Annotation:Johnny's Gone to France (1)
X: 1 T:Johnny's Gone to France [1] O:england S:FTB, via EF M:4/4 L:1/4 F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england.abc K:Em P:A G/2A/2|"Em"B/2E/2E/2d/2 BA/2G/2|"D"F/2D/2A/2D/2 F/2D/2A/2D/2|"Em"B/2E/2E/2d/2 BA/2G/2|"D"F/2D/2A/2F/2 "Em"EE:| "Em"B/2d/2e/2f/2 g/2f/2e/2d/2|"G"B/2d/2"D"A/2d/2 "G"B/2d/2"D"A/2d/2|"Em"B/2d/2e/2f/2 g/2f/2e/2d/2|"G"B/2d/2"D"A/2F/2 "Em"EE:|
JOHNNY'S GONE TO FRANCE [1]. English, New England; Reel. E Aeolian (Em). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a version of John McKenna's "Maids of Galway (2) (The)." More distantly, it is a member of the "Old Maids of Galway (The)" or "Ballina Lass" tune family. A distanced version is to be found in the c. 1865 music manuscript collection of the Gunn Family of County Fermanagh under the title "Johnny going to France."
