Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on September 21st 2002 by Netallica.
This tune has been added to 127 tunebooks.
Also known as # Farewell To Connaught, Bobby Casey's, Farewell To Connacht.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Farewell To Connaught
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: D2 (3FED FGAB | c2cd cA ~G2 | Add^c d2 cd | ed^cd edcA |
D2 (3FED FGAB | c2 (3Bcd cA ~G2 | ABAG EGAB | cAGE ED ~D2 :|
|: eggf ~g2 ed | cded cA ~A2 | eaag ~a3g | eaag edcd |
eggf ~g2 ed | cded dAAG | ABAG EGAB | cAGE ED ~D2 :|
One of the most powerful tunes I know. It opens John McSherry's (and Mike McGoldrick's) recording "At First Light", now without reason. When I first heard John McSherry plays this tune it was really breathtaking.
# Posted on September 21st 2002 by Netallica
"*not* without reason"
please forgive the negligence
# Posted on September 21st 2002 by Netallica
Great tune !!
# Posted on January 15th 2004 by gian marco
It's just pretty obvious that this reel is closely related to Toss the Feathers: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/138
# Posted on December 2nd 2005 by slainte
Interesting connection to American tune "Billy in the Lowground"
For many years I've been struck by a curious relationship between this tune, which in the Irish context is in D Mixolydian, and the American tune "Billy in the Lowground", which is in C. These tunes are not "transposed" versions of the same melodic contour; rather, they are two different harmonic "readings" of literally the same melodic notes. The Irish version hears the tonal center in D and resolves at the end of the low strains to a D, the American version to a C, one step lower. But the high parts are virtually the same notes, with inverted harmonic interpretations of the high G and A.
By the way, I think the commented-on relationship to "Toss the Feathers" is incidental; certainly both these tunes are part of the active repertoire of many traditional musicians and would not be treated as 'variants' of each other; whereas there are several variants of "Toss the Feathers" known and kept distinguished in the repertoire (in D and Em).
# Posted on April 6th 2006 by Mark Simos
An astute and interesting observation, Mark. I hear what you're talking about, but I don't know if I would've ever picked up on it on my own.
# Posted on April 6th 2006 by Bob himself
Lucy Farr
Version of this by Lucy is different from this transcription and she calls it Bobby Casey's.
# Posted on October 5th 2006 by PaddyCmusic
McGoldrick McSherry Version
X: 1
T: Farewell To Connaught
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: D2 (3FED FGAB | c2cd cA G2 | Add^c d2 cd | ed^(3Bcd edcA |
D2 (3FED (3EFG AB | c2 (3Bcd cA G2 | ABAG EGAB | cAGE ED D2 :||
|: eggf g2 ed | (3Bcd ed cA A2 | eaag a3g | eaag ed (3Bcd |
eggf g2 ed | (3Bcd ed dAAG | ABAG EGAB | cAGE ED D2 :||
D2 (3FED FGAB | c2cd cA G2 | Add^c d2 Ad | d2(3Bcd edcA |
# Posted on May 31st 2008 by JACKB