Annotation:Empty Purse (2) (The)
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EMPTY PURSE [2], THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (whole time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1797).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 46, p. 18.
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