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The Piper's Whim
Found in Pipers_Whim.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:196 T:The Piper's Whim M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Offr. Wm. Walsh, Chicago K:G c|B3 GBG dBG|B/2c/2dB gdB efg|B2 G GBG dBG|A/2B/2cA fAB c2:| |:c|B/2c/2dB gdB gdB|B/2c/2dB gdB efg|1B/2c/2dB gdB gdB| B/2c/2dB fAB c2:|2bag agf efg|B/2c/2dB cAF G2|| % % "The Piper's Maggot", as this old tune was called, first appeared in % print in "Rob't Bremner's Collection of Scots Reels and Country % Dances, Edinburgh 1758". As the word "Maggot" which means % an odd fancy or whim is obsolete in this age, the change of name % is permissible. The tune was printed in Aird's Selections etc., % London 1797, and in later publications somewhat varied.
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