Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on November 22nd 2007 by Fred Saur.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Also known as The Last Train From Loughrea.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Last Train From Loughrea
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:DEF DEF|A2 A FAd|fed e2 d|fed ~B2 A|
~d3 d2 d|dcB A2 D|DEF A2 F|1 FED D3:|2 FED D2 E||
|:F2 F FED|~F3 FED|FAF FED|FAA ~B2 A|
~d3 d2 d|dcB A2 D|DEF A2 F|1 FED D3:|2 FED D2 a||
|:afd dcd|afd def|gfe edc|dcB ABc|
~d3 d2 d|dcB A2 D|DEF A2 F|1 FED D2 a:|2 FED D2 E||
|:FAA ~B2 A|FAA ~B2 A|FAA FAA|def ecA|
~d3 d2 d|dcB A2 D|DEF A2 F|1 FED D2 E:|2 FED D3||
Last train from Loughrea
Source: Kevin Burke and Cal Scott
Transcription: F SAUR
from the Youtube Video
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=muS2GEeJ3x4
# Posted on November 22nd 2007 by Fred Saur
The second tune is "Across the Black River" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5114
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by swisspiper
it would be a nice touch to credit the composer, Vincent Broderick, as Kevin Burke does in his introduction to the tunes in the Youtube video.
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by GaryAMartin
As far as I know, there's no train station in Loughrea. The tune might go well with The Seanamhac Tube Station.
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by slainte
Vincent Broderick, Credit
Sorry not to credit Vincent Broderick, Thanks Gary for him.
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by Fred Saur
The Loughrea station existed from 1890 until the last train from Loughrea left in 1975 then the station closed, according to data on this site. http://railscot.co.uk/Ireland/statement.htm
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by joesmith
"The Last Train from Loughrea" ~ composed by Vincent Broderick
"Traditonal Irish Flute Solos: The Truroe Stone Collection"
The compositions of Vincent Broderick
Waltons Music, Inc., 1990
ISBN: 1-85720-061-6
Page 9: "The Last Train from Loughrea"
X: 1
T: The Last Train From Loughrea
C: Vincent Broderick
S: "The Truroe Stone Collection", minus ornamentation
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: DEF DEF | A2 F ABd | fed e2 d |fed B2 A |
d3 d2 d | dcB A2 F |DEF A2 F | FED D3 :|
|: FAA B2 A | FAA B2 A | FAA FAA | def edB |
d3 d2 d | dcB A2 F |DEF A2 F | FED D3 :|
|: F3 FED | F3 FED |FGF FED | FAA B2 A |
d3 d2 d | dcB A2 F |DEF A2 F | FED D2 a :|
|: afd d2 a | afd def | gfe edB | dcB ABc |
d3 d2 d | dcB A2 F |DEF A2 F | FED D3 :|
# Posted on November 24th 2007 by ceolachan
Sounds like the tune might have been written to commemorate the closing of the station.
# Posted on November 24th 2007 by Phantom Button
The foolishness of the past ~ decomissioning railtrack
Yes, 'the last train'...
This has been something that has been decried for a long time, the loss of railtrack in Eire/Ireland... This includes what happened to Dublin. They closed down track, people claimed the areas for their own, encroached on what had been previously national land, and now the damned city is hell as far as traffic. No politician has had the nerve to claim it back, for the health and welfare of a clogged city.
The rail system in Ireland and the rest of these islands has suffered from lack of forsight, and Cymru/Wales is another place where much of the old tracks were pulled up. Now we are starting to realize what we've lost that we need now, more mass transport and less traffic on the roads...
# Posted on November 24th 2007 by ceolachan
Round my way, they ripped up the tracks but have had the foresight to tarmac them over as cycle tracks. An excellent idea!!
# Posted on November 25th 2007 by geoffwright