The Trip To Sligo

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on November 28th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 346 tunebooks.

Also known as Dougherty's, The Lark In The Morning, Lark On The Strand, The Lark On The Strand, The Old Lark In The Morning, Up Sligo, Up Sligo!, When I Parted.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1891-1945 Disc 1 by Michael Coleman
• A Drop Of Pure by Quilty
• A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
• A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
• A Trip To The Lakes: Traditional Cumbrian Tunes by The Boat Band
• Aisling Yoshua (Joshua's Dream) by Johnny Óg Connolly
• Alan Pipes - The Warm Up by Alan Roberts
• Another Side Of Cape Breton by Johnny Wilmot
• Ar An Bhfidil by Oisin MacDiarmada
• At Their Best. Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock by Sean Maguire
• Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
• Beal A' Mhurlaigh by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
• Bean Chairdin by Dympna O'Sullivan
• Best Of Irish Ceili Music by Various Artists
• Bits 'N' Pieces by Dónal Mc Cague
• Bosca Bideach by Micheal Darby O Fatharta
• Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
• Briary Lads by Aidan Crossey
• Cairde by Various Artists
• California Celt by Jesse Autumn And Friends
• Cape Breton Fiddlers On Early LPs by Various Artistes
• Cé by Cé
• Ceilidh House Sessions by Various Artists
• Celtic Crossing by William Coulter
• Celtic Harp Airs And Dance Tunes by Robin Williamson
• Celtic Harp II: From A Distant Time by Patrick Ball
• Celtic Nyckelharpa by Gavin Pennycook
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Ceol Tigh Neachtain - Music From Galway by Various Artists
• Citternalia by Joseph Sobol
• Clear The Dresser And Take The Floor by Emerald Ceili Band
• Collection Of Jigs And Reels by Shaskeen
• Crabs In The Skillet by Old Bay Ceili Band
• Crossroads Céilí by The Temple House Ceili Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
• Decade by Dervish
• Drink The Night Away by Blackbeers
• Drops Of Brandy by Sean McAloon And John Rea
• Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty by Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty
• Farewell And Remember Me by Boys Of The Lough
• Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
• Fit As A Fiddle by Natalie MacMaster
• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Folktrax 154 - The Sligo Fiddler: Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
• Forgotten Days by Davy Spillane And Kevin Glackin
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Four Green Fields by Eddie And Finbar Furey
• Garden Of Butterflies by Jody's Heaven
• Gerry MacFadden by Gerry McFadden
• Give Us A Penny And Let Us Be Gone by Teada
• Greatest Hits [UK] by The Dubliners
• Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
• Hibernian Rhapsody by De Danann
• History Of Fairport Convention by Fairport Convention
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Inside Out by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
• Irish Pennywhistle Taught By Cathal McConnell by Cathal McConnell
• Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by John Kelly And James Kelly With Michael Crehan And Michael Gavin
• Jack In The Box Irish Session by Tionol
• Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
• Keepin' It Lit by Cameron Mather
• Kevin Burke In Concert by Kevin Burke
• Kids In A Candy Store by Rick May And Gil Yslas
• King Of The Concert Flute by Seamus Tansey
• Less Travelled by Woad
• Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention
• Links by Silver Arm
• Little Fires by Hanz Araki
• Live At The White Bear by Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Live In Dublin - 2008 by Moving Hearts
• Live In Palma by Dervish
• Lovers' Well by Matt And Shannon Heaton
• Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
• Masters Of Irish Music by Seamus Ennis
• Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
• Midsummer's Night by Dervish
• Morning Dew by King's Galliard
• Mosaic: Celtic Harp by Therese Honey
• Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
• Music From The Blind Fiddler by Cathal Hayden, Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Synnott & Seamus O'Dowd
• Music In The Glen by Kennedy's Kitchen
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• Music Of Dreams by Tony Mac Mahon, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Noel Hill
• Music Of Dreams by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon With Iarla O Lionaird
• Mysterious Ireland by Various Artists
• No Compromise by Andrew MacNamara
• Nos Na Gaoithe by Brian Owens And Tom Dunlop
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Number 6 by Sean Potts
• On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
• One More... by Caa A Dram
• Out On The Ocean by Moher
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Part II: Fire In Our Hearts by Na Connerys
• Please To See The King by Steeleye Span
• Prince Of Pipers by Finbar Furey
• Pure Piping by Leo Rickard
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 1) by Gerry O'Connor
• Re-joyce by Maire O'Keeffe, John Faulkner, Jackie Daly, Donal O'Connor
• Reels, Jigs, Hornpipes, Airs by Josephine Keegan
• River Reel by Begley,Glackin And O'Brien
• Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2008 by Various Artists
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• Sails Of Silver by Steeleye Span
• Seisiun Ceol Neachtains by DinoTrad
• Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
• Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
• Sligo Ceili by Seamus Tansey
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• Spirit Of The Isles: A Concert For Beltane by Various Artists
• Standing Stones by The Crossing
• Stranger At The Gate by Paddy O'Brien
• Sweetwood by Liam Kelly
• The Banks Of The Shannon by Paddy O'Brien, Seamus Connolly And Charlie Lennon
• The Bear River Band by Bear River Band
• The Bonny Bunch Of Roses by Seamus Ennis
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
• The Classic Recordings Of Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
• The Coleman Country Ceili Band by The Coleman Country Ceili Band
• The Curlew by Cliff Moses
• The Drones And The Chanters Vol.2 by Various Artists
• The Enduring Magic by Michael Coleman
• The Ewe With The Crooked Horn by Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith And John Blake
• The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
• The Flags Of Dublin by Paddy Glackin, Mick O'Brien And Mick Gavin
• The Gentlemen Pipers by Various Artists
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
• The Humours Of Lewisham Volume 2 by Aidan Crossey
• The Irish Concertina by Noel Hill
• The Irish Folk Festival '01 by Various Artists
• The Islay Ball by Gary West
• The Journey Home by Paul Anderson
• The Lark In The Morning by Steeleye Span
• The Last Of The Travelling Pipers by Felix Doran
• The Legacy Of Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
• The Mason's Apron by The Madden Brothers
• The Mountain Road by Comhaltas Tour Group 1997
• The Piper's Rest by Jimmy Morrison
• The Professor by James Morrison
• The Raineys by The Raineys
• The Rough Guide To Irish Music by Various Artists
• The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
• The Sligo Champion (CD 2) by Michael Gorman
• The Storm by Moving Hearts
• The Tain Ceili Band by The Tain Ceili Band
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• The Trip Over The Mountain by Michael Queally And Cyril O'Donoghue
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol 2 by Various Artists
• They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan
• This Side Up by Tania Elizabeth
• Throw Away The Keys by Brian Mac Aodha
• Time For A Tune With Charlie Lennon by Charlie Lennon
• Time Out Of Mind by Chris Ormston
• Tiomnacht / Handed On by Eoin O Riabhaigh
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy
• Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan
• Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
• Turas Ceoil by Marcas O'Murchu
• Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell
• Up And Away by Paul Smyth
• Voyager: Ireland's Tin Whistle by Various Artists
• Waiting For A Call by Tommy Peoples
• Wherever You Go by Wild Asparagus
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• World Library Of Folk And Primitive Music, Vol.2, Ireland by Various Artists
• Young Irish Musicians Weekend Vol. 1 by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Tommy Martin, Daithi Sproule, Fintan Vallely

