Annotation:Ho away she goes
X:1 T:Falbh orra, Ho! T:Ho, away she goes M:3/4 L:1/8 R:"Boat Song" Q:"Slowly and Distinctly" B:Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, B:Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 2, p. 2) N:"Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The editors have been N:identified as Finlay Dunn and George Farquhar Graham Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E2 E>F {F}A2|A>B c2 {c}(BA)|E2 E>F {F}A2|A>B c2 {c}(BA)| c2 Bc e>d|{d}c2 Bc !fermata!e2|cB {c}B2 A>F|{F}A2 {c}B2 BA|F2E2z2|| (EE) (AA) {c}e2|c A2 {c}B A>F|EE F{F}A3|A>Bc>A {c}BA| dd c>d {Ac}!fermata!e2{d}|c2 Bc e2|d>c {c}B A2F|{EF}A2 c B2 BA|F2 E2 z2||
HO AWAY SHE GOES. AKA - "Falbh orra, Ho!" Scottish, Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air appears in the first volume of Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, published about 1830 in Edinburgh, with pieces "Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The anonymous editor(s) are thought to be George Farquhar Graham, with some settings contributed by Finlay Dunn. This air is characterized a "Boat Song".
