Annotation:Drink of Brandy (The)

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 DRINK OF BRANDY, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABA. The similarly named "Drops of Brandy (1)" is an unrelated slip jig. The melody turns up in a later American publication associated with the Elias Howe publishing concern as "Honeymoon Jig (2)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 55. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 85.  Recorded sources:

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