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originality of the air ; whereas in the first insipid business it is like the grating screw of the pins before the fiddle is brought in tune . - This is my taste ; if I am wrong , I beg pardon of the Cognoscenti .
originality of the air ; whereas in the first insipid business it is like the grating screw of the pins before the fiddle is brought in tune . - This is my taste ; if I am wrong , I beg pardon of the Cognoscenti .
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mixture of liveliness and plaintiveness that distinguishes so many reel tunes ; all that need be said about Burns's ... The tune , an original and spirited air in six - eight time , fascinated Burns , and for this reason , after having ...
mixture of liveliness and plaintiveness that distinguishes so many reel tunes ; all that need be said about Burns's ... The tune , an original and spirited air in six - eight time , fascinated Burns , and for this reason , after having ...
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I leave it among your hands . - I do not think it very remarkable either for its merits , or demerits ' . Burns marked this copy with an instruction to set it to the tune of ' Duncan Davison ' , a song which appeared in the second ...
I leave it among your hands . - I do not think it very remarkable either for its merits , or demerits ' . Burns marked this copy with an instruction to set it to the tune of ' Duncan Davison ' , a song which appeared in the second ...
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