Farewell To Spain

waltz

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on December 18th 2006 by nicholas.

This tune has been added to 32 tunebooks.

Also known as Spanish Ladies.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ceilidh by Bun' Ber E
• Dance Album by The Bushwhackers Band
• Rince: Complete Irish Dancing Set - First Steps And Beyond by Various Artists
• The Ceilidh Album by Dave Swarbrick

X: 1
T: Farewell To Spain
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Bmin
F2|B2 B2 A2|B4 Bc|d4 cB|A2 F2 FE|F2 B2 A2|B4 Bc|d4 ed|c4 F2|
F2 B2 BA|B4 Bc|d3 e c2|BA F2 FE|F2 B2 BA|B4 Bc|d4 ed|c4 de|
f2 d2 f2|e4 de|f2 B2 Bc|BA F2 B2|A2 F2 E2|D3 E F2|F2 B2 A2|B4 A2|
d2 f2 af|e4 de|f2 B2 Bc|BA F2 B2|A2 F2 E2 |D3 E F2|F2 B2 A2|B4 z2|

Farewell To Spain

This is one of the tunes used for the sea-song "Spanish Ladies". The song tune is played with each part only gone through once, but I saw no harm in having each part played through twice in the version I've submitted. It shows some of the minor variations possible, and it's as I played it with others some years ago.
I'm trying to remember one called "Pretty Girl Combing Her Locks", which was a rather similar B-Minor 3/4 tune.

# Posted on December 18th 2006 by nicholas

Cannot help but to think of the song and so this 'doubling-up' of the parts does nothing for me. It seems a shame to steer away from what is a song tune with much strength and beauty including the 'minor' possibilities. Have you ever sung the song, Nicholas?, with a lot of other people including hamonies and sustained notes. I suppose I prefer what I have always known.

# Posted on December 19th 2006 by hetty

Farewell To Spain

hetty - I take your point. But actually, I still like it in two parts - only played with the odd extra bar, which I didn't put into the tune I submitted: a case of falling between two stools, I suppose. Here is how I'd actually play it: (extra bars have asterisks above them)

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||F2|F2 B2 A2|B4 Bc|d2 e2 c2|BA F4|-F4 E2|F2 B2 A2|B4 Bc|d2 e2

* *
d2|c6|-c4 F2|F2 B2 BA|B4 Bc|d3 c B2|A2 F4|-F4 E2|F2 B2 A2|B4 bc|

* *
d3 e d2|c6|-c4 de|f2 d2 f2|e4 de|f2 B2 Bc|BA F2 FE|DE F2 B2|A2 F2

*
E2|D3 E F2|F2 B2 A2|B6|-B4 A2|d2 f2 a2|e4 de|f2 B2 dc|BA F2 FE|

*
DE F2 B2|A2 F2 E2|D3 E F2|F2 B2 A2|B4 ||

# Posted on December 22nd 2006 by nicholas

Farewell To Spain - the system's playing tricks on me...

I've no idea why the asterisks I put above certain bars were banished to the left-hand margin when I submitted the above.

# Posted on December 22nd 2006 by nicholas

Farewell To Spain - Beautiful piano playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkT1D9RC8sE

# Posted on March 16th 2009 by Pere