Annotation:Farewell to My Troubles

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FAREWELL TO MY TROUBLES (Slan le Mo Buaidread). AKA and see "Farewell to the Troubles of the World," "Goodbye to My Troubles." Irish, Double Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill's melody is a copy of P.W. Joyce's "Farewell to the Troubles of the World/Slán agus Beannacht de Buairidhibh a' tSaoghail," printed in Ancient Irish Music (1873).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 47. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 961, p. 178. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 184, p. 45.

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