Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 25th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 48 tunebooks.

Also known as Happy To Meet, Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part, Happy To Meet Sorry To Part, Happy To Meet You, Sorry To Part, Sorry To Part.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Sound Skin by Junior Davey And Friends
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Another Measure: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 2 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• Avakatoo by Dirty Linen
• Ceol Tire by Various Artists
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
• Happy To Meet by P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan
• Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Terry Coleman
• Happy To Meet Sorry To Part by Various Artists
• Happy To Meet Sorry To Part by Horslips
• Hell For Leather by Swallow's Tail Céilí Band
• Ireland's Harvest : A Tribute To The Golden Years Of Music In Irish America by Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin And Brian McGrath
• Jigs And Reels by The Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band
• Lively Steps by Jerry Holland
• On The Fly by Patrick Street
• Out In The Night by Fisherstreet
• Phantom Power by Phantom Power
• Pride Of The West by John Wynne And John McEvoy
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume I by Various Artists
• The Connachtman's Rambles by Martin O'Connor
• The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
• The Open Door by Sean Nua
• The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
• The Sligo Champion (CD 2) by Michael Gorman
• The Wandering Minstrel by Seamus Ennis

X: 1
T: Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:dBB BAB|GEF G2A|Bee dBA|B2B gfe|
dBB BAB|GEF G2A|Bee dBA|BGG G3:|
|:g2g fed|Bdd def|g2g fed|Bee e2f|
g2g fed|Bdd def|gfg eag|fef gfg:||

This version is from a New England fiddle music collection.

# Posted on November 25th 2002 by lazyhound

Both Seamus Ennis and his father played this song as an ending to their performances. It is on his recording: "The Wandering Minstrel," which I submitted and should be listed. Great jig.

# Posted on November 26th 2002 by Paddy

Ennis has an "and" in the name of his.

# Posted on November 26th 2002 by Paddy

Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part

This pops up on an old Horslips album too, possibly by the same name.

# Posted on January 16th 2003 by sergeant fox

Happy to Meet You, Sorry to Part

The slip jig version of the tune is called "My Mind Will Never Be Easy": http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/191 It's normally played in G while posted in Amin.

# Posted on January 2nd 2005 by slainte

it's exactly like Eddie Kelly's, no?

# Posted on February 16th 2005 by JHowley

Eddie Kelly's? Well, no, not "exactly," though it shares many of the same phrases. Two distinct tunes, made out of the same cloth.

# Posted on February 16th 2005 by Will CPT

& that collection is called ~

~ check the cover ~ & please give credit where credit is due:

"The New England Fiddler's Repertoire"
Randy Miller & Jack Perron:

http://www.randymillerprints.com/
http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by ceolachan

Sligo Version?

A lovely jig associated with John Joe Gardiner: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5349 Angelina Carberry points out the similarity between the two tunes.

# Posted on January 21st 2006 by slainte