Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on September 20th 2002 by Will Harmon.
This tune has been added to 141 tunebooks.
Also known as Achill Sound, The Ballina Lass, The Green Meadows, The Hag's , Johnnie When I Die, Burry Me In Kerry, Johnny When I Die, Johnny's Gone To France, Johnnys Gone To France, Maids Of Galway, Paddy Gone To France, Paddy's Gone To France.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Old Maids Of Galway, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
dc|BF (3FFF BFAF|E2 DE FAdc|BF (3FFF BFAF|(3EFE DE FDDA|
BF (3FFF BFAF|E2 DE FAAd|~B3 c dBAF|(3EEE DE FDDA||
dfed B2 AB|dfed Be (3eee|defd BdAF|(3EFE DE FDDA|
dfed B2 AB|defd edeg|faec dBAF|(3EFE DE FDDA||
The Old Maids of Galway
This is the more common setting of the tune Liz Carroll based her "Old Maid of Galway" on (posted yesterday). Liz's version is so different, if that were all you knew, you'd probably end up solo with it at any session ('cept perhaps in Chicago). In fact, you could go from the trad setting to Liz's (from Bm to Gm), and most folks would think you were playing two completely different tunes.
The setting here works well either up tempo or as a slow reel. If you choose to slow it down, consider playing those scratch triplets as rolls. It's also nice to slide into those quarter note E's and B's.
# Posted on September 20th 2002 by Will Harmon
Old Maids Of Galway
This sounds very like a tune Barney McKenna used to play, called "Paddy's Gone To France", but it started off in Em. I think it's in Breathnachs Vol. 1
# Posted on September 20th 2002 by Kenny
Good ear/eye Kenny. It is in fact the same tune. Breathnach's notes in Vol 1 also give the titles Old Maid of Galway, the Green Meadows, the Ballina Lass, and the Hag's Reel.
# Posted on September 20th 2002 by Will Harmon
Johnnie When I Die, Burry Me In Kerry
I know this tune by this name and in the key of Emin.
# Posted on August 18th 2005 by Phantom Button
While a student in pre-unification Berlin in the late 70s I used to play with an Irish/Austrian band and one of the lads used to sing the following line to the B part - "Paddy's gone to France and he's never coming back again" - or sometimes the A part as the fancy took him.
# Posted on August 18th 2005 by LongNote
"The Old Maid Of Galway" ~ Liz Carroll transcription
Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on September 19th 2002 by Will Harmon.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/976
# Posted on February 27th 2006 by ceolachan
It's listed as "The Achill Sound" in Walton's "Session Tunes" books.
# Posted on May 22nd 2006 by 52Paddy
The Old Maids of Galway
A version of the tune in the more common key: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5373
# Posted on May 22nd 2006 by slainte
Slightly different version
X: 1
T: Paddy gone to France
C: as played by Nils Nolte
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
dc||BE ~E2 B2AF|EFDE FA A2|BE ~E2 B2AF|EFDE FD D2|
BE ~E2 B2AF|EFDE FA A2|BAFA dBAF|EFDE FD D2:|
dfed BAFA|dfed Be e2|dfed B2 AF|EFDE FD D2|
dfed BAFA|dfed Be e2|fdef dBAF|EFDE FD D2:||
# Posted on April 21st 2007 by brotherstorm
"The West Mabou Reel" ~ the other way round
The West Mabou Reel
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on November 17th 2007 by benhockenberry.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7980
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by ceolachan
Johnny's gone to france
there is a differrent version of JGTF in Allans Irish Fiddle that lends it self to fast and furious fiddling :D
beed b ag fdad fdad beed b etc ( sorry i do not know ABC properly )
# Posted on July 27th 2008 by boatman62