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The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman, And ilka wife cries, "Auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o' the prize, man." ; Chorus-The deil's awa, the deil's awa, The deil's awa wi' the Exciseman, He's danc'd awa, he's danc'd awa, He's danc'd awa wi' the Exciseman.
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'Mr Mitchell mentioned to you a ballad which I composed, and sung at one of his Excise Court dinners: here it is — 'The deil's awa wi' th' Exciseman', Tune — 'Madame Cossy'. If you honor my ballad by making it one of your charming bon vivant effusions, it will secure it undoubted celebrity.'
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(Note: An Exciseman was a collector of excise taxes on certain home commodities and licences for certain trades. They were generally not well liked by the population. ); TUNE: The Hemp-Dresser...
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Burns as a Gauger or Exciseman. This page discusses the Poet, Robert Burns's career as an exciseman in Dumfries. ... An exciseman was employed by the government in what today would be HM Customs and Excise to ensure that people paid their taxes, particularly where related to alcohol.
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A 1774 British print depicted the tarring and feathering of Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm. Tarring and feathering was a ritual of humiliation and public ... Victims included British officials such as Malcolm and American merchants who violated non-importation by importing British goods. ... Source: Philip Dawe(?),
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The deil cam' fiddling through the town, And danced awa wi' the Exciseman, And ilka wife cries--"Auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o' the prize, man!"; The deil's awa, the deil's awa, The deil's awa wi' the Exciseman;
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Robert Burns worked as an exciseman, or customs officer, in Dumfries. While he was apparently good at his job, he would be well aware that tax collection and chasing after smugglers was not always popular! ... The Deil cam fiddlin' through the toun ; And danced awa' wi' th' exciseman, And ilka wife cried, 'Auld Mahoun,
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© 1996-2009 Andrew Kuntz ... Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, ... However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into...
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