X: 1
T: Trip To Sligo, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
|: E2e BGE | D2d AFD | E2e BGE | BAG e2f |
gfe dcB | ABG FED | EFG ABC | BGF E3 :|
|: eBe gfe | dAd gag | eBe gfe | faf gbg |
faf gfe | dcB AGF | EFG ABc | BGF E3 :|

There's another name for this tune. I believe the word "lark" is somewhere in the title. I learned it about 20 years ago from a book that has disappeared from my shelves.

# Posted on December 3rd 2001 by necox

I usually hear this tune paired with "Tell Her I Am".

# Posted on January 20th 2002 by Mad Baloney

The reason why necox believs this tune has another name with "lark" in it, is probably that the Dubliners recorded the song "Lark In the Morning" (no connection to the tune with the same name) and incorporated this tune as intro and middle part. Though they played it C Major

# Posted on April 8th 2002 by lars

Sorry, they played in D minor. I got confused because I use the C whistle on this one

# Posted on April 8th 2002 by lars

The Old Lark in the Morning (The Trip to Sligo)

T:Old Lark in the Morning, The (The Trip to Sligo)
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Jimmy Power : Irish Fiddle player
R:jig
Z:GianMarcoPietrasanta
K:EMin
B|E2c BGE|D2d AFD|~E3 BAF|GFE e2f|
gfe d^cB|AdF FED|EFG ABc|BGE E2:|B|
eBA gfe|dAd fed|eBe gfe|f/2g/2af gfe|
f/2g/2af gfe|d>^cd AFD|EFG ABc|BGE E2:|

# Posted on November 22nd 2003 by gian marco

Gorman recording

There's a nice solo recording of this on Michael Gorman The Sligo Champion (Topic records)

# Posted on December 22nd 2004 by kris

Trip to Sligo

I usually play this tune after a waltz -Munster Cloak. (G major). You can fall into a slow version and speed up the next round if you want.

# Posted on March 26th 2005 by craics90

When I Parted

I've heard a version of this under the name "When I Parted" from the Boat BAnd (It's one of a set of jigs on their Trip to the Lakes CD).
A quick web search shows it appearing in an 1847 Lancashire manuscript, and a Lake District 1835 one.
I wonder where else it's various travels have taken this tune?

Here's a transcription of the Boat Band version:
X:1
T:When I Parted.
C:Transcribed from "Trip to the Lakes" CD The Boat Band
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:120
R:Jig
O:England
A:Lakes
K:G
D|E2B BGE|D2d AFD|E2B BGE|GF Ee2f|!
gfe dcB|AFd AFD|E2B BGB|AGFE2:|!
|:B|eBe gbe|fdf fgf|eBe gbe|
faf gfe|eBe gbe|d^cd AFD|EFG ABc|BG FE2:|]

# Posted on February 6th 2007 by spindizzy

The Lark in the Morning version is in O'Neill's but differs in using some strong C naturals in the first part and some small differences to the second part.
see http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8506

# Posted on May 4th 2008 by Loughcurra