Return To Camden Town

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on June 26th 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 37 tunebooks.

Also known as Mountain Meadow, The Mountain Meadow, Return From Camden Town.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
• Galway's Own by Joe Burke
• Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
• Pass It Down by Matt Pepin
• Stranger At The Gate by Paddy O'Brien
• The Boys Of Sligo by Dervish
• When The World Was Wide by Trouble In The Kitchen
• With Friends Like These by James Keane

X: 1
T: Return To Camden Town
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
E2 DE CA, A,2 | EDCD EGAB | cBcd edeg | aged cABG |
E2 DE CA, A,2 | EDCD EGAB | cBcd edeg | aged cAAB |
c2 gc acgc | c2 gc BAGB | cBcd edeg | aged cAAB |
c2 gc acgc | c2 gc BAGB | AGAB cdea | gedB cABG |

Return To Camden Town

After a recent discussion with "oor Michael" about Joe Burke's LP, "Galway's Own", I noticed this fine reel wasn't in the tune listings. More suitable for box, fiddle or banjo than a wind instrument, unfortunately.

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by Kenny

To or From?

Hello Kenny,Just a suggestion that if you wanted to change the name to `Return FROM Camden Town`it would show more recordings -I think the Burke recording is one which uses `from`.Cos

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by cos

I think there is another tune called The Return From Camden Town. I'll check up on that.

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by OrganicPeatCreature

Yes - according to Henrik Norbeck, The Return From Camden Town is an alternate title for Farewell to Leitrim, which appears not to have been posted here.

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by OrganicPeatCreature

To and From

Sorry, lads - I have to disagree, and you know how pedantic I am about tune titles, but I'll leave the alternative title in, as you suggest, cos. It's "To", not "From", and I think "From" is a mistake on Joe's sleeve notes. I learned the tune from Glasgow fiddler Chris Miller, and it's in Bulmer and Sharpley 3, both refer to the reel as "To".
I'd be willing to bet that there is no reference or recording where the tune is called "From" before 1971, when Joe recorded "Galway's Own" .
Joe recorded "Return "From" and also "Farewell To Leitrim" on seperate tracks on that LP, so I would suggest that rather than the 2 names being alternative titles, they've just been mixed up - and now Norbeck is passing this alternative title theory on as fact.
Well done for posting "Farewell To Leitrim" David - "Galway's Own" is now nearly a "full-house".
P.S - David, I haven't forgotten that I promised you a pint in "Queally's" - the time is approaching!

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by Kenny

Kenny - I don't remember seeing you in Queally's - only in 'The Blondes' and in your own car, 5 years ago.

# Posted on June 28th 2004 by OrganicPeatCreature

Cleary's

Must have been two other fellas! It was "Cleary's" - aka "The Blonde's".

# Posted on June 28th 2004 by Kenny

This is a fabulous tune. I learned it last summer from fiddler Becky Tracy. She knows it as Return TO Camden Town too.

# Posted on June 30th 2004 by rae_rae_racer

Return TO Camden Town

I love it that there's both a tune and an Irish music festival named after a train ticket!
You can just imagine it: "Hi, can I have a return to Camden Town?"
"Sure, that'll be £3, please"
(customer hands over the £3)
"Thanks.." (gets out his button accordion)
E2 DE CA, A,2 | EDCD EGAB | cBcd edeg | aged cABG |.......

# Posted on October 20th 2008 by Joe CSS

Sure the B part is Cmaj, but the A part is clearly Amin, right?!

# Posted on December 11th 2008 by bdh