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Preston's Reprint of Bremner's Collections, London 1789

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X: 27
T:Shaun Truish Willichan (#103)
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Preston's Reprint of Bremner's Collections, London 1789
K:C
A,|D/2D/2D D>F "tr"E2 A,>F|F2 "tr" ED G/2F/2E/2D/2 CE|
D/2D/2D D>F E2 A,E|"tr"F2 ED C>A,A,:|
|:G|A>cAG G>AGF|F>GFD G/2F/2E/2D/2 CG|
A>cAF G>AGE|FD G/2F/2E/2D/2 CA,A,:|
|:A|d/2d/2d d>f "tr"e2 c>e|f2 "tr"ed g/2f/2e/2d/2 ce|
d/2d/2d d>f e2 Ae|fd g/2f/2e/2d/2 c>AA:|
|:g|aa _b/2a/2g/2f/2 gg a/2g/2f/2e/2|ff g/2f/2e/2d/2 eccg|
aa _b/2a/2g/2f/2 gg a/2g/2f/2e/2|fe g/2f/2e/2d/2 cAA:||
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% With this tune is associated a special Highland dance, commonly
% referred to as "Sean Truis", but occasionally as "Willichan".
% The full name as above given is the same in Glenn's Analytical
% Table , and in "Bremner's Collections of Scots Reels, or Country
% Dances 1757-61". After Robert Bremner's death in 1789 his
% collections were reprinted by Preston, a great London publisher.

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