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Note: The tunes
below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be
converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting
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FAR AWAY. American, Waltz.
FAR AWAY WEDDING, THE. See “Faraway
Wedding [2].”
FAR, FAR BEYOND YON
MOUNTAINS. Irish, Air (4/4 time).
FAR,
FAR, DOWN IN THE SOUTH OF LUIDACH. Irish, Air (2/4 time).
FAR FROM HOME ("Slan Beo Leat" or "Fad Ua
Baile").
Irish, English, Shetland, American; Reel.
X:1
T:Far from Home
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
|:GE DE G3A|B2 BA Bc d2|GE DE G3B|AG AB AG E2|
GE DE G3A|B2 BA Bc d2|ed ef ge dc|BG AF G4:|
|:g3eg3d|ed ef ed B2|ge dB G2 GB|AG AB AG E2|
GE
DE G2 GA|B3A Bc d2|ed ef ge dc|BG AF G4:|
FAR GATE, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed
by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south
FAR IN THE MOUNTAIN. AKA and see "Fire
on the Mountain."
FAR MOR, THE. AKA and see "Is the Big Man Within?"
FAR O'ER STRUY. Scottish, "Retreat Air" (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by J.P. MacLeod, a piper and pipe‑maker of Tain, who
won the gold medal for pibroch at
FAR ON THE MOUNTAIN. AKA and see “Fire on
the Mountain.” Old-Time. This is the title of the tune, as recorded by The
Red-Headed Fiddlers.”
FARAL GARA. See "Farrell O'Gara,"
"Fearghal Ó Gadhra."
FARAWAY GRANDCHILD, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Major.
Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by David A. Gordon. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Volvol.
4, 1991; pg. 27.
FARAWAY WEDDING [1]. AKA and see "The Gravelled Walks to Granny,"
"The Highland
Man that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "The Cottage in the Grove [2],"
"Down with the Mail," "The Gravelled Walks to Granny,"
"The Highland
Man that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "In and Out (of) the Harbour,"
"Jenny Lace your Tight,"
"Jenny
Tie your Bonnet,” "Lizzie's
Bonnet," "Lassie(s) tie your Bonnet(s),"
"Lizzie's Bonnet," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "In and Out (of) the Harbour,"
"Upstairs in a Tent [1]," "The Rambler's Rest," "Down with the Mail," "Tie the Bonnet," "Jenny Tie your Bonnet.""Upstairs in a Tent [1].” English, Scottish; Jig. English,
Northumberland. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. One of the "missing
tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Gow
(Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802;
pg. 27.
X:1
T:Far awa’ Wedding, The [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e|:A3(A A)EA AEA|c2(A A)EA B=GB|c2A
AEA AEA|B=GB Bge dBG:|
cAA a2e c(AA)|cAA a2f =g(BB)|cAA a2e
cAc|B=GB Bge gdB|
cAA a2e c(AA)|
cAA =g3 {fg}gBB|cAA a2e cAc|B=GB Bge
gdB||
FAR AWAY WEDDING [2], THE. AKA and see “Kitty Lie Over (Next to the
Wall),” “Patsy McCann’s,” “Paddy’s Return [1],” “What’ll I do if the Kettle
Boils Over [2],” “Young Tim
Murphy.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill prints
the tune as “Young Tim Murphy.” Source for notated version: “From
(the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce, from Connor Hannan, near Kildorrery, Co.
X:1
T:Far Away Wedding, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:”Allegro”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 468
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F/G/ | AFD DFA | Add B2A | Bcd AGF |
GFG EFG | AFD DFA| Add B2A |
BdF G2E | FDD D2 || d/e/ | fef d2 e
| fed B2A | Bcd A2F | GFG E2e |
fef def | gfg ecA | AdF G2E | FDD D2
||
FAR
AWAY WEDDING [3], THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol.
III), c. 1808; pg. 47. O’Neill (Waifs
and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 15338. Shields/Goodman (Tunes
of the
X:1
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
Z:Paul Kinder
K:D Mix
A |: FDD ADD | FDF AGF | GEE BEE | BEB "tr"BAG | FDD ADD | FDD AGF |
EFA B2 A | BdF E2 D :: FAA A2 B | FAA AGF | GBB B2 A | GBB BAG |
FAA A2 B | FAA AGF | EFA B2 A | BdF E2 D :||
X:2
T:Far away Wedding, The [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | FDD ADD | FDD AGF | GEE BEE | GEE BAG | FDD ADD | FDD AGF |
G2A B2A | BdF E2D :: FGA dcd | FDD AGF | GEE BEE | GEE BAG |
FGA
dcd | FDD AGF | G2A B2A | BdF E2D :|
FARDER BEN DA WYLCOMER, DA. AKA and see "Faader
Ben Da Welcomer."
