Annotation:De'il's Awa wi' the Exciseman (The)
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DEIL'S AWA' WI' THE EXCISEMAN. AKA and see "London Gentlewoman," "Hemp Dressers (1) (The)." Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title comes from a Robert Burns song written to the older tune ("The Hemp Dresser") dating to before 1650. See also the related "Wilke's Wrigle" and "Merrily Danced the Quaker."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880's; No. 271, p. 30.
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