Annotation:Empty Purse (1) (The)

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 EMPTY PURSE, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A note in the Gow's 2nd Collection (1788) says that its provenance is "Irish," and, indeed, it is a version of the minor-key variant of "Daniel of the Sun (3)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; p. 22 (3rd ed.).  Recorded sources:

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