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This title and tune brings to mind the piping of Leo Rowsome (1903-1970) who recorded it and whom I often heard play it on the radio. The French Revolution (1789) inspired the name of the tune, which was probably composed at that time.
(3DEF | G2 GA | G2 GA | GG AB | cB AG | A/B/A AG | A/B/A AG | A/B/A AG | BA Bc | B3 A | (3GBd gf | ed cB | A/B/A AG | A2 AG | AB cA | GF ED | G2 GA | G2 GA | GG AB | cB AG | A/B/A AG | A/B/A AG | BA Bc | de dc | BA Bc | de dc | B<d BG | (3ABc AF | G2 GA | G2 (3DEF || G2 GA | G2 GA | GG AB | cB AG | A/B/A AG | A/B/A AG | A/B/A AG | BA Bc | B3 A | (3GBd gf | ed cB | A/B/A AG | A2 AG | AB cA | GF ED | G2 GA | G2 GA | GG AB | cB AG | A/B/A AG | A/B/A AG | BA Bc | de dc | BA Bc | de dc | B<d BG | (3ABc AF | G2 G<B | G2 Bc || d2 ef | gf ed | Bd ge | dc BA | G2 G2 | A2 A2 | B2 cB | A/B/A Bc | dd ef | gf ed | Bd ge | dc BA | G2 (3ABc | (3BAG (3AGF | G2 B2 | G2 AG | F/A/F G2 | A2 B2 | B<c B2 | A/B/A G2 | F2 G2 | A2 B2 | B<c B2 | A2 Bc | d2 ef | gf ed | Bd ge | dc BA | G2 (3ABc | (3BAG (3AGF | G2 GB | G4 |