Hello Francis
Can't help on that front but I'm told Jack Armstrong would launch into
that tune when his glass was empty.
Anthony
--- On Tue, 13/9/11, Francis Wood <oatenp...@googlemail.com> wrote:
From: Francis Wood <oatenp...@googlemail.com>
Subject: [NSP] Farewell to Whisky - Niel Gow
To: "NSP group" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 13 September, 2011, 17:54
The note accompanying the fine tune 'Farewell to Whisky' appearing in
the Gow 5th collection states:
"This tune alludes to prohibiting the making of Whisky in 1799.
It is expressive of a Highlander's sorrow on
being deprived of his favourite beverage".
Also in the 5th collection is the remedy to this distressing situation:
'Whisky Welcome back again', with the note:
"Alluding to permitting Whisky to be distilled in the year 1801.
It is a merry dancing Tune."
I seem to remember reading that the prohibition was caused by a
shortage of grain. Can anyone provide anything more specific about the
relevant circumstances in 1799 - 1801?
Francis
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