As I Roved Out

polka

Key signature: Dminor

Submitted on April 15th 2003 by tufbo.

This tune has been added to 72 tunebooks.

Also known as 16 Come Next Sunday, 16 Come Sunday, 17 Come Sunday, The Night Visit, Seventeen Come Sunday, Sixteen Come Next Sunday, Sixteen Come Sunday.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Drop Of Pure by Quilty
• Alesia by Rapalje
• Brocelïande by Brocelïande
• Celtic Mouth Music by Various Artists
• Eating Trifle by The Cobblestones
• Finnegan's AWake by Finnegan's AWake
• Fiona's Folly by Mickie Zekley And Elizabeth Clark
• He Didn't Dance by Cucanandy
• I Am The Wee Falorie Man by David Hammond
• IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
• It Is What It Is by Colm O'Brien
• Live At The Wharf by Last Night's Fun
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Local Ground by Altan
• Myth And Memory by The Reelies
• New Century - Irish Music by Ronan Le Bars And Nicolas Quéméner
• Nothing But A Child by Cyril O'Donoghue
• Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
• Ring The Bell ... Run Like Hell by Midnight Court
• Shake Your Shamrocks by Various Artists
• Shantalla by Shantalla
• Storm Force Ten by Steeleye Span
• The Holland Handkerchief by Mary McPartlan
• The Last Order by Ceol
• The Parting Glass by The Churchfitters
• The Planxty Collection by Planxty
• The Sinful, Wise And Insane by Warblefly
• The Well Below The Valley by Planxty
• Waiting For An Echo by Solas

X: 1
T: As I Roved Out
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmin
A|AA E>D|E/F/E/-D/ C>C|DD F>G|AG2A|AA D>D|E/F/E/-D/ C>C|DD F>G|AG2A|
Ad dc/-d/|ed c>A|c>c c>C|EG c=B|AA Dz|E/F/E/D/ Cz|cc E/F/E/D/|E2 D-C|D4-|D2 z||

Also a song

I know this one as a song. Recorded by Planxty as "As I Roved Out" and later re-recorded by Christy Moore as "The Night Visit". The melody in this tune seems to be identical to the song.
The melody is obviously in the tune-tradition, being Dorian rather than Minor, but I'm not shure if the tune is older than the song. The fact that the title refers to the song makes me suspect that it has slipped into the tune-repertoire (rather recently) by people who have listened to the song and noticed its catchy tune-character. Anyway, the recording-links to Planxty and probably the other as well, refers to the song.
By the way, Planxty once recorded the song on the same album as they recorded another - totally different - song with the name "As I Roved Out". Luckily they were sung by two different members of the group, so they were referred to as As I Roved Out (Christy)" and "As I Roved Out (Andy)". Both songs are today "classical".

# Posted on April 22nd 2003 by lars

one of my personal favourites. I already knew the song and tune but really got attached to it when I heard my friends from the dutch band Rapalje sing it.... good fun and well.... it remembers me of one of my friends

# Posted on May 30th 2003 by Irishdancer

Recorded on....

Also redone on the Common Ground CD that came out a few years back...not a bad version.

# Posted on August 22nd 2003 by lovelylydia