Far From Home

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 29th 2002 by Trevor Jennings.

This tune has been added to 258 tunebooks.

Also known as Far Frae Hame, Johnny Todd, Patsy Hanley's, Tom Billy's, The Windy Gap .

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Aisling Yoshua (Joshua's Dream) by Johnny Óg Connolly
• And So The Story Goes... by Sean Tyrrell, Kevin Glackin And Ronan Browne
• Any Old Time by Any Old Time
• At Home by Gerry Harrington
• Autographed by Ash Plant
• Back To The Hills by Kathryn Tickell
• Battle Songs Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
• Between Up And Down by Ado Barker And Ruairi McGorman
• Blowing Through The Reeds by Steve Shaw And Martin Cole
• Bottlenecks And Arm-breakers by Session A9
• Bráithre An Óil by Monks Of The Screw
• Brathar Na NÓl by Monks Of The Screw
• Brathar Na NOl by Monks Of The Screw Trio
• Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
• Celtic Celebration by Dirk Freymuth
• Celtic Crossing by William Coulter
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Ceol Ar An BhFeadóg Stáin by Donncha O'Briain
• Crossing The Line by Sandy Stanage
• Cruinn by Academy Of Irish Music Chicago
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
• Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
• Dragon Reels by Roger Landes
• Drink The Night Away by Blackbeers
• Echoes Of Sliabh Luachra by Billy Clifford
• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Far From Home by Blackthorn Band
• Far From Home by Golden Bough
• Feadoga Stain by Mary Bergin
• Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
• Fiddle Tunes by Dougie MacDonald
• Finnegan's AWake by Finnegan's AWake
• Flagstone Memories by Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington And Jim Higgins
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• For As Many As Will by Haste To The Wedding
• From Celtic Roots by Polkemmet Grorud Pipe Band
• Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Various Artists
• Gems Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Good Friends-Good Music by Boys Of The Lough
• Harmony Hill by Dervish
• Harthope Burn by Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor & Will Atkinson
• In Tandem by Kevin Burke And Ged Foley
• Irish Button Accordion by Billy Moran
• Irish Music For The Mandolin by Kevin McElroy
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin by Paddy Cronin
• Kickin' Up The Sawdust by Various Artists
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
• Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
• Light On A Distant Shore by Ossian
• Macalla Na H by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
• Manhattan Island Sessions by Caitlin Warbelow And Friends
• Masters Of Tradition by Various Artists
• Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples by Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples
• Melodic Journeys by James Kelly
• Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
• No Matter How Cold And Wet You Are by Craobh Rua
• No Place Like Home by Gerry O'Connor
• Noel Hill And Tony Linnane by Noel Hill And Tony Linnane
• North Amerikay by Dale Russ And Finn Macginty
• O' Bheal Go Beal by Marcas O'Murchu
• Orion by Orion
• Our Musical Heritage Disc 3 by Various Artists
• Party Acadien by Eddy Arsenault Et Famille, Anastasia DesRoches, Louise Arsenault
• Rian by Liam O'Maonlai
• Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Various Artists
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Seisiún Ceoil Bhéal Feirste by Various Artists
• Selected Jigs Reels And Songs by De Danann
• Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
• Short Stories by Grainne Murphy
• Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
• Slowplay Jigs, Reels And Hornpipes by Jeffrey Hillgrove
• Sounds From The Atlantic by Innisheer
• Spring The Summer Long by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Stark Ravin' by Roy Johnstone
• Step This Way by David Lindquist
• Suite by Kevin Burke And Cal Scott
• Sunday After Mass by Denis O Connor And Con Moynihan
• Sweetwood by Liam Kelly
• Tampa Session Sets, Vol. 1 by Clan Tampa
• The Barley Grain by Larry Kinsella
• The Best Of Irish Jigs And Reels Vol.1 by Various Artists
• The Best Of Ossian by Ossian
• The Celts by Various Artists
• The Celts Play Connecticut by Various Artists
• The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
• The Coast Road by Karen Ryan
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Green Hills Of Erin by Matt Cunningham
• The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
• The Long Trip Home: Traditional Irish Music From D.C. And Baltimore by Josh Dukes
• The Mason's Apron by The Madden Brothers
• The Piper Calls The Tune by Joe Finn
• The Pipers Club by The Pipers Club Ceili Bnad
• The Pleasures Of Hope by Harry Bradley And Michael Clarkson
• The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master by Padraig O'Keefe
• The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
• Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry by Jimmy Doyle And Dan O'Leary
• Tri by Far From Home
• Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh
• Twenty Irish Fiddle Tunes by Kevin Burke
• Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
• Unleashed by The Border Collies
• Water From The Well by The Chieftains
• Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

