(df).a d'2d'|(c'b)^.a !fermata!.b2c'|
d'2d' (d'<a).f|(b^a/b/c'/b/) (=a<f).d|(d2e) {g}f>.e.f|(.B2.c.d2):|]

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T:Legacy [1],The,aka. JC.211
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:120
S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864)
R:Air
O:England211
A:Northamptonshire
N:
Z:P Headford
F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/b.abc	
K:C
c2c cGE|g2g gec|c2d ede|A2Bc3|!
c2c cGE|g2g gec|c2d ede|A2Bc3|!
|cegc'2c'|(ba).g (ag).f|ceg c'2c'|(ba)g. a2b|!
c'2c' (bg).e|a2a gec|c2d ede|A2Bc3|]
W:Song text exists. See Deacon.

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T:Legacy [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 32, p. 13) 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
"Allegro"c2 c cGE|g2g geg|c2d e>de|A2B c3:||
ceg c'2c'|b>ag age|ceg c'2c'|bag a2b|
c'2c' c'ge|a2a geg|c2d ede|A2B c3||

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T:Legacy [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 55, p. 14)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
G2G GDB,|d2d dBd|G2A {c}BAB|E2F [B,3G3:||
GBd g2g|(fed) (edB)|GBd g2g|fed e2f|
g2g (fdB)|e2e dBG|G2A BAB|E2F G2||

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T:Legacy [1], The 
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A | (d2.d) dAF | (a2.a) afd | (d2.e) {g}fef | (B2.c) (d2.A) | 
(d2.d) dAF | (a2.a) afd | (d2.e) {g}fef | (B2c) d2 :|
|: A | dfa (d'2.d') | (c'b).a (ba).f | dfa (d'2.d') | (c'b).a (ba).f | 
dfa (d'2.d') | (c'b).a b2c' | (b2.b) afd | (d2.e) {g}fef | (B2c) d2 :|]

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T:Legacy [1], The 
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 252  (c. 1880's)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2G GDB,|d2d dBG|G2A BAB|E2F G3:|
|:GBd g2g|fed edB|GBd g2g|fed e2f|
 ggg fdB|eee dBG|G2A BAB|E2F G2:|]

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