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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, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 


FAR AWAY. American, Waltz. USA, New York. B Minor. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Composed in 1985 by Pete Jung (Kingston, N.Y.), who said: “I wrote this while playing the mandolin, on the way back home from a Brattleboro (VT) Dawn Dance, at about 7 A.M. I wrote it for a particular woman who has an enchanting but  elusive quality—that was what I was trying to convey.” The melody has become quite popular and pops up from time to time at sessions. Matthiesen (Waltz Book 1), 1992; pg. 21. CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers – “Concert Collection II” (1999). Maggie's Music, Ceoltoiri ‑ "Silver Apples of the Moon." Wild Asparagus ‑ "Tone Roads" (1990). Conor Keane – “Oidhreacht” (appears as “Nicholas Quemener’s Waltz”—Quemener is with the group Arcady). 

                       

FAR AWAY WEDDING, THE. See “Faraway Wedding [2].”

                       

FAR, FAR BEYOND YON MOUNTAINS. Irish, Air (4/4 time). Ireland, County Tyrone. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Rev. James Mease [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 345, pg. 87.

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T:Far, far beyond yon Mountains

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 345  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

D2|G3B A2G2|F3E D2D2|G2 AB cB AG|G6 D2|G3BA2G2|

F3E D2D2|G2 AB cBA>G|G6||(Bc)|d2B2 (Bc) (de)|f d3 z2d2|

c3B A2G2|F6 Bc|d2B2 Bc de|f d3 z2d2|c3B A3G|G6||

                       

FAR, FAR, DOWN IN THE SOUTH OF LUIDACH. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “Set from M. O’Donohoe, Arranmore, Sept. 13th, 1857" (Stanford/Petrie). Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 335, pg. 84.

                       

 

FAR FIELD, THE. AKA and see Boil the Kettle Early [3],” “The Cloontia Reel,” “The Far Field,” "An Garda Nua," "Lady Cork's Reel,” “Michael Dwyer’s Favourite,” "The New Policeman [3]," "Paddy Bolster's Reel," “The Tinker’s Stick,” "The Twin Brothers [1]."

 

FAR FROM HOME ("Slan Beo Leat" or "Fad Ua Baile"). Irish, English, Shetland, American; Reel. USA; New England, Northwest. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cranitch, Frets Magazine, Miller & Perron, O'Neill/Krassen, Raven). Bayard (1981) collected in Pennsylvania a tune that is a version, "The Butcher's Row." Many have pointed out the similarity to the popular hornpipe “Going/Off to California [1],” especially in the ‘B’ parts which are nearly identical. Nigel Gatherer remarks that “many people think of this tune as a Shetland reel; I’ve even seen it on CD’s as ‘Far Frae Home’!” He attributes this to its being included in sets of Shetland tunes by the Boys of the Lough on their albums “Good Friends…Good Music” and “Far From Home.” Source for notated version: Francis O'Neill learned his version of the tune in the San Joaquin Valley, California, when he was aged 19 in the 1870's “from the whistling of a companion while herding a flock of 3,000 sheep on the plains at the foot of the Sierra Nevada range" (ed.—presumably the title appealed to the young O'Neill, who left Ireland in his mid-teens, or was his own invention) [O'Neill/Irish Folk Music]. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 59, pg. 148. Frets Magazine, "Boys of the Lough," October 1980; pg. 31. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book), Vol. 2; pg. 11. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 86. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 107. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1261, pg. 237. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 530, pg. 99. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 188. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 43. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 76. Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough‑‑"Good Friends, Good Music" (1977).

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T:Far from Home

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

|:GE DE G3A|B2 BA Bc d2|GE DE G3B|AG AB AG E2|

GE DE G3A|B2 BA Bc d2|ed ef ge dc|BG AF G4:|

|:g3eg3d|ed ef ed B2|ge dB G2 GB|AG AB AG E2|

GE DE G2 GA|B3A Bc d2|ed ef ge dc|BG AF G4:|

           

FAR GATE, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Antrim. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 34.

                       

FAR IN THE MOUNTAIN. AKA and see "Fire on the Mountain."

           

FAR MOR, THE. AKA and see "Is the Big Man Within?"

           

FAR O'ER STRUY. Scottish, "Retreat Air" (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by J.P. MacLeod, a piper and pipe‑maker of Tain, who won the gold medal for pibroch at Inverness in 1907. A "retreat air" is a form popular with West‑coast Scotland fiddlers, according to Alastair Hardie (1992). Source for notated version: West‑coast Scottish fiddler Angus Grant of Fort William (Scotland) [Hardie]. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 120. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 4, 1991; pg. 26.

 

FAR ON THE MOUNTAIN. AKA and see “Fire on the Mountain.” Old-Time. This is the title of the tune, as recorded by The Red-Headed Fiddlers.”

 

FARAL GARA. See "Farrell O'Gara," "Fearghal Ó Gadhra."

                       

FARAWAY GRANDCHILD, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by David A. Gordon. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Volvol. 4, 1991; pg. 27.

                       


FARAWAY WEDDING [1]. AKA and see "The Gravelled Walks to Granny," "The Highland Man that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "The Cottage in the Grove [2]," "Down with the Mail," "The Gravelled Walks to Granny," "The Highland Man that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "In and Out (of) the Harbour," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "Jenny Tie your Bonnet,” "Lizzie's Bonnet," "Lassie(s) tie your Bonnet(s)," "Lizzie's Bonnet," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "In and Out (of) the Harbour," "Upstairs in a Tent [1]," "The Rambler's Rest," "Down with the Mail," "Tie the Bonnet," "Jenny Tie your Bonnet.""Upstairs in a Tent [1].”  English, Scottish; Jig. Englandish, Northumberland. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.  Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 492.

Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 27.

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T:Far awa’ Wedding, The [1]

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|:A3(A A)EA AEA|c2(A A)EA B=GB|c2A AEA AEA|B=GB Bge dBG:|

cAA a2e c(AA)|cAA a2f =g(BB)|cAA a2e cAc|B=GB Bge gdB|

cAA a2e c(AA)|

cAA =g3 {fg}gBB|cAA a2e cAc|B=GB Bge gdB||

 

FAR AWAY WEDDING [2], THE. AKA and see Kitty Lie Over (Next to the Wall),” “Patsy McCann’s,” Paddy’s Return [1],” What’ll I do if the Kettle Boils Over [2],” Young Tim Murphy.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill prints the tune as “Young Tim Murphy.” Source for notated version: “From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce, from Connor Hannan, near Kildorrery, Co. Cork” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 468, pg. 118.

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T:Far Away Wedding, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Allegro”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 468

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F/G/ | AFD DFA | Add B2A | Bcd AGF | GFG EFG | AFD DFA| Add B2A |

BdF G2E | FDD D2 || d/e/ | fef d2 e | fed B2A | Bcd A2F |

GFG E2e |

fef def | gfg ecA | AdF G2E | FDD D2 ||

 

FAR AWAY WEDDING [3], THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 42, pg. 12. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 47. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 15338. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 190, pg. 78.

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T:Far Away Wedding, The [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

K:D Mix

A |: FDD ADD | FDF AGF | GEE BEE | BEB "tr"BAG | FDD ADD | FDD AGF |

EFA B2 A | BdF E2 D :: FAA A2 B | FAA AGF | GBB B2 A | GBB BAG |

FAA A2 B | FAA AGF | EFA B2 A | BdF E2 D :||

X:2

T:Far away Wedding, The [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D
A | FDD ADD | FDD AGF | GEE BEE | GEE BAG | FDD ADD | FDD AGF |

G2A B2A | BdF E2D :: FGA dcd | FDD AGF | GEE BEE | GEE BAG |

FGA dcd | FDD AGF | G2A B2A | BdF E2D :|

                       

FARDER BEN DA WYLCOMER, DA. AKA and see "Faader Ben Da Welcomer."

                       

FARDOWN FARMER, THE (An Gabaltuide Tuatac/Tuaideac). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The term ‘Fardown’ was used in the 19th and 20th centuries, often by Irish-Americans, to describe someone (often a Protestant) from Ulster. Faction fighting was reported on 19th century American construction sites between Fardowns and men from Munster. It is said the name was derived from fir dun or ‘dark men. See also the related “Angry Peeler.” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 55. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1024, pg. 191. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 237, pg. 53.

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T:Fardown Farmer, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 237

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

A|BAB GED|EFG GAB|BAB GED|EAA ABc|BAB GED|EFG GAB|dfe dcA|B<GG G2:|

|:A|Bcd ded|dge dBG|Bcd ded|efd g2d|Bcd ded|dge dBG|dfe dcA|B<GG G2:|

                       

FARE THEE WELL MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS. Old‑Time. Related to "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" but derives from the well‑known folk song "Sixteen Next Sunday." Rounder Records, Fiddlin' John Carson ‑ "The Old Hen Cackled and the Roosters Goin' to Crow."

                       

FARE THEE WELL, SWEET KILLALOE. AKA and see "The Oysterwives Rant," "The haughs o' Cromdale," "Wate You How the Play Began," "The Hillside [2]," Sweet Killaloe,” "Welcome Home [3]." Irish, Air or March (4/4 time). D  Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Killaloe is in County Clare at Kincora, and home of the eleventh-century Irish King of Munster Brian Boru. Ruins of his fort can still be seen there. Bayard says the tune is related to the "Oro, Welcome Home!" tune family. Source for notated versiison: Miss Griffin of Foynes on the Shannon in Limerick, via Pigot (Joyce). Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pgs. 30-31. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 842, pg. 408. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 100, pg. 56. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1809, pg. 339.O'Neill (Irish Music); No. 100.

                                   

FARE WELL. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The jig was originally printed by Northumbrian small-piper John Peacock (c. 1756-1817) in his Favourite Collection of Tunes with Variations, printed in Newcastle by musician and music seller Thomas Wright. Peacock was one of the foremost Northumbrian pipers of his generation, one of the last of the Newcastle Waits, and an innovator in pipemaking. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 59. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 16, pg. 5.

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T:Fare Well

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:John Peacock A Favourite Collection of Tunes with Variations (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

ded g2g|BcB d2d|G2G AGA|BAB A3|ded g2g|BcB d2d|

G2G AGA|G2G G3::d>ed cAc|BcB AGA|AAG BAG|dcB B2A|

d>ed cAc|BcB AGA|GAG BAG|dBG d3|ded g2g|BcB d2d|

G2G AGA|BGB A3|ded g2g|BcB d2d|G2G AGA|G2G G3:|

                                   

FARE YE WELL, BALLINDERRY. AKA and see "Farewell, Miss Gordon." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). Ireland, Leinster. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Identified by Darley & McCall as a Leinster air. Source for notated version: fiddler Courtney Jones (Avoca, Co. Wicklow) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Irish Music), 1914; No. 7, pg. 3.

                                   

FARE YOU WELL. AKA and see "End of the Mission," "Sinners' Lament," "Weeping and Mourning," "Rough Little Heathy Hill" (An garbh Cnoicin Fraoigh), “Sliabh Geal gCua Na Feile. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Major (O'Neill/1915): D Major (O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (Irish Folk Music, pg. 67) states:

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During the last week of a mission given at Bantry during my school

days, the man who presided at a stall erected against the end of the

schoolhouse for the sale of church wares, attracted trade by singing

a rather depressing song to a fine melody which I memorized uncon-

sciously and never forgot. Following is all I remember of the song-

‘Where sinful souls do mourn form whence they can’t return

But there to weep and mourn bound in fiery chains.’

No doubt this direful picture of perdition was intended to call attention

to the need of prompt repentance, so I named the Air “Fare you Well”

or the “Sinner’s Lament.” This melody was unknown in that part of the

country and no trace of it had ever been discovered in our experience

until recently a version was found in (Stanford/Petrie’s Complete

Collection, 1905), under the title “An garbh Cnoicin Fraoigh” (The rough

little Heathy Hill”).

***

O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 17, pg. 18. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 2, pg. 1.

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T:Fare You Well

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 2

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Slow”

K:D

f/g/|a>b g>a|f2 e>d|d>c A>B|c2 d>e|d>c (3AGF|G2 FG|A<d d>e|d3||A|d>e f>g|

a2 a>g|a>b a>f|g2 g>g|a>b a>g|{e}=f2 e>c|d>c A>G|A3 f/g/|a>b g>a|f2 e>d|

d>c A>B|c2 d>e|d>c (3AGF|G2 FG|A<d d>e|d3||

                       

FARE YOU WELL KILLEAVY. Irish, Air. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). While mostly traditional in his repertoire, Goodman regularly played several novelty or ‘popular’ tunes.

                       


FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old‑Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as  if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it:

***

Fare you well, my Susan.

Fare you well, my dear.

Fare you well, my Susan

I'm goin' to leave you here‑‑

Chorus:

Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,

Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.

Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,

Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.

***

Source for notated version: James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 71, pg. 48.

                       

FAREWELL [1], THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey or Marching Air (whole time). E Major. Standard tuning. One part (Marshall): AAB (Cranford/Holland). Composed by an elderly William Marshall (1748-1833), of Fochabers, Morayshire; it was his musical farewell to his home of Keithmore, which Marshall left at age 74, having resided there 33 years. It was published posthumously in his A Second Collection of Scottish Melodies (the 1845 Collection). Other tunes with the same title were published earlier by James Aird and John Anderson. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 144, pg. 54. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition; 1845 Collection, pg. 35. EMI Music, Puirt a Baroque (David Greenberg) “Bach Meets Cape Breton” (1995).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index 

 

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T:Farewell, The  [1]

L:1/8

M:C

S:Marshall1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E

(G/>A/)|(B>A) (G>F) (E/G/B/e/) g>e|(f/B/f/g/) ag/a/ f(F/G/) F(G/A/)|

(B>A)(G>F) (3E/G/B/ (3e/g/b/ ag/f/|(f/e/)d/c/ (B/d/)e/f/ ge e G/A/|

c>AGG/F/ (E/G/B/e/) g<e|(f/B/f/g/) ag/a/ f(F/G/) FG/A/|B>AGF (3E/G/B/ (3e/g/b/ ag/f/|

(f/e/)d/c/ (c/B/)A/G/ BE E||g/<a/|b>eg>b (e>f) (g>e)|a>f g/b/a/g/ fF/>G/ Fg/a/|

be (g/4a/4g/4f/4)e/d/ (f/e/)d/c/ (c/B/)A/G/|(A/c/)B/e/ (d/f/)(B/a/) ge eg/a/|

(b>e)(g>d) eE (c/B/)(A/G/)|(B,/E/G/B/) (A/c/d/e/) g>f fG/A/|

(B>A)(G>F) (3E/G/B/ (3e/g/b/ ag/f/|(f/e/)d/c/ (c/B/)A/G/ BE E||

 

FAREWELL [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Minor ('A' part) & B Flat Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB'. A modern composition by Patrick McNulty, an Irish piper from Glasgow. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 24.

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T:The Farewell [2]

R:hornpipe

C:Pat McNulty

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:80

K:Gm

G>A|B>dc>B A>cB>A|G>DB,>D G>AB>c|d>g^f>g e>dc>B|(3ABc (3BAG ^F2G>A|

B>dc>B A>cB>A|G>DG>A B>AB>c|d>g^f>=f e>cA>c|d>D^F>A G2:|!

^F2|=F>Ac>d ^f>gd>c|B>D=F>B d>fb>a|g>Bd>g f>FB>d|c>f=e>g f2(3^fga|

b>Bd>g _a>Bd>f|g>cd>g =e>bg>e|[1f>ga>g f>=e_e>d|c>FA>c B2:|!

[2f>=e_e>c A>FD>C|(3BBB D>F B2||

 

FAREWELL [3]. See "Fare Well."

                       

FAREWELL BLUES. Old‑Time, Country Rag. USA. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Volvol. 2), 1984; pg. 124.

                       

FAREWELL--BUT WHENEVER YOU WELCOME THE HOUR. See "Jack the Jolly Ploughboy."

                       

FAREWELL DARLING YOUTH (Soraidh slan do'n ailleagan). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "The Gaelic song usually associated with this melody, was composed to a lady of the family of MacKenzie, Bart. of Gairloch, in Ross‑shire. The words sung by the editor's father referred to a youth going abroad. Mr. Campbell, in his 'Albyn's Anthology,' gives the name of this air to no less than two of the few Highland melodies contained in it" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 4, pg. 2.

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T:Farewell darling Youth

T:Soraidh slan do’n ailleagan

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c/>B/|A>EF>E A>FE>c|B>A FG A2 zE|A>EF>E A>FE>c|d>feG A3:|

A/B/|c>de>f e>cA>f|e>dc>d e3f|e>cB>A A>FE>c|BA F>G A2 zA/B/|

c>de>f e>dc>d|d>cf>e a3f|e>cB>A A>FE>c|B>A FG A3||

                       

FAREWELL, DEAR LOVE. English, Air. D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. The song is to be found in Robert Jones' First Book of Songs and Ayres (1600). The song, somewhat garbled, appears in Twelfth Night (act ii, scene 3) after Sir Toby has quoted from several songs; Malvolio enters and puts an end to the revel, but his last word, "farewell," prompts Sir Toby on one more song, "Farewell, Dear Love." Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time), 1964; pgs. 16‑17.


                       

FAREWELL DUCKTOWN. A version of “Flop Eared Mule” recorded by Allen Sisson in 1925.

                       

FAREWELL, FAIR ARMELIA. AKA and see "Fortune My Foe." The air appears in Luke Wadding's (the Bishop of Ferns) A Pious Garland of Godly Songs for the Solace of his Friends and Neighbors in their Afflictions, 1680.

                       

FAREWELL FOR EVER{MORE} (Slán Leat Go Bráth). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. "From Norry Dwane of Glenosheen, 1846" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 26, pg. 16.

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T:Farewell for Evermore

T:Slán Leat Go Bráth

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Slow and sad”

K:D DorianDdor

ABc|d2 ecAG|E2 C2 DE|F2G2 A>B|c4 Ac|d2 ecAG|E2C2 DE|F2 A>GE>D|

D4||AG|A2d2 d>e|fedfec|A2c2 c>d|c4 AG|A2d2 d>e|f2d2 ec|A2d2 d>e|

d4 de|fedcAG|c2A2 GF|EcAGED|C4 DE|FGABce|d2A2 AG|F2 A>GE>D|D4||

                       

FAREWELL FRIEND.  Canadian, March. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Kinnon Beaton on the death of his friend, John Morris Rankin, who tragically died in an auto accident in 2000. Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

 

FAREWELL INVERNESS. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 96.

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T:Farewell Inverness

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FE | D3F EDEF | B2E2E2FE | D3F EDEF | AFED d3e | fedf edBe | dBAF E3F |

DEFG ABAG | F2D2D2 :: fe | d2a2 fgaf | b2e2e2 fe | d2 ag fgab | agfe d3e |

f2 fd e2 eB | dBAG E3F | DEFG ABdA | F2D2D2 :: FE | DAFA DAFA | B2E2E2FE |

DAFA DAFD | dAFD d3e | fedf edBd | AFdF E3F | DEFG ABAG | F2D2D2 :: fe |

dfab adfa | b2e2 egfe | dfab adfa | b2 bg afed | f2 fd e2 ec | dBAF E3F | DEFG ABdA | F2D2D2 :|

                       

FAREWELL MANCHESTER. AKA and see "Felton's Gavot." English, Air, County and Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Mixolydian/G Major (Raven): E Flat Major (Chappell). Standard tuning. AB. The tune was composed early in the 18th century by the Reverend William Felton, prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, as a passage in one of his keyboard concertos published about 1740 or later by John Johnson of Cheapside (Kidson, Groves). It was later published with variations as "Felton's Gavot," and quickly gained popularity. Bremner published it in Edinburgh in 1756 in his Collection of Airs and Marches ‘for two violins or German flutes’. At some point lyrics were adapted to the tune from which the title "Farewell Manchester" derives, though these lyrics have been ‘lost to the ages’.

***

On the occasion of the conclusion of the peace of Aix-la-Chappelle, in October, 1748 (which ended the War of the Austrian Succession), a song was written to the air, beginning:
***

Fill, fill, fill the glass, briskly put it round…

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The broadsheet was headed “Farewell Manchester, a song for three voices made on the Peace.” Despite the fact that the peace song had nothing whatsoever to do with farewells or Manchester, it indicates that the “Farewell Manchester” title attached to the air was well-known at the time.

***

"Farewell Manchester" was also played by Jacobite troops, the story goes, as they retreated from England back to Scotland in 1745, quitting Manchester, a town that had once welcomed Prince Charlie's thrust for the throne, but which later had, as the tide turned, become hostile (Chappell, 1859; Winstock, 1970). Chappell (1859) states it was also played "when the unfortunate Manchester youth, Dawson, was executed in 1746."

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The morris dance version is from the area of Lichfield, England; there the dance attached to this tune is called Ring O' Bells. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vVol. 2, 1859; pg. 91. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 91.

X:1

T:Gavot by Mr. Felton

L:1/8

M:2/4

S:Bremer – Collection of Airs and Marches (1756)

K:G

d2 c2 {B/c/}|BAGA|Bc/d/ cB|(B2A2)|d2 (c2 {B/c/})|BFGc|B2 (A2 {G/A/})|G4:|

|:d2B2|({c/d/}e3) d|(dc)(cB|B2A2|d2 gf|{f/}e3d|^cd {f}ed/c/|{^c}d4|d2c2|

BAGA|Bcd cB|B2 Ae|d2 c2 {B/c/}|BFGc|B2 A2{G/A/}|G4:|

X:2

T:Felton’s Gavot

L:1/8

M:2/4

S:John Johnson – Compleat Tutor for the Guittar (c. 1755)

K:C

e2d2|cf e2|edBc|d/c/B/A/ G2|e2d2|cf e2|dcBc|d4||g2f2|ec’ a2|

gc f2|ec’ g2|gc fe/d/|eB cf|e2d2|c4:|

                                   

FAREWELL MARIAN. AKA and see "Farewell to the Shore." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

                                   

FAREWELL, MARY ANN. AKA and see "Constitution Hornpipe [3]," "Old Viole." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Recorded by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress, 1939, from the playing of W.A. Bledsoe, Meridian, Mississippi. Bledsoe had the tune from an uncle in Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he grew up before the turn of the century. Source for notated version: Frank Miller with the Blue Ridge Mountaineers [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 83. Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, W.A. Bledsoe ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985).

           

FAREWELL, MISS GORDON. AKA and see "Fare Ye Well, Ballinderry."

           

FAREWELL MY NATIVE LAND. Irish, Air (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 61, pg. 39.

X:1

T:Farewell My Native Land

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G | E>D CD | E>F G>A | F>E CC | C3C | E>F GG | c>d ec | B>G G>E | F3C |

E>F GG | c>c cc | B>G E>F | F3G | E>D CD | EF GA | F>E CC | C3 ||

                       


FAREWELL MY OLD COMRADES. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Dorian/A Minor. Standard tuning. AA. See note for "Fairies' Lamentation" for source data. Joyce (Old Irish Music and Song), 1909; No. 528, pg. 284.

           

FAREWELL MY PRETTY WITTY PEGGY.  Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II), c. 1746; pg. 40.

X:1

T:Farewell my Pretty witty Peggy

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 40  (c. 1746)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d2 | g2 (g/4a/2<b) (g<e)(d<B) | “tr”(A>G)(AB) (G<E)d2 | g2 (g/4a/2<b) (g<e)(d<B) |

“tr”(A>G)(AB) G2 :: g2 | d3e (d<B)d2 | g2(g/a/b) ({b}a3)g | e2(e/f/g) (d<B)(A<G) |

E2c2 ({B}”tr”A3)G | (A<D)(G<A)B2g2 | ({f}e3)d e>fg>a | b3a (g<e)(d<g) | (d<B)”tr”(A>G) G2 :|

 

FAREWELL NOW MISS GORDON. Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Wexford. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From Mr. Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 787, pg. 197.

X:1

T:Farewell now Miss Gordon

M:3/4
L:1/8

N:”Co. of Wexford.”

N:”Andante”

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 787

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

(3FGA | B2 AB cA | F2 FE DC | DE FG AB | c>A F2 (3FGA |

B2 AB cA | F2 FE DC | DE FG AB | cd B2 || Bc | d2 de fg |

c2f2 fe | d2B2 AB | G2F2 (3FGA | B2 AB cA | F2 FE DC | DE FG AB | cd B2 ||

           

FAREWELL ONE. English, Jig. E Minor ('A' part) and G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 194.

           

FAREWELL REEL. AKA and see “Cill Abhail,” “Killavil Reel [1],” “Mick Finn’s..” Irish, Reel. A tune played at ‘American Wakes’ (where the emigrant would be feted before he/she left the old country), according to the former Sligo flute player Tom Byrne who played the melody at such gatherings himself before he too emigrated.

           

FAREWELL SWEET NORA (Slán Leat Nora Deas). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 268, pg. 29. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 904, pg. 168. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 104.

X:1

T:Farewell Sweet Nora

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 904

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DED GAB | AGA BGE | DED GAB | AdB AGE |

DED GAB | AGA Bcd | ege dBG | DEF G2z :|

|: dBd efg | fed cBA | GFG Bcd | efg a2 e/f/ |

gbg {b}afd | d>gf/e/ dBG | ege dBG | DEF G2 z :|

 

FAREWELL TO ABERDEEN. AKA and see "The 72nd's Farewell to Aberdeen,” “Boy’s Lament for his Dragon.” ."

 

FAREWELL TO ARDMALE (Usir Roim bReacd An Lae). AKA – “Farewell to Ardmore.” AKA and see "Uair Beg/Bheag Roimh A' La," "Sean O Duibir an Gleanna [1]," "A dhochtuir dhilis." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 17, pg. 5.

 

FAREWELL TO ARDMORE (Uair roimh breachadh an lea). AKA and see "Farewell to Ardmale."

 

FAREWELL TO AULD DECENCY. See “Farewell to Old Decency.”

 

FAREWELL TO BALLINAHULLA. AKA and see “Julia McMahon.” Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. O’Neill prints the tune as “Julia McMahon.” Ballinahulla is the birthplace of Kerry accordion player Denis Doody, and (according to Paul de Grae) is “just on the Kerry side of the border near Ballydesmond - to be precise, ‘three fields from the Blackwater river’, the river being the boundary between Kerry and Cork at that point.  In other words, in the heart of Sliabh Luachra.” Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin‑ "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977).

X:1

T:Farewell to Ballinahulla

R:jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:A

ABA ABc|ece a2e|ecA ABc|ecA BGE|\

ABA ABc|ece a2B|cde fdB|1 BAG A3:|2 BAG Ace||\

a3 age|fga e2g|aec Acd|ecA BGE|1 a3 age|\

fga e2d|cde fdB|BAG A3:|2 c3 d3|efg a2B|cde fdB|BAG A3||

 

FAREWELL TO BALLINDERRY. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 51, pg. 14.

 

FAREWELL TO BALLYMONEY (Slan Le Baile-Muine). AKA and see "The Dear Irish Maid." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 64, pg. 11.

X:1

T:Farewell to Ballymoney

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slowly and tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 64

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DE | F2G2 (3ABc | d2A2 AG | F2D2F2 | E2D2 de | f2e2d2 |

c2A2G2 | A2d2e2 | d4 de | f2e2d2 | c2d2 cA | G2c2E2 |

D2C2 DE | F2G2 (3ABc | d2 A2 AG | F2D2E2 | D4 ||

 

FAREWELL TO BUTE. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 88, pg. 12.

X:1

T:Farewell to Bute

M:C

L:1/8

R:Stathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 88  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:EB MinorEmin

B>AG>F E2 E>G | B2 B>A (B<e) e>d | B>AG>F E>FG>A | B<e g>f e3B :|

|: d>eg>a b>ag>b | d>ed>c (B<d) d>e | d>eg>a b>ag>b | (B<e) g>f e3 :|

 

FAREWELL TO CAILROE. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler Sean McGuire [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vVol. 4, No. 18.

X:1

T:Farewell to Cailroe

B:Music from Ireland 4, Bulmer & Sharpley

S:Sean McGuire

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:reel

K:A

EG|A2 EC DCDE|CA,CE A2 (3Bcd|e^def eAcA|BGAF GEFD|

EFGE AGEc|(3ded ce d2 cd|efed BA ~A2|BEGB A2:|:E2|

A2 ec dcdB|cABG AGED|B,CDB, EDEF|GEBG AGEG|

A2 EA CAEA|FdBA GEFG|A2 ec dcdB|GABG A2:|

 

FAREWELL TO CATAWBA.  Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Peter MacPhee. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 290, pg. 104.

                       


FAREWELL TO CONNACHT (Slán le Connachta). AKA - “Farewell to Connaught.” AKA and see “John Bowe’s No. 2,” "The Maid of Erin." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Mallinson, Tubridy): AABB' (Breathnach): AA'BB' (Taylor). “Farewell to Connacht” was first published by O’Neill in Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (329). Breathnach (1985) notes that “The Maid of Erin” is a County Leitrim title. The tune is similar to “The Colliers” and "The Ravelled Hank of Yarn." Frankie Gavin mentions that the tune was not recorded until the LP era of the late 1960’s. The old Tulla Céilí Band recorded it in a medley with “Ballinasloe Fair.” Sources for notated versions: from a manuscript given to O’Neill in Chicago by Irish music enthusiast Francis E. Walsh, noted in San Francisco from the playing of Roscommon fiddler John Kelly, described as a “phenomenal fiddler” [O’Neill]; the late fiddler Bobby Casey (County Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach]; a 1960 recording of Seán Ryan and P.J. Moloney [Miller & Perron]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 98, pg. 50. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 38. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 62, pg. 27. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 68. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody); No. 329. Taylor (Through the Half‑door), 1992; No. 26, pg. 20. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 26. Cló Iar-Chonnachta, CICD 148, Mick Conneely – “Selkie” (2001). Mulligan Records LUN 018, Bobby Casey ‑ "Taking Flight" (1979). Shaskeen ‑ "Atlantic Breeze." Tara CD 4011, Frankie Gavin – “Fierce Traditional.”

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

X:1

T:Farewell to Connacht

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:D MixolydianDmix

D2 ED EGAB | c2 cd c2 AG | Add^c d2 =cd | edcd ed d2 | D2 ED EGAB |

c2 cd cAGc | ABAG EGAd | cAGE ED D2 :: egga g3 ed | cded cA A2 |

eaag aged | eaag ed d2 | egga g2 ed | cded cAGc | ABAG EGAd | cAGE ED  D2 :|

 

FAREWELL TO CRAIGIE DHU. Slow Air.

 

FAREWELL TO DEVON. New EnglandEnglish, Waltz. A Major. Standard tuning. One partAB. Composed in 1959 by collectorethnomusicologist, musician, choreographer and teacher Pat Shaw. Barnes notes it is an alternate tune for Margaret’s Waltz”, however Shaw composed the pair as a medley to be played for a specific dance. They both honor Margaret Grant, and were composed on the occasion of her retirement as representative in Devon for the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 42. Pat Shaw’s Collection, Book 2.

 

FAREWELL TO DUCKTOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. A southeastern Tennessee tune. It was also in the repertoire of fiddler Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border.

                          

FAREWELL TO DRUMBLAIR. Scottish, Slow Air. Recorded by Hector MacAndrew in the 1940’s or 1950’s. Charles Gore suspects it may be an unpublished James Scott Skinner slow air.

              

FAREWELL TO DUNDEE.  Scottish, Slow March (2/4 time). F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), c. 1882; No. 33, pg. 17.

X:1

T:Farewell to Dundee

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

N:”Slow”

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Sharp Minor

B2 | F>B B>c | A>B c>e | f>a f>a | f/e/c B>A | F>B B>c | A>B c>e |

f>a f>a | f/e/c B2 || A>a a>a | A>B c>e | f>b b>c’ | c’/b/a f>g |

a>a a>a | A>B c>e | f>a f>a | f/e/c B2 ||

 

FAREWELL TO EDINBURGH. Scottish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in James Oswald's Caledonian Companion. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 5, pg. 8.

 

FAREWELL TO ERIN [1] (Slan Le N-Eirinn/H-Eirinn). AKA and see "Austin Tierney's," "The Cherry Tree [1]," "Down with the Tea Tacklings," “Farewell to Ireland [2],” "The Flags of Dublin,” “The Flying Column [2]." Irish, Reel. D Major or Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. In O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1850) the tune is printed with one sharp, though this may be a misprint instead of the mixolydian mode, as O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (1001 Gems), a later edition, has the melody in two sharps. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1472, pg. 272. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 701, pg. 124. Green Linnet SIF‑1110, Brian Conway ‑ "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991).

X:1

T:Farewell to Erin [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 701

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2 (3FED ADFD|Addc defd|D2 (3FED ADFD|(3Bcd AF FEEF|D2 (3FED ADFD|

Addc defg|(3agf (3gfe fded|(3Bcd AF FEEc||(3ddd dB A~F3|D~F3 ADFA|

dcdB ADFA|(3Bcd AF FEEc|(3ded (3cdc (3BcB (3ABc|BAGA Bcde|

(3fga ec dcBA|GFED CEA,C||

 

FAREWELL TO ERIN/EIREANN [2] (Slán le hÉireann). AKA and see “Barrel Rafferty's Reel,” “Leitrim Thrush,” “Maid in the Cherry Tree.,Master McDermott’s Reel." AKA – “Farewell to Ireland.” Irish, Reel. Ireland; County Sligo, west Clare. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A variation of the tune given in version #1. Fiddler Michael Coleman (1985-1945), originally from south County Sligo,  recorded this tune for Columbia in 1921 under the title “Farewell to Ireland” in a medley with “Austin Tierney’s” (although the label reads only “Farewell to Ireland”). County Sligo/New York fiddler James Morrison also recorded the tune for Columbia in 1935 under the title “Farewell to Ireland.” Some similarities to “Master McDermott’s Reel." Sources for notated versions: flute player Éamonn de Stabaltún (Ireland) [Breathnach]; flute player Peter Horan (b. 1926, Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; fiddler John McKeown [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 139, pg. 56. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 242c (appears as last “Untitled Reel” on page). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 67. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 27, pg. 44. Capelhouse Records, James Kelly – “Traditional Irish Music” (1996). Gael-Linn CEF 045, “Paddy Keenan” (1975).

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

 

T:Farewell to Ireland [2]

R:reel

D:Matt Molloy & Sean Keane: Contentment is Wealth

Z:id:hn-reel-678

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

D2 (3FED FAA2|f2df edB2|dBAF ~G3B|AF~F2 BE~E2|

D2 (3FED FAA2|f2df edB2|dBAF ~G3B|AGFD EFD2|

D2 (3FED FAA2|d2fd eB~B2|dBAF ~G3B|AF~F2 BE~E2|

D2 (3FED FAA2|f2df edB2|dBAF ~G3B|AGFD EFD2||

|:defg afdf|g2fg edBc|defg afdf|gefd ~e3f|

d2df ~a3f|g2fg edBc|dBAF ~G3B|1 AGFD EFD2:|2 AGFD EGFE||

 

FAREWELL TO ERIN/EIREANN [3]. AKA and see "Farewell to Ireland [1]." Irish, Reel.

                       

FAREWELL TO EYRECOURT. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Bronx, New York, musician Martin Mulhaire. Eyrecourt is a village on the inland border of County Galway.

X: 1

T: Farewell to Eyrecourt

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 300

R: reel

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

C: Martin Mulhaire

K: Em

A, | B,EED EFGA | BE (3EDE B,EGE | D2 ^CE DEFG | AD D2 dBAF |

GEED EFGA | Beed efgf | efed BAFA | BEED E3 :|

A | Beed efga | bagf egfe | d^cdB ADFA | d^cdf afgf |

(3efe df efga | bagf egfe | (3d^cd fe dBAd | (3B^cd AF E3 :|

                       

FAREWELL TO FUINARY (Soraidh Slan le Fionnairidh). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AA. Traditional. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vVol. 1, 1991; pg. 11. Plant Life PLR017, "The Tannahill Weavers" (1979).

                       

FAREWELL TO GARTLY.  Scottish, Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Frank Gilruth (see also compositions by Skinner and Milne under the title “Frank Gilruth”). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 159.

See also listing at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

X:1

T:Farewell to Gartly

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow, with feeling.”

C:Frank Gilruth

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

D | B,>DF ({G}F>)DF | G>BF ({G}F>)ED | B,>DF ({G}F>)ED | E>FE C2D | B,>DF ({G}F)DF |

G>BF G2F | G>AB c>de | d>Bc ({c}B2) || f | d>fb f>dB | e>cA B>FD | E>FG F>ED |

E>FG c2f | b>fd e>cA | B>FD E>FG | F>Bd c>eg | (g<fA B2) ||

 

FAREWELL TO GIBRALTER. AKA and see "79th Farewell to Gibralter."

                       

FAREWELL TO GURTEEN. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Gurteen is a village in County Sligo. One of the six tunes attributed to Jackie Coleman (according to Stephen Jardine's Thesis, "A Study of the Composition of Tunes and Their Assimilation Into Irish Traditional Dance Music"). Coleman (b. 1928-2001) was a flute and whistle player born in Sheffield, England, to parents from near Gurteen, County Sligo. The family apparently moved back to Gurteen in 1933, moved again to England in 1947, and back once more to Gurteen in 1967. Jackie was distantly related to famed fiddler Michael Coleman, and was accomplished on both flute and fiddle. See also the related “Humors of Drinagh [1].” Source for notated version: flute and whistle player Noel Tansey (b. 1940, Cuilmore, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vVol. 3; No. 53. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 94 (appears as “Unknown”). Leader Records, “Seamus Tansey with Eddie Corcoran.”


                       

FAREWELL TO HUNTLY. Scottish, Marching Air. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. One of the 600 or so compositions by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), the self-proclaimed Strathspey King. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 34.

                                   

FAREWELL TO IRELAND [1]. AKA‑ "Farewell To Erin/Eireann,” “The Highlander’s Farewell to Ireland [1].” Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCD (Brody): ABCD (O’Neill): ABAABBCCDD (Cowdery, Mallinson, Miller & Perron, Vallely): AABB'CC'DD (Alewine). Cowdery (1990) identifies this reel as one of "Boyne Water [1]" family: "The second strain...can be seen as a version of the 'Ballydesmond (Polka)' strain that has been stretched out like an accordion, leaving room to drop to A halfway through, but otherwise providing a much-elaborated but still recognizable version of our four ('Boyne Water') phrases." Caoimhin Mac Aoidh remarks that though “Farewell to Ireland” is considered one of the great reels in Irish tradition, it is really a Scots strathspey originally called “The Highlander’s Farewell to Ireland.” The melody is not the “Farewell to Ireland” tune recorded by Coleman and Morrison; for that, see “Farewell to Erin [2].” Source for notated version: Boys of the Lough (Ireland/Scotland) [Brody]; a 1969 recording of County Galway fiddler Máirtín Byrnes [Miller & Perron]. Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips), 1987; pg. 16. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 101‑102. Cowdery (The Melodic Tradition of Ireland), 1990; Ex. 44, pg. 117 (appears as "Farewell to Erin"). Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 12, pg. 5. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 69. O’Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 805, pg. 139. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 1982; No. 55, pg. 47. Claddagh CC17, Sean Keane‑ "Gusty's Frolicks" (1975. Appears as "Farewell To Erin"). Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann CL13, "Tommy Peoples" (1976). Green Linnet 1009, Pat Burke and Mick Maloney‑ "Irish Music‑ The Living Tradition" (appears as "Farewell To Erin"). Green Linnet SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Sean Keane ‑ "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Green Linnet SIF 3005, Bothy Band - "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (1981. A reissue of the 1976 Mulligan LP). Leader LEA 2004, Martin Byrnes. Mulligan LUN 030, The Bothy Band (with fiddler Kevin Burke)‑ "Afterhours" (1976. Appears as "Farewell To Erin"). Mulligan LUN 007, The Bothy Band‑ "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (appears as "Farewell To Erin"). Philo 1031, Boys of the Lough‑ "Lochaber No More." Shanachie 29003, Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady‑ "The High Part of the Road."

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

X:1

T:Farewell to Ireland [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:A Dorian

A,3C E3F | (3GFE DB, G,B,DB, | A,3C E3F | (3GFE DG EA, A,2 |

A,3C EA,CE | (3GFE DB, DB,B,g | edge abaf | gedg eA A2 :|

|: a3b agef | g2 gf gece | agab agea | gedB BA A2 | agef g3e |

dedB GABd | (3cBA (3dcB ecAa | gedB BA A2 :: eA (3cBA eA (3cBA |

BG (3GGG dGBd | eA (3cBA eAce  | (3gfe dB cA A2 | eA (3AAA eAce |

d3B GABd | cAdA (3Bcd ea | gedB BA A2 :: aece aece | gdBd gdeg |

aece a3f | gedB BA A2 | agef g3e | dedB GABd | (3cBA (3dcB ecAa |

gedB BA A2 :|

X:2

T:Farewell to Ireland

Z:Transcribed by Gregory Taylor

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:ADor

A,3 C E3 F|GEDB, G,B,DB,|A,3 C E3 F|GEDF EA,A,G,|

A,3 C E3 F|GEDB, D2 g2|edeg a2 ba|gedB BA A2:|

K:AMix

a2 ag agef|g2 ga gede|a2  ag agef|gedB BA A2|

agef gage|d3 B GABd|(3cBA BA (3Bcd ef|gedB BA A2 :|

eABA eABA|d3 B GABd|eABA eAAa|gedB BA A2|

eABA eABA|d3 B GABd|(3cBA BA (3Bcd ef|gedB BA A2:|

aece aece|gdBd gdBd|aece a3 f|gedB BAAe|

agef g3 e|dedB GABd|(3cBA BA (3Bcd ef|gedB BA A2 :|

 

FAREWELL TO IRELAND [2]. AKA and see “Farewell to Erin [1].” Irish, American; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Not apparently a version of "Farewell to Erin" [1] or [2], or related to "Farewell to Ireland" [1], but also goes by the title “Farewell to Ireland.

X:1

T:Farewell to Ireland [2]

R:Reel

D:Noel Hill: The Irish Concertina

Z:Id:hn-reel-602

Z:

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

D2FD ADFD|Addc def2|D2FD ADFA|(3Bcd AF EDB,C|

D2FD ADFD|Addc defg|~a3f gfef|1 dBAF GFEF:|2 dBAF Egfe||

|:~d3B A2FA|~A2FA DAFA|dedB A2FA|(3Bcd AF GFEF|

d2Ad BGdB|A2FA|ABde|1 fdde dcBA|GFED CEA,e:|2 fdde d2 (3ABc|dBAF GFEF||

                       

FAREWELL TO IVELEARY (Slan Le Uib-Leogaire). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Iveleary is a tribal name and means ‘O’Leary’s Country’ and refers to the area of Muskerry in west County Cork, between Macroom and Inchageela. It is the same region Captain Francis O’Neill was born. A 1905 newspaper article by the Rev. Patrick Hurley (entitled “Ballingeary College”), describes the parish of Inchigeela (Iveleary), where he had been priest since 1888:

***

The parish of Inchigeela or as known by its tribel name, Iveleary or Uibh Laoire,

Country of the O’Leary’s,is remote, and it is even, in the seclusion of the

mountains, cut away from the rest of the world. Until a comparatively recent

period there were no means of communication.  The principal road from Macroom

to Bantry was made about the year 1828. This isolation had the effect of preserving

intact the language and traditions of the inhabitants, themselves a fine manly race,

pure Celts and keen to learn.

***

O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 129. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1384, pg. 258.

X:1

T:Farewell to Iveleary

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1384

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c | B>G (3GGG Bcdc | BGBd eAAc | B>G (3GGG BcdB | dega bg g :|

|| a | bgfg egdg | cBcd eAAg | bgfg egdg | egfa bgga | bgfg egdg |

cBcd eAAc | BGGB cAAg | fdef g2 z ||

           

FAREWELL TO JIM. Irish, Jig. Composed by Moving Cloud pianist Carl Hession, in memory or a neighbour who passed away the night he and flute player Kevin Crawford were working on a cut for an album. Green Linnet GLCD  1211, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company” (2001).

           

FAREWELL TO KINSALE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Long a port and garrison town, Kinsale, in Munster was the site of one of the most important battles in Irish history, on Christmas Eve, 1601, the turning point of the Nine Years War. It was at Kinsale that Hugh O’Neill attacked the English who were besieging his Spanish allies, and he was soundly defeated. Source for notated version: "...from the whistling of Joe Martin of Kilfinane Co. Limerick, a rambling working man with a great knowledge of Irish airs and songs, and much natural musical taste" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 180, pg. 90.

X1

T:Farewell to Kinsale

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Slow and with expression”

K:G MinorGmin

G/A/|B>cdg fdcA|G>BAG F3 G/A/|B>cd=e fdBc|dggf g3 g/a/|b>agf df dc/A/|

G>BAF D3 G/A/|B>cdf gd d/e/d/c/|A2 GG G3||G/A/|B>ABc d>=e f/e/d/c/|

dg a/g/f/a/ g3 G/A/|

B>cdb afdc|d2ff f3 d/d/|dggf edcA|G>BAG F3 G/A/|

B>cdf gd d/e/d/c/|A2 GG G3||

                       


FAREWELL TO LEITRIM. AKA and see "Kennaw's Reel," "Lawson's Favorite," "Fiddler's Frolic [1]," “Maude Miller [1],” "Molloy's Favourite," "Take Her Out and Air Her [2]," "Roll Her in the Haystack," "Hawthorn's Reel." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 279 (appears as untitled reel). Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 139. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 215, pg. 126.

                       

FAREWELL TO LENA.  Canadian, Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Tom Marsh in 1947. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 179, pg. 67.

 

FAREWELL TO LIBERTY. Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1982, vVol. 3; No. 100, pg. 31.

                       

FAREWELL TO LIMERICK. AKA and see "The Croppys' Retreat," "The Banks of Inverness," "Molly What Ails You?" "You're Right My Love." English, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: ship's fiddler William Litten, c. 1800 [Huntington]. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 40.

                       

FAREWELL TO LISHEEN. Irish, Jig. The tune was played by Terry Teahan, among others. Shanachie Records, The Mulcahy Family.

                       

FAREWELL TO LOCHABER. English, Irish, Scottish; Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune appears in Johnson's Compleat Tutor for the Flute, published before 1740. O’Neill (1913) credits the composition of the tune to the ancient Irish harper Thomas O’Connellan, born in the mid-17th century at Cloonmahon, County Sligo, and remarks that it was a prelude to the piece “Breach of Aughrim.” When Thomas died in 1698 his younger brother Laurence, also a harper, though reportedly with a different style, popularized this and other of his brother’s pieces in Scotland. [{Ed note: the preceding information was probably taken by Francis O’Neill from the late 19th century Irish musicologist Grattan Flood, who was notoriously unreliable]}. Words to a song “Lochaber no more” were penned by Scots poet Alan Ramsay for his Tea-Table Miscellany (1724), and begin:

***

Farewell to Lochaber and  farewell my Jean,

Where heartsome with thee I have many times been,

For Lochaber no more, Lochaber no more,

We’ll may be return to Lochaber no more.

***

Both words and music (a simple keyboard arrangement) appear in the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.  Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest MontrealQuébec from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York. See also the South Riding Tune Book notes on “Lochaber No More” for a good discussion of a rather complicated history. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), vol. 1, 1787; No. 95. Watson (A Rollick of Recorders or Other Instruments), 1975; No. 12, pgs. 14‑15.

X:1

T:Farewell to Lochaber

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Henry Livingston’s manuscript copybook, late 18th century

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA|B2B2B2|B3AG2|e2A2A2| A4 GA|B2 dBAG|E2D2 GA| B3 c BA|

G4G2|B2B2B2|B3AG2|e2A2A2| A4 GA|B2 dBAG| E2D2 GA| B3 cBA|

G4 Bc|d2d2e2|d2 cBAG|G2g2f2|g4 Bc|d2d2e2|d2cBAG|G2g2f2|g4 de|

=f3gf2|e2e2g2|d2 cBAG|A4 GA|B2 dBAG|E2D2 GA|B3 c BA|G4||

                       

FAREWELL TO LONDON. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC’DD. Composed by County Armagh fiddler Brendan McGlinchey. Typically, only the first two parts are usually played in sessions.

X:1

T:Farewell to London

M:4/4

L:1/8

C:Brendan McGlinchey

R:Reel

Z:N. Ishii

K:G

D2|GB (3BBB c2BA|GABd edBG|AD (3DDD A3c|BcdB cBAF|

GABG FGAF|GABG ABcA|dg (3ggg fgag|fdcA G2:|

|:Bc|dg (3ggg fgaf|gdBG|DG,B,G,|CGEC B,DGE|FGAB cABc|

dg (3ggg fgaf|gdBG|DG,B,D|CGEC B,DGB|cAFD G2:|

|:Bc|dgfg ec (3ccc|fdfa gd (3ddd|bagf gdBG|AD (3FED ABcA|

dgfg ec (3ccc|fdfa gd (3ddd|(3Bcd gd ceag|1fdcA G2:|2fdcA G4|

|:(3ddd ba gafd|gdBG DG,B,G,|CGEC B,DGE|FGAB cABc|

(3ddd ba gafd|gdBG DG,B,G,|CGEC B,DGB|cAFD G4:||

                       

FAREWELL TO LOUGH CONN. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. "...copied...about 1873 from a MS. lent me from near Lough Conn, County Mayo" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 305, pg. 143.

X:1

T:Farewell to Lough Conn

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow and with feeling”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Song (1909), No. 305

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

(3G/A/B/|cd/c/ BG|B/c/d/=e/ fg/f/|dc/B/ G/c/c/d/|B3 (3G/A/B/|cd/c/ BG|

B/c/d/=e/ fg/f/|dc/B/ GG|G3||(3d/=e/f/|gd/c/ B/c/d/4=e/4f/|gg/a/ fg/f/|dc/B/ G/c/c/d/|

B3 (3G/A/B/|cd/c/ BG|B/c/d/=e/ fg/f/|dc/B/ GG|G3||

                       

FAREWELL TO LOUGH REA. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mr. MacDowell” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 807, pg. 201.

X:1

T:Farewell to Lough Rea

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 807

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f | c>B A>G F>G FD | F>A cc (d2 c)f | c>B AG G>A GF | G>A cc d2 cF |

G/F/ A/c/ dc/d/ f>g fe/f/ | dc f>e d>cAG | FFGA (A2 G>)F | D2 F>{A}G F3 ||


                       

FAREWELL TO MILLTOWN. AKA - “Farewell to Milltown Malbay.” Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by West Clare fiddler Martin “Junior” Crehan. Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Green Linnett GLCD 1155, Martin Hayes - “Under the Moon” (1995). Mick O’Brien - “May Morning Dew.”

X:1

T:Farewell to Miltown Malbay

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Junior Crehan

S:Mick O'Brien

D:May Morning Dew

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth‑aachen.de

K:EDor

ED|B,EE^D EDEF|GEED EDB,C|D2B,D A,DB,D|A,DDC DB,A,D|\

B,EE^D ~E3 F|GEED EDB,C|D2AD BDAD|FBAF E2::EA|\

Bee^d ~e3 f|gefe edBc|cddc dcBc|defd edBA|\

Bee^d ~e3 f|gefe edBc|c~d3 BAFE|DBAF E2:| 

                                                  

FAREWELL TO MUSIC (Slan le Ceol). Irish. Ireland, County Donegal. One of the tunes learned by Donegal lilter Bidi a’ Mhuc Ros from two fairy fiddlers (see also note for “Bean an Tighe ar Lar”). Not “O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music.”

                       

FAREWELL TO MY TROUBLES (Slan Le Mo Buaidread). AKA and see “Farewell to the Troubles of the World,” "Goodbye to My Troubles." Irish, Double Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 47. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 961, pg. 178. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 184, pg. 45.

X:1

T:Farewell to My Troubles

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 184

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|dec dcA|GFG AFD|FDF GFD|FGA c2A|dec dcA|GFG AFD|F3 G2 A/G/|FDD D2:|

|:G|FED FGA|=cdB cAG|Afe dec|ABc d2c|BGB d=cA|GFG AFD|F3 G2A/G/|FDD D2:|

                       

FAREWELL TO NIGG. Scottish, Jig. The melody was composed Duncan Johnstone of South Uist, Shetlands, and Glasgow in the mid-1970s. Johnstone set his tune at a brisker pace than is common today, with modern players having been influenced by a slower arrangement of the melody by the Whistlebinkies c. 1976 (recorded by them on their first album on the Claddagh label in Edinburgh 1977).

                       

FAREWELL TO OLD DECENCY. AKA and see "For the Sake of Old Decency.”  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Black): AABB’ (Harker/Rafferty). The first part is the same as that of “The Maid of Feakle,” though the ‘B’ parts differ. According to his son Sean, the tune was played by his father, flute player Eddie Moloney, and fiddler Tommy Coen, both of east Galway [liner notes to Kevin & Sean Moloney’s “Bringing the Gap”]. Sources for notated versions: a recording of Paddy O’Brien and James Kelly--O’Brien had the tune from accordion player Rita Keane (Caherlistrane, Co. Galway), the mother of singer Dolores Keane [Black]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. (Black Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 162, pg. 85 (appears as “Farewell to Auld Decency”). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 115, pg. 35. Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly ‑ "Is it yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995).

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

X:1

T: Farewell to Ould Decency

S: J.Kelly - P.O'Brien

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

d2 BG AGEG | EGBG A2 Bc | d2 BG AGAB | dBAG EGGB |

d2 BG AGEG | EGBG A2 Bc | d2 BG AGAB | dBAG EGGD ||

G3 B d2 Bd | eaag ef g2 | G3 B d2 Bc | dega bg (3gfg |

G3 B d2 Bd | eaag ef g2 | bg (3gfg ageg | dgbg ageg ||

                       

FAREWELL TO PEGGY. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Learned by Joyce in his boyhood in Limerick during the 1840's. Cowdery (1990) finds the first part of the melody cognate with the first part of the air "The Moorland Shore," and thus an expansion/contraction of the central motifs of the old ballad air "Boyne Water." Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 111, pg. 57. Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland."

X:1

T:Farewell to Peggy

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 111.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gdor Dorian

de|f2f2g2 f/d/c/=B/|c>=B (3GFE F2 _Bc|d2 cB G2G2|G6:|

|:de|f2f2d2c2|B3c d2 df|e2 dc de f2|g3f edde|f2f2g2 f/d/c/=B/|

c>=B (3GFE F2 _Bc|d2 cB G2G2|G6:|

           

FAREWELL TO RAVENSCRAIG?  Scottish, Air. Composed by Scottish fiddler John McCusker. RC2000, George Wilson – “Royal Circus” (2000).

           

FAREWELL TO RYAN’S FANCY. Canadian. Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009) at the request of musician Denis Ryan (see also “Tipperary Reel”). Ryan and Holland played together at the University of Limerick in 1997, as part of a concert commemorating the 800th anniversary of the charter of the city of Limerick [Cranford]. Ryan’s Fancy was a band composed of three Irish immigrant expatriates to New Brunswick, Canada, who were successful enough to garner a few television series for the CBC. At one time accordion virtuoso James Keane was a member. They disbanded in 1983. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 99, pg. 39.

 

FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND. AKA and see "Madge."

                       

FAREWELL TO SKYE. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. One part. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Volvol. 3), 1988; pg. 5.

                       

FAREWELL TO SPAIN. Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. ABB. See note for "Fairies' Lamentation" for source data. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 523, pg. 282.

 

FAREWELL TO STICKY BUNS. Canadain, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddlers Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) and Dave MacIsaac. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 77, pg. 23.

 

FAREWELL TO TCHERNOBYL. French, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BC. A modern composition by Michel Ferry of Gif‑sur‑Yvette, France, who said "I composed this tune in 1986, the year of the nuclear catastrophe in Tchernobyl (Ukraine). I chose the title to remember the distress and the suffering of the local population. Hopefully, this tune would be a modest warning against nuclear energy and arms everywhere in the world" (Songer}. Recorded by New England fiddler Kerry Elkin on “Soir et Matin” (as untitled D minor reel) and by Catriona MacDonald on “Opus Blue.” Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 77. Jigsaw - “Cut Up the Floor.”

 


FAREWELL TO THE COT ON THE MOUNTAIN. Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. According to Darley & McCall the song to this tune was once a great favorite in Dublin. It begins:

***

Farewell to the cot on the mountain,

The cradle that rocked my to sleep.

***

Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Irish Music), 1914; No. 61, pg. 27.

 

FAREWELL TO THE CREEKS. AKA ‑ "Banks of Sicily" (Song). Scottish, English, American; Pipe March and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. “Farewell to the Creeks” is a well-known north country tune composed by Pipe Major James ‘Pipie’ Robertson of Boyne, Banffshire, in 1915 when he was a prisoner of war in Germany. According to Norman Kennedy, the ‘Creeks’ refers to the Native-American tribe the Creek Indians and not streams.  It is the vehicle for Hamish Henderson’s popular song "The Highland Division’s Farewell to Sicily,” also called “Banks of Sicily,” composed while he was Intelligence Officer for the Highland Division in World War II. G. W. Lockhart (in Fiddles and Folk, 1998) relates that Henderson had been viewing the smoke curling from Mt. Etna’s crater in the distance behind the Pipes and Drums of the division’s 153 Brigade, when the band launched into “Farewell to the Creeks.” “Without hindrance,” said Henderson, “the words came flowing to me.”

***

The pipie is dozie, the pipie is fey-

He winna come roon for his vino the day.

The sky ow’r Messina is unco an’ grey,

And a’ the bricht chaulmers are eerie.

***

“Banks of Sicily” was the first recording made by the Whistlebinkies, on a Hamish Herderson compilation album in 1976. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 20. Front Hall FHR08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Topic 12TS239. Topic TSCD 669, Will Atkinson (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England” (1998).

                       

FAREWELL TO THE DENE. English. England, Northumberland. A modern composition by fiddler Willie Taylor, well-known among Northumbrian musicians. The tune is named for Taylor’s farmhouse.

                       

FAREWELL TO THE GLEN. Scottish. Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, "New England Chestnuts 2" (1981).

                       

FAREWELL TO THE HEATHER (Slán leis an bhFraoch). Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Liam Donnelly (County Tyrone) who had the tune from its composer, fiddler William Jones (County Fermanagh) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE IV), 1996; No. 109, pgs. 56-57.

                       

FAREWELL TO THE MAIGUE. AKA and see “Slán le Maigh.”

                       

FAREWELL TO THE SHORE. AKA and see "Farewell Marian."

                       

FAREWELL TO THE TAY. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was originally composed as a 6/8 pipe march and appears in David Glen’s Highland Bagpipe Tutor (1876-1901). Cape Breton fiddlers have converted it to a fiddle jig. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 4, 1991; pg. 15. Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey – “From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977” (2000).

                       

FAREWELL TO THE TROUBLES OF THE WORLD (Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail). AKA and see "Daniel O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament," “Farewell to My Troubles,” "O'Connell's Welcome {to Parilament}." Irish, Air or Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. The title is a recurrent line of several songs set to the melody. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 27. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873/1890; No. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 961. Petrie/Stanford (Complete Collection), 1903‑06; Nos. 1462, 1463, and 1478.

X:1

T:Farewell to the Troubles of the World

T:Slan Agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air or jig

S:Joyce – Ancient Irish Music (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Major.

A | dec dcA | GFG AFD | FEF GFD | F>GA/B/ =c2A | dec dcA | GFG AFD |

F3 G2 A/G/ | FDD D2G | FED FGA/B/ | =cdB cBG | Afe de^c | AB^c d2 =c |

BBB d^cA | GFG AFD | F3 G2 A/G/ | FDD D2 ||

                       

FAREWELL TO WAVERLY PARK. Irish, Slow Reel. Composed by flute player and singer Cathal McConnell, after having to move from his house in Edinburgh due to “domestic difficulties” to live elsewhere. Compass 7 4287 2, Cathal McConnell – “Long Expectant Comes at Last” (2000).

                       

FAREWELL TO WHALLEY RANGE. Irish, Slip Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by flute player Michael McGoldrick.

X:1

T:Farewell to Whalley Range
M:9/8
L:1/8
C:composer: Michael McGoldrick
S:McGoldrick/McSherry:"at first flight", chords: Gregor
R:slip jig
O:1
Z:Devin McCabe/Gregor(chords)
K:A
"F#m"F2c BAF F2"E"E|"F#m"F2c BAc fec|"E"B3 BAB "A"c2A|"E"~B3 BAB "A"cBA|
"F#m"F2c BAF F2"E"E|"F#m"F2c BAc fec"E"|B3 BAB c2A|~B3 BAB cef:||
"A"a3 fec fec|"E"B3 BAB cef|"A"a3 baf afe|fec Bce fec|a2f fec fec|"E"B3
BAB cef"A"a3 baf afe|fec fec "E"BAB:||

                       


FAREWELL TO WHISKEY [1] (Slan Le N-Uisge Beata). AKA ‑ "Neil/Niel Gow's Farewell to Whiskey." AKA and see “Go rabh slan leis an ól,” "Goodbye Whiskey" (Pa.), "The Ladies Triumph [1]," “Murphy’s Favor,” "My Love is But a Lassie [2]," “The Rose in the Garden [2],” "Young America Hornpipe."  See also related tune "Twin Sisters [5]" (New England). Scottish (originally), Canadian, English, Irish, American; Strathspey (originally), Slow Air, Country Dance, Polka, Reel, or March (2/4 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, Ontario. USA, New England. B Flat Major (Alburger, Carlin, Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich, Gow, Hunter, MacDonald, Neil): A Major (Begin); slow air, country dance, polka, reel or march version often played in G Major (Athole, Brody, Cranitch, Harker/Rafferty, Johnson, Mallinson, Martin, Miller & Perron, Moylan, O'Neill, Raven, Roche & Williamson, Sweet, Tubridy): C Major (Martin/1990). Standard tuning. AAB (Dunlay & Greenberg, Gow, Neil): AABB (most versions). The original was composed by the famousrenowned Scottish fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807) who identified it as a lament on the occasion of the British government’s prohibition of using barley to make whiskey in 1799, due to the failure of the crop in Scotland in that year (see the companion tune "Welcome Whiskey Back Again," “a merry dancing tune”). I; it appears in his First Collection, 2nd edition (1801), and reappears in his Fifth Collection (1809), with the note “It is representative of a Highlander’s sorrow on being deprived of his Favorite Beverage. Gow was known to frequently and heartily imbibe, and his reputation for drinking seemed almost as well known as his skill on the fiddle. Verses were written to Gow's tune (appearing in 1804) illustrating his distress at the event (in fact Niel himself noted in the original composition that it gave voice to "the Highlander's sorrow at being deprived of his favourite beverage"), that begin:

***

 

You've surely heard o' the famous Niel,

The man that played the fiddle weel;

I wat he was a canty chiel,

And dearly loved the whisky, O.

And aye sin' he wore tartan hose,

He dearly lo'ed the Athole brose;

And wae was he, you may suppose,

To bid 'farewell' to whisky, O.

 

and end:

 

Come, a’ ye powers of music, come!

I find my heart grows unco glum;

My fiddle-strings will no play bum

To say farewell to whiskey, O.

Yet I’ll tak my fiddle in my hand,

And screw the pegs up while they’ll stand,

To mak a lamentation grand,

On gude auld highland whiskey, O.

 

 

Niel Gow (1727-1807), by Henry Raeburn

***

Neil (1991) relates a well‑known anecdote about Gow and his quick wit, and which also possibly refers to his consumption of whiskey:

***

It concerns his answer to a friend's query regarding the distance

between Perth and Dunkeld,

which Niel had just completed after

an evening of fiddling, namely, that it was not the length

of the

road which had bothered him but its breadth.

***

Another anecdote is told by Drummond (Perthsire of Bygone Days) of Nieeil Gow and this particular composition to the effect that when Niel first heard 'James' (probably Daniel) Dow play "Farewell to Whiskey," "he pulled his bonnet over his eyes, and rushed to the door," overcome with emotion at the rendering. While colorfulcolourful, the story is false (similar tales have been told of Pagannini and others), for Dow would have had to have performed it eighteen years after he had been in the grave! Gow's slow air quickly became popular, and soon was transformed into dance versions at faster tempos. Cape Breton variations are thought to be by Donald John "the Tailor" Beaton, according to Doug MacPhee (Dunlay & Greenberg); the tune is played as a slow air on Cape Breton, as it was originally written. Paul Cranford reports that some Cape Breton musicians play the tune and variations transposed down a half-step to the key of ‘A’ Major and tune the fiddle to AEAE. Co. Kerry accordion player Johnny O’Leary played the tune as a polka, pairing it with “The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue.” New England fiddlers often play the tune in G Major as a reel for contra dancing; the tune has been a standard there for many years.

***

Sources for notated versions: Mary (Beaton) Macdonald (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich]; Strathspey (New England) [Brody]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in concert at Na Piobairi Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; Cosmas Sigsworth (b. 1917, Corrville, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Cardigan) [Perlman]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]; Scottish Borders fiddler Tom Hughes [Martin]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 72, pgs. 109‑110. Begin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 73, pg. 83. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 102. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 57. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 48, pg. 143. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 48. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 141. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 68. Gow (First Collection of Strathspey ReelsNiel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised edition in 1801); pg. 1. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 36. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 285, pg. 92 (appears as “My Love is But a Lassie”). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 47. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 13. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 136. Mallinson (101 Polkas), 1997; No. 11, pg. 5. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vVol. 1, 1991; pg. 15 (appears as "Nieeil Gow's Farewell to Whisky"). Martin (Taigh na Teud), 1990; pg. 15 (appears as “Neiel Gow’s Farewell to Whisky”). Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 108 (appears as “Niel Gow’s Farewell to Whisky”). Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 46. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 134. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 55, pg. 32. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 99, pg. 134. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 103, pg. 57 (march version). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1825, pg. 343 (march version). Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 97. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg 149 (appears under the title "The Ladies Triumph"). Roche Collection, 1982, vVol. 2; No. 350, pg. 62 (march version). Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS). Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 43. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 153. Sweet (Fifer’s Delgiht), 1964/1981; pg. 60. Treoir. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 11. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 67. Claddagh CC5, Dennis Murphy & Julia Clifford (both from Sliabh Luachra, Co. Kerry) ‑ "The Star Above the Garter." DMP6-27, Doug MacPhee - “Cape Breton Piano II” (1979). F&W Records 3, "The Canterbury Country Orchestra Meets the F&W String Band." Front Hall FHR‑023, Michael, McCreesh & Campbell ‑ "The Host of the Air" (1980). Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Albert Stewart - “Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art” (1993). Kicking Mule 216, Strathspey‑ "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977). Shanachie 33004, James Morrison‑ "The Pure Genius of James Morrison." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller – “Choose Your Partners: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire” (1999).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

X:1

T:Farewell to Whisky

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

N:”Slow”

S:Gow – First Collection Strathspey Reels (1784)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb_

D|B,2 “tr”(B/A/B/).d cG ~G>B|B,>B {d}(c/B/c/).d fd~d>f|g(a/b/) (g/f/)(e/d/) (e/d/)(c/B/) (c.d)|B,>B (d/c/).B/.c/ dBB:|

g|{g}f>d {d}b>d (e/d/)c/B/ ~cd|fdb>d f(bb>)f|(g>b) {g}f>d (e/d/)(c/B/) (cd)|B,>B (e/d/).B/.c/ dB”tr”B>g|

{g}f>d {d}b>d (e/d/)(c/B/) (cd)|fdb>d f(bb>)f|(gb) ~d>f (e/d/)(c/B/) (cd)|B,>B (d/c/).B/.c/ {Bc}dBB||

X:21

T:Farewell to Whiskey

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

GE|D2G2B2GB|A2E2 EF GE|D2G2B2AB|d2B2B2d2|

e2g2B2d2|cB AG A2B2|D2G2 BA GA|B2G2G2:|

|:Bc|d2B2g2d2|cB AG A2Bc|d2Bd g2d2|e2g2g2d2|

ef ge d2Bd|cB AG A2B2|D2G2 BA GA|B2G2G2:|

X:32

T:Neil Gow’s Farewell to Whiskey

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Country Dances

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)

K:G

B,/A,/|G,G/A/ B/A/G/B/ AE EF/G/|DG/A/ B/A/G/B/ dBB>d|

e/f/g/f/ e/d/B/d/ c/B/A/G/ A>B|D/E/G/A/ B/A/G/A/ BGG:|

|:B/c/|dB GB/d/ c/B/A/G/ AB/c/|dBgB dgg>d|

e/f/g/f/ e/d/B/d/ c/B/A/G/ A/c/B/A/|D/E/G/A/ B/A/G/A/ BGG:|

X: 43

T: Farewell to Whiskey

S: Treoir

M: 2/4

L: 1/16

Q: 350

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: polka

K: G

E | D2GA BAGA | B2E2 EFGE | D2GA BAGB | d2d2 B2d2 |

efge d2B2 | cBAG A2c2 | D2GA BAGA | B2G2 G3 :|

B | d2B2 g2fg | efge d2B2 | d2Bd g2fg | e2f2 g4 |

efge d2B2 | cBAG A2B2 | D2GA BAGA | B2G2 G3 :|

 

FAREWELL TO WHISKEY [2]. American, Air or March (4/4 time). D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Bayard): AABB (Sweet). Bayard (1944) found no other versions of this tune (which is no relation to the Scottish tune above, attributed to Niel Gow) in musical literature and concluded the title had been misapplied. The version he took from an informant was well known in western Pennsylvania. Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 [Bayard]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 72. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 60.

X:1

T:Farewell to Whiskey [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A>B AF/G/ | Ad fd | A>B AF | GF ED | A>B AF/G/ | Ad f2 | gf ec | d2d2 |

K:A

e>f ec/d/ | ea gf | e>f ec | dc BA | e>f ec/d/ | ea a2 | dc BG | Ac A2 :|

 


FAREWELL TRION. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Alabama. G Major (Carlin): C Major (Kuntz, Phillips). Standard tuning. AABC (Kuntz): AA'AA'BB'C (Phillips). Played slower than the usual breakdown tempo. The primary source for the tune is fiddler Mack Blalock (1914-1987), of Mentone, Alabama, who had it "from his great‑uncle Joe Blaylock (b. 1854) who composed it upon returning to Alabama after getting laid off from a mill in Trion, Georgia. James Bryan added a third part to the tune" (Old‑Time Herald, Volvol. 1, No. 6, Winter 1988‑89). In addition to his uncle Joe, Mack learned many tunes from his aunt Annie Blalock of Lookout Mountain, and uncles Alfred and Henry Blalock. Source for notated version: James Bryan (Ala.) with Bob Carlin [Phillips]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 49. Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin ‑ "Banging and Sawing" (1985).

X:1

T:Farewell Trion

L:1/8

M:2/4

S:James Bryon

Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz

K:C

z|e/ g a/ ge|(dc) c2|A/ c d/ c/A/G/A/|c/A/c/d/ e2|e/ g a/ ge|

(dc) c2|

A/ c d/ c/A/G/A/|A/G/E/C/ D/C:|

||C/|G,/A,/C/D/ E/G/A/B/|c/B/A (c2|c2 c)c/d/|c/A/G/c/ A/G/E/C/|

D/ E3 C/|G,/A,/C/D/ E/G/A/B/|c/B/A (c2|c2 c)c/d/|c/A/G/A/ c/A/G/E/|

D/C/E/F/||GE/F/ GE/F/|G/A/G/E/ D/C/E/F/|GE/F/ GA/B/|c/A/G/E/ D/C/E/F/|

GE/F/ G>G|G/A/G/E/ D/C/A,/C/|G,/A,/C/D/ E/G/A/B/|c/A/G/E/ D<C||

X:2

T:Farewell Trion

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

N:Transcribed by Bruce Thomson from the Red

N:Mountain White Trash

K:C

eg2a g2e2|d2c2G4|Accc Accc|Acd2 e4|

eg2a g2e2|d2c2 G4|ABcd cBAG|cAGE DC3:|

|:G,A,CD EGAB|cBA2 c4|c2 cd cBAB|1 cAGE DC3:|2 cAGE DCEF||

G2EF G2EF|GAGE DCEF|GECE G2AB|cAGE DCEF|

G2EF G2EF|GAGE DCA,C|G,A,CD EGAB|cAGE DC3||

 

FAREWELL TWO. English, Air or Waltz. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 208.

 


FAREWELL WALTZ. AKA and see "Over the Waves." Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Ky. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Kentucky fiddler Doc Robert's version of "Over the Waves." R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vVol. 2), 1984; No. 200, pg. 154. Conqueror 7766 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky.). Gennett 6717 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky.).

              

FAREWELL WHISKEY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Major. AEae tuning. The tune recorded by Tishomingo County, Mississippi, fiddler John Hatcher in 1939 for the library of Congress is thought to be without recorded or published variants, though it was probably not composed by him, as another Mississippi fiddler of the time, John A. Brown, also knew the tune. The melody itself features fiddle harmonics on the bass string, and is a difficult piece to perform. The high part bears a faint resemblance to "Rye Whiskey" or "Drunken Hiccups" which features plucked strings. Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, John Hatcher ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985). Yodel-Ay-Hee 05, The Wildcats - "On Our Knees" (1992).

           

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