Time Signature: 2.4
Key of Tune: G
Tune Type: Set Tune
Number of Bars: 32
Description:
This tune is usually referenced as a polka, but, as has been pointed out by older players, it is Niel Gow’s lament for the closing of the Whisky distilleries and is in fact a slow air. (comment from The Session https://thesession.org/tunes/1529)
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Composer: Niel Gow, Perthshire, Scotland
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Collector(s): Edgar Waters & Jeff Way
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