FARDOWN FARMER, THE (An Gabaltuide Tuatac/Tuaideac). Irish, Double Jig. G Major.
Standard
tuning. AABB. The term ‘Fardown’ was used in the 19th
and 20th centuries, often by Irish-Americans, to describe someone
(often a Protestant) from
X:1
T:Fardown Farmer, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A|BAB GED|EFG GAB|BAB GED|EAA
ABc|BAB GED|EFG GAB|dfe dcA|B<GG G2:|
|:A|Bcd ded|dge dBG|Bcd ded|efd
g2d|Bcd ded|dge dBG|dfe dcA|B<GG G2:|
FARE
THEE WELL MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS. Old‑Time. Related to "Fly Around
My Pretty Little Miss" but derives from the well‑known folk song
"Sixteen Next Sunday." Rounder Records,
Fiddlin' John Carson ‑ "The Old Hen Cackled and the Roosters Goin'
to Crow."
FARE THEE WELL, SWEET KILLALOE. AKA and see "The
Oysterwives Rant," "The
haughs o' Cromdale," "Wate You How the Play Began,"
"The Hillside [2]," “Sweet Killaloe,” "Welcome Home [3]." Irish, Air or
March (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning.
AB. Killaloe
is in ison:
Miss Griffin of Foynes on the O'Neill (Irish
Music); No. 100.
FARE WELL. English, Jig.
X:1
T:Fare Well
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Peacock – A Favourite Collection of Tunes
with Variations (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
ded g2g|BcB d2d|G2G AGA|BAB
A3|ded g2g|BcB d2d|
G2G AGA|G2G G3::d>ed cAc|BcB AGA|AAG
BAG|dcB B2A|
d>ed cAc|BcB AGA|GAG BAG|dBG
d3|ded g2g|BcB d2d|
G2G AGA|BGB A3|ded g2g|BcB
d2d|G2G AGA|G2G G3:|
FARE YE WELL,
BALLINDERRY. AKA and see "Farewell, Miss Gordon." Irish, Slow Air
(3/4 time).
FARE YOU WELL. AKA and see "End of the
Mission," "Sinners' Lament,"
"
***
During the last week of a mission given at Bantry during my school
days, the man who presided at a stall erected against the end of the
schoolhouse for the sale of church wares, attracted trade by singing
a rather depressing song to a fine melody which I memorized uncon-
sciously and never forgot. Following is all I remember of the song-
‘Where sinful souls do mourn form whence they can’t return
But there to weep and mourn bound in fiery chains.’
to the need of prompt repentance, so I named the Air “Fare you Well”
or the “Sinner’s Lament.” This melody was unknown in that part of the
country and no trace of it had ever been discovered in our experience
until recently a version was found in (Stanford/Petrie’s Complete
Collection,
1905), under the title “An garbh Cnoicin
Fraoigh” (The rough
little Heathy Hill”).
***
O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 17, pg. 18. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 2, pg. 1.
X:1
T:Fare You Well
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Slow”
K:D
f/g/|a>b g>a|f2 e>d|d>c
A>B|c2 d>e|d>c (3AGF|G2 FG|A<d d>e|d3||A|d>e f>g|
a2 a>g|a>b a>f|g2
g>g|a>b a>g|{e}=f2 e>c|d>c A>G|A3 f/g/|a>b g>a|f2
e>d|
d>c A>B|c2 d>e|d>c
(3AGF|G2 FG|A<d d>e|d3||
FARE YOU WELL KILLEAVY. Irish, Air. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire
brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in
Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in
FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN. AKA and see "Frog in
the Millpond." Old‑Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time).
***
Fare you well, my Susan.
Fare you well, my dear.
Fare you well, my Susan
I'm goin' to leave you here‑‑
Chorus:
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.
Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,
Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.
***
Source for notated version: James
Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 71, pg. 48.
FAREWELL [1], THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. E Major. Standard tuning.
