Farewell To London

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 22nd 2002 by kiwi.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Fig For A Kiss by Providence
• Let Down The Blade by John Regan And Paddy Glackin
• Strayaway by Caoimhin Vallely
• The Man Behind The Box by Joe Derrane

X: 1
T: Farewell To London
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:GB~B2 cABA|GABd eBdB|AD ~D2 ADFA|cdcA ~B2 cA|
GABG AGFA|GABG ABce|dg ~g2 fgag|1fdcA G3F:|2fdcA G2Bc||
|:dg ~g2 fgaf|gdBG DCB,D|C2 EC B,CDG|FGAB c2Bc|
dg ~g2 fgaf|gdBG DCB,D|C2 EC B,CDB|BAFA G2Bc:||

Farewell To London

THis is a version of a tune by Brendan McGlinchey.
The original, I believe, is four parts and goes as follys:

D2|GB (3BBB c2BA|GABd edBG|AD (3DDD A3c|BcdB cBAF|\
GABG FGAF|GABG ABcA|dg (3ggg fgag|fdcA G2::\
Bc|dg (3ggg fgaf|gdBG DG,B,G,|CGEC B,DGE|FGAB cABc|\
dg (3ggg fgaf|gdBG DG,B,D|CGEC B,DGB|cAFD G2::\
Bc|dgfg ec (3ccc|fdfa gd (3ddd|bagf gdBG|AD (3FED ABcA|\
dgfg ec (3ccc|fdfa gd (3ddd|(3Bcd gd ceag|1fdcA G2:|2fdcA G3|:B|\
(3ddd ba gafd|gdBG DG,B,G,|CGEC B,DGE|FGAB cABc|\
(3ddd ba gafd|gdBG DG,B,G,|CGEC B,DGB|cAFD G3:|

I can't remember where I got this, though!
Fun tune, if a bit cerebral.

# Posted on February 13th 2005 by patrick cavanagh

Did brendan mcglinchy compose this?

# Posted on September 12th 2006 by PaddyCmusic

A version I got from Milltown 1986

|:GB3 cABA | GABd eBdB | ADFD ADFD | BdCA BdCA | G2AG FGAF | G2AG ABcA | dg3 fgag |1 fdcA G2GD:||2 fdcA GABc||:dg3 fgag|fdBG DGBd|c2ec BDGB|FGAB cABc|dg3 fgag| fdBG DGBd|c2ec BDGB|1cAFA GABc:||2cAFA G2GD|to start

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by Tim@Copenhagen