Annotation:Drops of Whisky (3)

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Drops of Whisky [3]. English?, Scottish, Irish?; Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major (Mackie): G Major (Goodman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An early 19th century version of the slip jig is contained in the William Mackie music manuscript collection, Aberdeen, early 19th century. Mackie was a Highland piper and Scots small-piper, and sections of his ms. appears to be for flute and/or fiddle as well. It also can be found in vol. 2 (p. 149) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper biography: James Goodman. "Drops of Brandy (1)" is a related tune.

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