Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on April 16th 2009 by kichu49.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Also known as An T-aiseadh Do Dh’ Eireann, An T-aiseag Do Dh’Eireann, The Crossing To Ireland.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Crossing To Ireland
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Edor
E/F/|:"Em"GE E/D/ B, E>F|G E/F/ G B>B A/G/|"D"FD DA, DD|FDD "Bm"A>A G/F/|
"Em"GE E/D/ B, E>F|G E/F/ G B2 A|"G"G>A B/c/ "D"dcB|1"B7"AGF "Em" E2 E/F/:|2"B7"AGF "Em" E>e e/f/||
"Em"ge eB e>B|GE E E>b a/g/|"D"fd dA d>A|FD DD>a g/f/|
"Em"ge eB e>B|GE g "Bm"f2 e|"G"G>A B/c/ "D"dcB|"B7"AGF "Em"E2 e/f/|
"Em"ge eB ee|EGB e/f/ g/b/ a/g/|"D"fdd A d>A|DFA "Bm"d/e/ f/g/ a/f/|
"Em"g>f e "B7"f>e ^d|"Em"e>d B "D"A>G F|"G"G>A B/c/ "D"d cB|"B7"AGF "Em"E3||
I heard this at a session and liked it - found it at the Folk Tune Finder <http://www.folktunefinder.com/>; and now it's here.
The Fiddler's companion <http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CROO_CRY.htm>; gives the tune's pedigree - I won't copy it all out here. Notated there in F min - all them flats!
Cheers!
# Posted on April 16th 2009 by kichu49
L: 1/4
... is what you need for this transcription to come out properly.
# Posted on April 17th 2009 by muspc
A slow washerwoman?
I always thought this was derived from "The Irish Washerwoman."
# Posted on April 17th 2009 by blarneystar
This is from the fiddling of Winston Fitzgerald. You can hear a snippet of his playing of it, plus see Paul Cranford's transcription (in E minor, not F as Ceolas says - F Dorian was the original printed key), at: http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/Fitzgerald_ClassicCuts.htm
The WF Tunebook is my favorite tome of Scottish music. Your url for Ceolas is no good, forgot an underscore: http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CROO_CRY.htm
# Posted on April 18th 2009 by Kevin Rietmann
"Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes"
arranged and edited by Paul Stewart Cranford
Cranford Publications, 1997
ISBN: 0-9691181-7-1
http://www.cranfordpub.com/
http://www.cranfordpub.com/reviews/Winston.htm
Page 90: "Crossing to Ireland" ~ E Dorian
I second Kevin's recommendation, a brilliant fiddler and a lovely collection, thanks to Paul Cranford for putting in the time to bring such treasures to us all, in recordings and transcriptions...
# Posted on April 18th 2009 by ceolachan
Re. L:1/4
Right you are, but the abc editor won't let me edit the headers, will it? Them as downloads it can make the necessary adjustment...
# Posted on April 29th 2009 by kichu49