Follow Me Down To Galway

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on July 13th 2002 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as Down Through The Broom.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
• Late... In The Night by Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue
• The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
• The Old Fireside Music by Mike And Mary Rafferty

X: 1
T: Follow Me Down To Galway
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A2BG A2Bd|egdg eGGD|~G3D G2AB|cABA GEDE|
A2BG A2Bd|egdg eaae|gedB c2{B}cd|1egdB BAGE:|2egdB BAA2||
abae abae|gaba gede|~g3d g2Bd|gaba ged2|
abae abae|gaba gede|gedB c2{B}cd|1egdB BAA2:|2egdB BAGE||

Follow me down...

Transcription: Gian Marco Pietrasanta
Source: Mike and Mary Rafferty_the old fireside music

# Posted on July 13th 2002 by gian marco

Follow Me Down to Galway (aka. Down through the Broom)

I was just about to post a different version of this tune. It's actually an almost obsolete setting of "Down the Broom." I learned it from Clare flute player Christy Barry's playing. He often plays both old and new settings of the well-known Sligo reel in his workshops to demonstrate how one tune can change over the years. A bit of research shows a very similar version is in Joyce Collection under the title "Down through the Broom." Anyway, here's Christy's setting:

K: Ador
A2BG A2Bd|egfa gedB|G2BE GEBE|G2BA GEDG|
A2BG A2Bd|egfg efga|gfge d2ef|1 gfgd BAAG:|2 gfgd BAA2||
a2ea a2ea|a2ba gede|g2ba gbag|gbaf gedg|
a2ea a2ea|a2ba gede|gfge d2ef|1 gfgd BAA2:|2 gfgd BAAG||

I was really surprised to know Mike Rafferty still plays a similar version of this old, rare and beautiful tune. It can be related to even "The Sligo Maid."

# Posted on April 7th 2005 by slainte

Down through the Broom

Catherine and John McEvoy recorded a different version of the tune as Gan Ainm:

K: Ador
A2AG A2Bd|eged egg2|GEDE ~G3A|BcBA GEDG|
AGEG A2Bd|eged egg2|afge d2ef|1 gfgd BAAG:|2 gfgd BAA2||
agbg agbg|agbg agef|gebe gebe|gebe gedg|
ea~a2 aged|cdef g2fg|afge d2ef|1 gfgd BAA2:|2 gfgd BAAG||

# Posted on July 28th 2005 by slainte

Down through the Broom

I tried recording this old reel:
http://slainte.web.infoseek.co.jp/old_broom.wma

Christy Barry always plays it on the whistle, but I personally prefer playing it as a slow piece on the flute.

# Posted on September 9th 2006 by slainte

Strikes me as very similar to Lady Birr off Fisherstreet and Lunasa http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4499.

# Posted on May 6th 2007 by Dow