Farewell to Whisky

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"Whisky" is the spelling preferred in Great Britain.

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U:~=!turn!
T:Farewell to Whisky
C:Neil Gow
O:Scotland
B:Keith Norman MacDonald : "The Skye collection of the best reels & strathspeys extant" : 1887
Z:Ralph Palmer
N:"Whisky" is the spelling preferred in Great Britain.
R:Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
K:Bb
D | B,2 {/c}B/(TA/B/)d/ cG~G>B | FB {/d}c/B/c/d/ fd ~d>f | ga/b/ g/f/(e/d/) (e/d/)(c/B/) (cd) | FB (d/c/).B/.c/ {Bc}dB B :|
g | {/g}f>d b>d {/f}e/d/c/B/ ~cd | f>db>d fbbf | ga/b/ fd (e/d/)(c/B/) cd | B,B (d/c/).B/.c/ {Bc}dBTB>g |
f>dbd (e/d/)c/B/ c(d/e/) | x x x x  f/b/b/c'/ d'/g/a/b/ & f>g g/f/e/d/ fb g>f | ga/b/ d3/2~g//f// e/d/c/B/ cd | B,B (d/c/).B/.c/ {Bc}dB B |]
W:
W:This tune aludes [sic] to prohibiting the making of whisky in 1799. It is expressive of a
W:highlander being deprived of his favourite beverage.

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