The Fair Wind

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on August 30th 2002 by Netallica.

This tune has been added to 62 tunebooks.

Also known as A Fair Wind, Flanagan's Favourite, Maeve's Return, The West Clare.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Black Black Black by Cran
• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• Kieran O'Hare by Kieran O'Hare
• Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
• Rhythm And Rhyme by Tamalin
• Suantrai by John Canny, Kevin Carey And Terence O'Reilly
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Best Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
• The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
• The Man Behind The Box by Joe Derrane
• The Man From Clare by Micho Russell
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
• Two Gentlemen Of Clare by Gerard Commane And Joe Ryan
• Wayward Son by John Doyle
• Wish You Were Here by Boys Of The Lough

X: 1
T: Fair Wind, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
|: A3E A3B | cBAB cBBc | A3E A2AB |1 cBAF FEEE :|2 cBAF FEE2 ||
|: ceec A3B | c2ec dBBd | ceec A2AB |1 cABF FEEd :|2 cBAF FEE2 ||
|: AFFF d3B | cBAB cBBc |1 AFFF d2dB | cBAF FEE2 :|2 ce3 f2ec | BdcA BAFE ||

This is Tamalin's version to Fair Wind; Dervish also play in their "Out on the Road" set- it's the third tune, after Repeal of the Union. They play it in G major, I think, and slightly different. But I prefer the John McSherry way, so... Enjoy!

# Posted on August 30th 2002 by Netallica

Fair Wind

Good tune, I learned this in G. A works just as well. A real nice rattler on the Banjo.

# Posted on August 30th 2002 by Brad Maloney

sounds a lot like "Rip the Calico", doesn't it?

# Posted on December 18th 2003 by JHowley

Err...so much so that I think it *is* Tear the Calico...well spotted!

# Posted on December 18th 2003 by Zina Lee

This does sound like Rip the Calico and yet definately is NOT Rip/Tear the Calico, at least not the Calico version the Bothy Band played.

The C-part of Fair Wind is the same as the B-Part in Rip the Calico, the other parts are different.

Compare: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/719

(The Fair WInd is also on Danu's "Danu" album after Joe Bane's.)

# Posted on June 27th 2005 by Bleedin' Heart

Noon Lasses

I always think it's going to be this tune when it comes up in the session. It sounds almost identical until the third part.

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1729

# Posted on October 16th 2005 by Phantom Button

A fun tune, It also appears on "Midsummers Night" by dervish

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by Nopstavon

Maeve's Return

We play this tune in G at our sessions in Wellington (NZ) but know it as Maeve's Return... slight variation but pretty much the same.

# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by rutharmstrong