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Annotation:Johnny's Gone to France (3)
X: 1 T: Johnny's Gone to France [3] T: T\'a Se\'ainin Bailithe leis chun na Fraince S: B.Breathnach:"Ceol Rince na hEireann" III/204 Z: B.Black [1] L: 1/8 M: 4/4 R: reel F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/redhawk.org/zouki/CRE3.abc K: Edor Beee BdAF|EFDE FAAA|Beee BdAF|EFDE FDDA| Beee BdAF|EFDE FAAA|BABc dBAF|EFDE FD D2 || dfed BdAB|dfed Beec|defd BdAF|EFDE FD D2 :|
JOHNNY'S GONE TO FRANCE [3] (Tá Seáinín bailithe leis chun na France). AKA and see "Ballina Lass," "Mayo Lasses (The)," "Old Maids of Galway (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. E Dorian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. Similarities to "Johnny's Gone to France (1)." Breathnach says it is closely related to "Jenny Picking Cockles (3)," as it appears in the c. 1885 music manuscript of Gaigue, Ballinamuck, County Longford, musician Francis Reynolds.
