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|f_annotation='''CHARLEY'S FAREWELL. ''' AKA and see "[[Duke's Retreat]]." Irish, Hornpipe (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  "Charley's Farewell" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>. Researcher Conor Ward finds a cognate version in piper O'Farrell's "[[Duke's Retreat]]."  
|f_annotation='''CHARLEY'S FAREWELL. ''' AKA and see "[[Duke's Retreat]]," "[[Few Bob (The)]]," "[[Jenny's Dream (2)]]," "[[Number One (1)]]." Irish, Hornpipe (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  "Charley's Farewell" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>. Researcher Conor Ward finds a cognate version in piper O'Farrell's "[[Duke's Retreat]]." Fr. John Quinn finds the minstrelsy-inspired "[[Dick Myers' Jig]]" to be a distanced but cognate member of this tune family.
|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].
|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].
|f_printed_sources=Gerry O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 21, p. 126.
|f_printed_sources=Gerry O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 21, p. 126.
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CHARLEY'S FAREWELL. AKA and see "Duke's Retreat," "Few Bob (The)," "Jenny's Dream (2)," "Number One (1)." Irish, Hornpipe (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Charley's Farewell" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. Researcher Conor Ward finds a cognate version in piper O'Farrell's "Duke's Retreat." Fr. John Quinn finds the minstrelsy-inspired "Dick Myers' Jig" to be a distanced but cognate member of this tune family.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Gerry O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 21, p. 126.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.