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FRIEND IN NEED, A. English (?), Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is also to be found in Gilfert's Gentleman's Pocket Companion for the German Flute or Violin (c. 1802, p. 37), published in New York.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 193, p. 72.

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