X: 1
T: Far From Home
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:GEDE G3A|B2BA Bcd2|GEDE G3B|AGAB AGE2|
GEDE G2GA|B2BA Bcd2|edef gedc|BGAF G4:|
|:g3e f3d|edef edB2|gedB G2GB|AGAB AGE2|
GEDE G2GA|B3A Bcd2|edef gedc|BGAF G4:||

From a New England collection. This is one of those beguiling reel tunes that is spoiled by too much speed.

# Posted on November 29th 2002 by Trevor Jennings

There is also a slightly ornamented version in O'Neill (#1261), apparently credited to Francis O'Neill.

# Posted on November 29th 2002 by Trevor Jennings

This is the first tune I ever learned. It remains one of my favorites. The tune is usually played at an even pace, but the Chieftains kick it up on Water From The Well with the Kilfenora Ceili Band. Laurence (Larry) Nugent plays this tune slowly with a Bb flute on The Windy Gap album. He also calls this tune The Windy Gap.

# Posted on November 29th 2002 by SPeak

Origins

I was always under the impression this was a Shetland tune. Does anyone know for sure?

# Posted on November 29th 2002 by Dr. Dow

Dow - I can't say I'm any surer than you are, but as far as I know it does originate from shetland. Like a number of other Shetland tunes, it has become integrated into the repertoire of many Irish players, but it is surprising that it was being played by Irish musicians - and Chicago Irish musicians, at that - as early as Francis O'Neill's time.

# Posted on November 30th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Recorded Version

I first heard this tune paired with a song called Johnny Somethingorother (the chorus starts "Weep nae more, my own sweet Jeannie/Lay your bairn upon your knee") performed by Ossian. The song has a similar melody, which they sing, and then kick up the tempo to perform "Far From Home." I looked it up in O'Neil's, and was pleased to find it there in more or less the same version as the record.

# Posted on May 28th 2004 by Ailin

It's Johnny Todd

it's Johnny Todd, peformed by Ossian, with additonal words by the late Tony Cuffe

# Posted on December 16th 2004 by allan21

Set

This tune goes great with the Banshee, too.

# Posted on August 13th 2005 by paratroopers

PJ Hernon plays the tune as Patsy Hanley's

PJ Hernon plays this tune on his B/C button accordion instruction video under the name Patsy Hanley's.

# Posted on September 1st 2005 by nemethmik

Also played in A.
Isn't it a shetland tune?

# Posted on September 1st 2005 by gian marco

Far From Home

There is an impression that this tune is from Shetland, but as far as I can see there is no evidence for that. I think there are two reasons for this misconception: 1) The Boys of the Lough and Tom Anderson recorded it in a set of Shetland reels, and 2) it SOUNDS like a Shetland tune. In my research, its origin is O'Neill.

# Posted on December 15th 2005 by nigelg

"New England Fiddler's Repertoire"

by Randy Miller and Jack Perron, first published in 1983.

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

Page 86: "Far From Home"

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by ceolachan

Far from Home

Always liked this tune and I find it hard to play it without throwing in The Green Fields of America after it

# Posted on July 17th 2007 by Free Reed

In A, par example

Session A9 do a lovely version on their album Bottlenecks and Armbreakers

K:Amaj
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|:a3f g3e|f3g fece|afec A3c|B3c BAFB|
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# Posted on January 7th 2012 by SmashTheWindows