Going To The Well For Water

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 23rd 2001 by Dexy.

This tune has been added to 163 tunebooks.

Also known as Goin' To The Well, The Kaiser.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 15 Times Around by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• American Special by Stockton's Wing
• At Home by Gerry Harrington
• Bruach An TSuláin by The Abbey Céilí Band
• Ceol Na Carraige by The Owenabue Valley Trad Group
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
• Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music by Denis Doody
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Gan Bua by Gan Bua
• In The Heather by Various Artists
• Irish Pennywhistle Taught By Cathal McConnell by Cathal McConnell
• Learning Irish Fiddle by Paul McNevin
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Jackie Daly
• Sets In The City by Tipsy House
• Step By Step by The Work And Play Band
• Take The Air by Sean Ryan And PJ Moloney
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Humours Of Lewisham, Volume Three by Aidan Crossey
• The Lake Of Learning by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• Trip Over The Mountain by Watkin Lees
• Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh

X: 1
T: Going To The Well For Water
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
A2f A2f A2f fed|Bgg Bgg Bgg gfe|cdc BcB Ace a2f|
1 g2e cde d3 dcB:|2 g2e cde d3 d2e||
|:f2f fed e2e edc|d2d dcB c2c cBA|GBB GBB FAA FAA|
1 EDE e2d cBc d2e:|2 EDE e2d cBc d3||

Going to the Well for Water is also called The Kaiser. I first heard this tune at a really busy session and lucky for me, I had a recorder with me that night. It was played in a set of only 2 tunes and they are both terrific. The first tune they played was Troy's Wedding, which I believe is a normal jig. (If there is such a thing.) These 2 tunes really drive along and I get a great buzz when playing them. Troy's Wedding is the first in the set and I will try to work it out as soon as I can and post it also. Troy's is a four parter I think and parts of it are quite challenging.
The Well is fairly straightforward and the only bit I find a wee bit dodgy sometimes is the second last bar in the second part. Thats the GBB GBB FAA FAA bit. That's when it's played on the fiddle at least. I have just picked up my button box and to my pleasure I have found it is really easy to play on it. I have no idea how old the tune is, or who wrote it. Does anybody play this tune with anything else. Good luck with it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Dexy.

# Posted on December 23rd 2001 by Dexy

The Kaiser

This is one of the first tunes I learned on the Mandolin from Padraig Carrol's book "The Irish Mandolin". In there it is called The Kaiser. I din't know it had another name. I usually play it in a set after Calaghan's (which may be in here somewhere under a different name but I haven't found it yet (I'll maybe have to submit it myself).

# Posted on March 11th 2005 by JonB

I lOVE this song

hi i am 11 and I absouletley LOVE this song iv been playing th fiddle , accordian , Concertina and tin whistle since I was 4 and this is my fav song on each of these instruments

# Posted on August 7th 2009 by Grace Chawke

"Going to the Well for Water" ~ Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh

It's the second tune in the set of two, and the first can be found here twice ~

"Baile An TSamhraidh"
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2613
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5193

A lovely set...

# Posted on July 8th 2010 by ceolachan

The Daly / Creagh set is very nice. Is this tune a Slide or is it a March? It reminds me of "General Leslie's March", which is in 6/8 time.

# Posted on December 7th 2010 by beretta

Slide

# Posted on December 7th 2010 by Kenny

Going to the Well

I often play this as a hornpipe

# Posted on July 5th 2011 by Markmoloney