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The Further, The Deeper

jig

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 11th 2005 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Also known as Drive The Cows Home, The Farther In The Deeper, The Further In The Deeper, The Maids Of Kintail.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Further, The Deeper, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:E|ABd edB|dBA A2B|GAB dgd|BGG G2g|
fed efg|aAA e2a|g2e dBd|eAA A2:|
|:d|ege ege|dBA A2B|ded dgd|BGG G2g|
fed efg|aAA e2a|g2e dBd|eAA A2:|

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The Further, The Deeper sheetmusic
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The Further, The Deeper

A mighty little jig from Paul O'Shaughnessy and Harry Bradley's duet album. According to the notes, the tune originally comes from John Doherty's playing. It seems listed as "Drive the Cows Home" in O'Neill's and known as "The Maids of Kintail" in Scotland.

By the way, you can listen to the sample clip from the recording: http://www.claddaghrecords.com/www/music/mp3/MAR2005/BFS001trk1.mp3

# Posted on August 11th 2005 by slainte

It seems on John Doherty's recording as "The Farther in the Deeper."

# Posted on August 11th 2005 by slainte

Sleeve notes on "The Floating Bow":

John associated this tune with a piper who attempted to make a journey underground through the caves between Maghera near Ardara and Glencolmcille in south-west Donegal. This is the last tune that the intrepid piper was heard to play and according to John he was ‘attacked by some wild animal or some wild beast or something, and he never returned.’

# Posted on January 7th 2007 by 52Paddy

I've just watched Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Dermot Byrne play this: http://www.rte.ie/tv/thefullset/ep6.html Click "Watch an exclusive online performace."

If you are in Ireland, you can watch the programme in a couple of hours. If not, the entire show will be available on the web in a day.

# Posted on July 20th 2007 by slainte

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