Annotation:Drop of Dram (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
DROP OF DRAM, THE. AKA and see "Jack the Jolly Ploughboy." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is in a common song form, AABA, in which the first strain melodic material is repeated, and second half of the second strain returns to the first strain material.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 133.
Recorded sources: