Farewell To Leitrim

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 26th 2004 by CreadurMawnOrganig.

This tune has been added to 50 tunebooks.

Also known as Kennaw's, Lawson's, Lawson's Favorite, Lawson's Favourite, Lawsons Favourite, The Return From Camden Town.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
• Blackwater by Altan
• Bosca Ceoil And Fiddle by Cathal Clohessy And Eamonn Costello
• Classic Recordings Of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by Hugh Gillespie
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• Galway's Own by Joe Burke
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
• Inside Out by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• Irish Accordion by Joe Derrane
• Irish Trad Concertina From Beara by Sean O'Dwyer
• Jigs And Reels by Jesse Smith
• Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin by Paddy Cronin
• Memories Of Hughie Gillespie by Frank Kelly
• Music Of North Connacht by Innisfree Céilí Band
• P.J. Hernon by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
• The Barley Grain by Larry Kinsella
• The Joys Of Life by Shaskeen
• The Morning Mist by Joe Burke
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane
• The Tie That Binds by Various Artists
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
• Time For A Tune With Charlie Lennon by Charlie Lennon
• Toss The Fiddles by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Farewell To Leitrim
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
d2AG FADF|Ec~c2 Ec~c2|dBcA BGAG|FGEF Dgfe|
d2AG FADF|(3EFG AB c2Bc|dBcA BGAF|GFEG FDD2|
fd~d2 fdeg|fd~d2 ^cdeg|fd~d2 fdad|^cdeg fdde|
fd~d2 ad~d2|ec~c2 g2fg|afge fded|^ceag fddc|

This tune is popular with Donegal musicians, and no doubt Leitrim ones as well. It has been recorded by Altan and Dervish, and was/is played by the likes of John Doherty and Danny Meehan.

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by CreadurMawnOrganig

aka Lawson's

# Posted on June 27th 2004 by edl

Farewell To Leitrim

X: 1
T: Farewell To Leitrim
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: Altan: Blackwater
R: reel
K: Dmix
d2AG FADF|Ec~c2 Ec~c2|dBcA BGAG|F2EF DEFA|
d2AG FADF|(3EFG AB c2Bc|dBcA BGAF|GFEG FDDe||
fd~d2 fdad|fd~d2 ^cdeg|fd~d2 fdad|^cdeg fdde|
fd~d2 adfd|ec~c2 gceg|afge fded|^ceaf g2fe||

# Posted on May 21st 2005 by Dr. Dow

Hughie Gillespie

Altan no doubt were drawn to the tune because it was recorded in New York in the 1930s by Donegal fiddler Hughie Gillespie. "Farewell to Leitrim" was Gillespie's title, but it is "Lawson's Favorite" in the O'Neill collection. It is also a setting in a different key of the tune O'Neill had as "Maude Miller," though that is a different tune than the one known as "Maude Miller" these days (the one recorded by James Morrison under that name).

# Posted on November 22nd 2006 by blarneystar

Johnny Henry's version

Here is Johnny Henry's version, who was a blind fiddler from Sligo, I believe (from Our Musical Heritage). This tune is titled Up Against the Buachallans. A bit different from the posted version. I hope it looks okay. I had to guess it's a single reel, as it was played single from the B part, but half, one-and-a-half, and double for the A part.

X: 1
T: Farewell To Leitrim
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: d2 AG FGDG | Ec ~c2 Ec ~c2 | dBcA B/c/d AG | FGEF DAfe |
d2 AG FGDG | Ec ~c2 Ec ~c2 | dBcA (3Bcd AG | FGEG FD D2 ||
fd d/d/d fdgd | fd d/d/d ^cdeg | fd d/d/d fdgd | efge fdde |
fd d/d/d fdgd | ed^cd efge | afge fgef | abag fgfe |]

# Posted on July 9th 2011 by enirehtac

"Farewell To Leitrim" / "Kennaw's" ~ rescued duplication

Submitted on December 24th 2011 by gam.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/11658

X: 4
T: Kennaw's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
fe |:\
d2 AG FDDF | Eccc Eccc | (3dcB (3cBA BcAG | (3FGA EF Dgfe |
d2 AG FDDF | (3EFG AB c2 Bc | (3dcB (3cBA BcAG |[1 (3FGA EG FD D2 :|[2 (3FGA EG FDDg ||
fddd fdad | fddd (3Bcd eg|fddd fdag|faeg fdde|
fddd addd | eccc gccc | (3agf (3gfe fged | ^ceaf g2 |]

Kennaw's reel - Taken from Paddy Cronin's recording 'Kerry's Own'. The second part is not repeated, probably because of the unusual ending, which tends to lead back to the beginning. Paddy Cronin's version is in C, but it sounds as though he has tuned his fiddle down a tone. Still a cracking tune.

# Posted on December 24th & 25th 2011 by gam

# Posted on December 26th 2011 by ceolachan

Oops! ~ I forgot to edit the link so it wouldn't remain 'live'...

# Posted on December 26th 2011 by ceolachan