One part. Composed by an elderly William Marshall
(1748-1833); it was his musical farewell to his home of Keithmore, which
X:1
T:Farewell, The
L:1/8
M:C
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
(G/>A/)|(B>A) (G>F) (E/G/B/e/) g>e|(f/B/f/g/) ag/a/ f(F/G/) F(G/A/)|
(B>A)(G>F) (3E/G/B/ (3e/g/b/ ag/f/|(f/e/)d/c/ (B/d/)e/f/ ge e G/A/|
c>AGG/F/ (E/G/B/e/) g<e|(f/B/f/g/) ag/a/ f(F/G/) FG/A/|B>AGF (3E/G/B/ (3e/g/b/ ag/f/|
(f/e/)d/c/ (c/B/)A/G/ BE E||g/<a/|b>eg>b (e>f) (g>e)|a>f g/b/a/g/ fF/>G/ Fg/a/|
be (g/4a/4g/4f/4)e/d/ (f/e/)d/c/ (c/B/)A/G/|(A/c/)B/e/ (d/f/)(B/a/) ge eg/a/|
(b>e)(g>d) eE (c/B/)(A/G/)|(B,/E/G/B/) (A/c/d/e/) g>f fG/A/|
(B>A)(G>F)
(3E/G/B/ (3e/g/b/ ag/f/|(f/e/)d/c/ (c/B/)A/G/ BE E||
FAREWELL [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Minor ('A' part) & B
Flat Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB'. A
modern composition by Patrick McNulty, an Irish piper from
X:1
T:The Farewell
R:hornpipe
C:Pat McNulty
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:80
K:Gm
G>A|B>dc>B A>cB>A|G>DB,>D G>AB>c|d>g^f>g e>dc>B|(3ABc (3BAG ^F2G>A|
B>dc>B A>cB>A|G>DG>A B>AB>c|d>g^f>=f e>cA>c|d>D^F>A G2:|!
^F2|=F>Ac>d ^f>gd>c|B>D=F>B d>fb>a|g>Bd>g f>FB>d|c>f=e>g f2(3^fga|
b>Bd>g _a>Bd>f|g>cd>g =e>bg>e|[1f>ga>g f>=e_e>d|c>FA>c B2:|!
[2f>=e_e>c
A>FD>C|(3BBB D>F B2||
FAREWELL [3]. See "Fare Well."
FAREWELL BLUES. Old‑Time, Country Rag.
FAREWELL--BUT
WHENEVER YOU WELCOME THE HOUR. See "Jack the Jolly Ploughboy."
FAREWELL DARLING YOUTH (Soraidh slan do'n ailleagan). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A
Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "The Gaelic song
usually associated with this melody, was composed to a lady of the family of
MacKenzie, Bart. of Gairloch, in Ross‑shire. The words sung by the
editor's father referred to a youth going abroad. Mr. Campbell, in his 'Albyn's
Anthology,' gives the name of this air to no less than two of the few
X:1
T:Farewell darling Youth
T:Soraidh slan do’n ailleagan
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c/>B/|A>EF>E A>FE>c|B>A FG A2 zE|A>EF>E A>FE>c|d>feG A3:|
A/B/|c>de>f e>cA>f|e>dc>d e3f|e>cB>A A>FE>c|BA F>G A2 zA/B/|
c>de>f
e>dc>d|d>cf>e a3f|e>cB>A A>FE>c|B>A FG A3||
FAREWELL, DEAR LOVE. English, Air. D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. The song is to be
found in Robert Jones' First Book of
Songs and Ayres (1600). The song, somewhat garbled, appears in Twelfth Night (act ii, scene 3) after
Sir Toby has quoted from several songs; Malvolio enters and puts an end to the
revel, but his last word, "farewell," prompts Sir Toby on one more
song, "Farewell, Dear Love." Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time),
1964; pgs. 16‑17.
FAREWELL DUCKTOWN. A version of “Flop
Eared Mule” recorded by Allen Sisson in 1925.
FAREWELL, FAIR ARMELIA. AKA and see "Fortune My
Foe." The air appears in Luke Wadding's (the Bishop of Ferns) A Pious Garland of Godly Songs for the
Solace of his Friends and Neighbors in their Afflictions, 1680.
FAREWELL FOR EVER{MORE} (Slán Leat Go Bráth). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D
Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. "From Norry Dwane of
Glenosheen, 1846" (Joyce). Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 26, pg. 16.
