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JOHNNY'S FRIENDS ARE NE'ER PLEASED. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. See also Northumbrian musician William Vickers' distanced version under the title "Jack's Friend is Never Pleased," from his 1770 music manuscript collection.

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Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pp. 30-31. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 20.

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