Annotation:Fare Thee Well Sweet Killaloe

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 FARE THEE WELL, SWEET KILLALOE. AKA and see "Oysterwives Rant (The)," "Haughs o' Cromdale (The)," "Wate You How the Play Began," "Hillside (2)(The)," "Sweet Killaloe," "Welcome Home (3)." Irish, Air or March (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Killaloe is in County Clare at Kincora, and home of the eleventh-century Irish King of Munster Brian Boru. Ruins of his fort can still be seen there. Bayard says the tune is related to the "Oro Welcome Home!" tune family.  Source for notated version: Miss Griffin of Foynes on the Shannon in Limerick, via Pigot (Joyce).  Printed sources: Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 30-31. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 842, p. 408. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 100, p. 56. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1809, p. 339.  Recorded sources:

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