Tom Ward's Downfall

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on February 25th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 116 tunebooks.

Also known as Follow Me Down To Carlow, The Long Hills Of Mourne, Mourne Mountains, The Mourne Mountains, Tom Ward’s Downfall.

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X: 1
T: Tom Ward's Downfall
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
|: BG~G2 AGFG|EG~G2 AEGE|DEGA ~B2Bd|(3=fed ^cd Bdgd|
BG~G2 AFGF|ECC2 ACGE|DEGA B2Bd|ecdc BGGA||
BDAD GDFD|EG~G2 AEGE|DEGA B3d|ed^cd Bdgd|
BGG2 AFGF|ECC2 ACGE|DEGA ~B2Bd|ecdc BGGA||
dgg^f g2ag|~e2ab adga|bg~g2 agef|(3gfe dc BGGA|
dgg2 bgag|eaab adga|bg~g2 agef|(3gfe dc BGGA||
dgg2 abag|~e2ab adga|bg~g2 agef|(3gfe dc BGGA|
dgg2 bgag|eaab adga|bg~g2 agef|(3gfe dc (3Bcd gd :|

Josh, this sounds like a very 'personalized' version - lots of unusual twists and turns. Is it transcribed from a recording? If so, whose? The F-naturals (or rather, absence of F#) is an interesting touch. I'd have called it G mixolydian, rather than C major, though.

# Posted on February 27th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

This is, in fact, transcribed from a recording. However, sadly, I can't remember the name of the recording.
My friend Phil plays it this way and this is how he taught it to me.

# Posted on February 27th 2002 by Josh Kane

Tom Ward's Downfall

T:Tom Ward's Downfall
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Dan Healy & Ciaran O'Raghallaigh
R:reel
Z:GianMarcoPietrasanta
K:G
BGGA GEDG|~E3G AEGE|DEGA B2Bd|ed~d2(3Bcd gd|
BG~G2{A}GEDG|~E3G AEGE|DEGA B2Bd|egdc BG~G2:|
dgga gedg|eaag adga|bg~g2 ageg|gedc BG~G2|
dgga gedg|eaag a2ga|bg~g2 ageg|gedc BGBd||
~g3a gedg|eaag adga|bg~g2 ageg|gedc BG~G2|
dgga gedg|eaag a2ga|bg~g2 ageg|gedc BGdc||

# Posted on November 22nd 2003 by gian marco

"Tom Ward's Downfall" ~ another take

As with this transcription, F natural doesn't fit except to grate, any pass from one thing to another that you could slip an F into would be sharp... So, this tune is in G Major, as in this alternate take on it, not C and not mixolydian:

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on August 16th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/898

# Posted on February 25th 2006 by ceolachan

Great Cathal Hayden and Arty McGlynn version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8lRx7BTTA

# Posted on October 8th 2009 by dlowder

Source??

Ha! Josh you or Phil have to dig up your source- fun variations and I have to hear what they play the other times through!

# Posted on November 2nd 2010 by yrneH

Victor Gagnon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXluYRnE2bk

# Posted on January 4th 2012 by Conor the fiddler