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The Drops of Brandy

Traditional

Style
Celtic
Tradition
Irish, English and Scottish
Form
Slip jig
Key
D
Level
2
Played on
Fiddle and Mandolin

In the public domain. Source

Music

100bpm

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History

Two different slip jigs share the name. The older one is in a Scottish manuscript of country dances written for the Duke of Perth in 1734. The one played today first appears in Northumbrian piper John Peacock's collection of about 1805, where it is called "New Drops of Brandy," though the "New" soon fell away.

Drops of Brandy is also a country dance known across Britain and Ireland, close to Strip the Willow. Francis O'Neill wrote that a special dance was done to the tune, and it is still a favorite for solo step dancing competitions.

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