Annotation:Farewell to the Troubles of the World

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 FAREWELL TO THE TROUBLES OF THE WORLD (Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail). AKA and see "Daniel O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament," "Farewell to My Troubles," "O'Connell's Welcome, "O'Connell's Welcome to Parilament." Irish, Air or Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title is a recurrent line of several songs set to the melody. O'Neill printed the melody as "Farewell to My Troubles."  Source for notated version:   Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 27. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873/1890; No. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 961. Petrie/Stanford (Complete Collection), 1903-06; Nos. 1462, 1463, and 1478.  Recorded sources:

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