Farewell To Leitrim

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 26th 2004 by granama.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as Lawson's, Lawson's Favorite, Lawson's Favourite, The Return From Camden Town.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
• Blackwater by Altan
• Classic Recordings Of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by Hugh Gillespie
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• Galway's Own by Joe Burke
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
• Irish Accordion by Joe Derrane
• Jigs And Reels by Jesse Smith
• The Joys Of Life by Shaskeen
• The Morning Mist by Joe Burke
• The Tie That Binds by Various Artists
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
• Time For A Tune With Charlie Lennon by Charlie Lennon
• Toss The Fiddles by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Farewell To Leitrim
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
d2AG FADF|Ec~c2 Ec~c2|dBcA BGAG|FGEF Dgfe|
d2AG FADF|(3EFG AB c2Bc|dBcA BGAF|GFEG FDD2|
fd~d2 fdeg|fd~d2 ^cdeg|fd~d2 fdad|^cdeg fdde|
fd~d2 ad~d2|ec~c2 g2fg|afge fded|^ceag fddc|

This tune is popular with Donegal musicians, and no doubt Leitrim ones as well. It has been recorded by Altan and Dervish, and was/is played by the likes of John Doherty and Danny Meehan.

# Posted on June 26th 2004 by granama

aka Lawson's

# Posted on June 27th 2004 by edl

Farewell To Leitrim

X: 1
T: Farewell To Leitrim
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: Altan: Blackwater
R: reel
K: Dmix
d2AG FADF|Ec~c2 Ec~c2|dBcA BGAG|F2EF DEFA|
d2AG FADF|(3EFG AB c2Bc|dBcA BGAF|GFEG FDDe||
fd~d2 fdad|fd~d2 ^cdeg|fd~d2 fdad|^cdeg fdde|
fd~d2 adfd|ec~c2 gceg|afge fded|^ceaf g2fe||

# Posted on May 21st 2005 by Dow

Hughie Gillespie

Altan no doubt were drawn to the tune because it was recorded in New York in the 1930s by Donegal fiddler Hughie Gillespie. "Farewell to Leitrim" was Gillespie's title, but it is "Lawson's Favorite" in the O'Neill collection. It is also a setting in a different key of the tune O'Neill had as "Maude Miller," though that is a different tune than the one known as "Maude Miller" these days (the one recorded by James Morrison under that name).

# Posted on November 22nd 2006 by blarneystar