X:1
T:Farewell for Evermore
T:Slán Leat Go Bráth
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Slow and sad”
K:D Dorian
ABc|d2 ecAG|E2 C2 DE|F2G2 A>B|c4
Ac|d2 ecAG|E2C2 DE|F2 A>GE>D|
D4||AG|A2d2 d>e|fedfec|A2c2
c>d|c4 AG|A2d2 d>e|f2d2 ec|A2d2 d>e|
d4 de|fedcAG|c2A2 GF|EcAGED|C4
DE|FGABce|d2A2 AG|F2 A>GE>D|D4||
FAREWELL FRIEND.
Canadian, March.
FAREWELL INVERNESS.
Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II),
c. 1806; pg. 96.
X:1
T:Farewell
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Farrell
– Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FE | D3F
EDEF | B2E2E2FE | D3F EDEF | AFED d3e | fedf edBe | dBAF E3F |
DEFG ABAG |
F2D2D2 :: fe | d2a2 fgaf | b2e2e2 fe | d2 ag fgab | agfe d3e |
f2 fd e2 eB
| dBAG E3F | DEFG ABdA | F2D2D2 :: FE | DAFA DAFA | B2E2E2FE |
DAFA DAFD |
dAFD d3e | fedf edBd | AFdF E3F | DEFG ABAG | F2D2D2 :: fe |
dfab adfa |
b2e2 egfe | dfab adfa | b2 bg afed | f2 fd e2 ec | dBAF E3F | DEFG ABdA |
F2D2D2 :|
FAREWELL
MANCHESTER. AKA and see "Felton's Gavot." English, Air, County
and Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Mixolydian/G Major (Raven): E Flat Major
(Chappell). Standard tuning. AB. The tune was composed
early in the 18th century by the Reverend William Felton, prebendary of
Hereford Cathedral, as a passage in one of his keyboard concertos published
about 1740 or later by John Johnson of Cheapside (Kidson, Groves). It was later published with variations as "Felton's
Gavot," and quickly gained popularity. Bremner published it in
***
On the
occasion of the conclusion of the peace of Aix-la-Chappelle, in October, 1748
(which ended the War of the Austrian Succession), a song was written to the
air, beginning:
***
***
The
broadsheet was headed “Farewell Manchester, a song for three voices made on the
Peace.” Despite the fact that the peace song had nothing whatsoever to do with
farewells or Manchester, it indicates that the “Farewell Manchester” title
attached to the air was well-known at the time.
***
"Farewell
Manchester" was also played by Jacobite troops, the story goes, as they
retreated from England back to Scotland in 1745, quitting Manchester, a town
that had once welcomed Prince Charlie's thrust for the throne, but which later
had, as the tide turned, become hostile (Chappell, 1859; Winstock, 1970).
Chappell (1859) states it was also played "when the unfortunate Manchester
youth, Dawson, was executed in 1746."
***
The morris
dance version is from the area of Lichfield, England; there the dance attached
to this tune is called Ring O' Bells. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vVol. 2, 1859; pg.
91. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes),
1984; pg. 91.
X:1
T:Gavot by
Mr. Felton
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Bremer – Collection of Airs and Marches (1756)
K:G
d2 c2 {B/c/}|BAGA|Bc/d/ cB|(B2A2)|d2 (c2 {B/c/})|BFGc|B2 (A2 {G/A/})|G4:|
|:d2B2|({c/d/}e3) d|(dc)(cB|B2A2|d2 gf|{f/}e3d|^cd {f}ed/c/|{^c}d4|d2c2|
BAGA|Bcd cB|B2 Ae|d2 c2 {B/c/}|BFGc|B2 A2{G/A/}|G4:|
X:2
T:Felton’s Gavot
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:John Johnson – Compleat Tutor for the Guittar (c. 1755)
K:C
e2d2|cf e2|edBc|d/c/B/A/ G2|e2d2|cf e2|dcBc|d4||g2f2|ec’ a2|
gc f2|ec’ g2|gc fe/d/|eB cf|e2d2|c4:|
FAREWELL MARIAN. AKA and see "Farewell to the
Shore." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning.
AAB. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes),
1986.
FAREWELL, MARY ANN. AKA and see "Constitution Hornpipe [3]," "Old Viole." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi. D Maj