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X:1 T:All the ways to Galway [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Allegro" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 287, p. 143) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D defd cAAc|BGGB cAAc|defd cAAc| BGAG FD D2:| ABAG AB =c2|GAGF EF G2|ABAG AB =c2|BGAG FD D2:|]



ALL THE WAY TO GALWAY [1]. Irish, Reel (4/4 time) or Polka (2/4 time). D Mixolydian (most versions): D Major (Deloughery, Grier). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB, AABB. The air was set to a Jacobite era (early 18th century) song and was the precursor to "Yankee Doodle," which it resembles, particularly in the second strain. Breathnach (1976) finds the first printing of the tune in Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1780-1803) under the title "Galway Girls (The)." He quotes Crofton Crocker's The Popular Songs of Ireland (1839) which states "'All the way from Gallaway, early in the morning' is the burden of a popular song descriptive of the march of the Galway militia." The tune appears (in 2/4 time) in vol. 2 (p. 166)[1] of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist), and it was also entered into Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894). See also the Scots relatives "Ciorsdan Mhór", "Big Kirsty", "Miss Stewart Bunrannoch" and the strathspey "A'(ll) the Way to Galloway". "Road to Lisdoonvarna (2) (The)" is a variant.


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Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II), 1976; No. 282, p. 144. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 21. Deloughery (Sliabh Luachra on Parade), 2010; No. 58. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 92, p. 29. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 287, p. 143. Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isle), c. 1860's; No. 42, p. 11. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 999, p. 172. Robbins Music Corp. (The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country dances), New York, 1933; No. 47, p. 15. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 849, p. 212. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 45. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 77, p. 14.

Recorded sources : - Chieftains - "Chieftains 3." Green Linnet SIF 3005, The Bothy Band - "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (1981. A reissue of the 1976 Mulligan LP).




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