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'''FAR FROM HOME''' ("Slan Beo Leat" or "Fad Ua Baile"). Irish, English, Shetland, American; Reel. USA; New England, Northwest. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cranitch, Frets Magazine, Miller & Perron, O'Neill/Krassen, Raven). Bayard (1981) collected in Pennsylvania a tune that is a version, "The Butcher's Row." Many have pointed out the similarity to the popular hornpipe "[[Going to California]]/[[Off to California (1)]]," especially in the 'B' parts which are nearly identical. Nigel Gatherer remarks that "many people think of this tune as a Shetland reel; I've even seen it on CD's as 'Far Frae Home'!" He attributes this to its being included in sets of Shetland tunes by the Boys of the Lough on their albums "Good Friends...Good Music" and "Far From Home." | '''FAR FROM HOME''' ("Slan Beo Leat" or "Fad Ua Baile"). Irish, English, Shetland, American; Reel. USA; New England, Northwest. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cranitch, Frets Magazine, Miller & Perron, O'Neill/Krassen, Raven). Bayard (1981) collected in Pennsylvania a tune that is a version, "The Butcher's Row." Many have pointed out the similarity to the popular hornpipe "[[Going to California]]/[[Off to California (1)]]," especially in the 'B' parts which are nearly identical. Nigel Gatherer remarks that "many people think of this tune as a Shetland reel; I've even seen it on CD's as 'Far Frae Home'!" He attributes this to its being included in sets of Shetland tunes by the Boys of the Lough on their albums "Good Friends...Good Music" and "Far From Home." | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': Francis O'Neill learned his version of the tune in the San Joaquin Valley, California, when he was aged 19 in the 1870's "from the whistling of a companion while herding a flock of 3,000 sheep on the plains at the foot of the Sierra Nevada range" (ed.-presumably the title appealed to the young O'Neill, who left Ireland in his mid-teens, or was his own invention) [O'Neill/'''Irish Folk Music''']. | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Cranitch ('''Irish Fiddle Book'''), 1996; No. 59, p. 148. '''Frets Magazine''', "Boys of the Lough," October 1980; pg. 31. Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune Book'''), vol. 2; p. 11. Miller & Perron ('''New England Fiddler's Repertoire'''), 1983; No. 86. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 107. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1261, p. 237. O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 530, p. 99. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 188. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; pg. 43. Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 76. | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
FAR FROM HOME ("Slan Beo Leat" or "Fad Ua Baile"). Irish, English, Shetland, American; Reel. USA; New England, Northwest. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cranitch, Frets Magazine, Miller & Perron, O'Neill/Krassen, Raven). Bayard (1981) collected in Pennsylvania a tune that is a version, "The Butcher's Row." Many have pointed out the similarity to the popular hornpipe "Going to California/Off to California (1)," especially in the 'B' parts which are nearly identical. Nigel Gatherer remarks that "many people think of this tune as a Shetland reel; I've even seen it on CD's as 'Far Frae Home'!" He attributes this to its being included in sets of Shetland tunes by the Boys of the Lough on their albums "Good Friends...Good Music" and "Far From Home."
Source for notated version: Francis O'Neill learned his version of the tune in the San Joaquin Valley, California, when he was aged 19 in the 1870's "from the whistling of a companion while herding a flock of 3,000 sheep on the plains at the foot of the Sierra Nevada range" (ed.-presumably the title appealed to the young O'Neill, who left Ireland in his mid-teens, or was his own invention) [O'Neill/Irish Folk Music].
Printed sources: Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 59, p. 148. Frets Magazine, "Boys of the Lough," October 1980; pg. 31. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book), vol. 2; p. 11. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 86. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 107. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1261, p. 237. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 530, p. 99. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 188. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 43. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 76.
Recorded sources: Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough--"Good Friends, Good Music" (1977).