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'''JOHNNY'S GONE TO FRANCE [2]''' (Ata Seanin/Seaganin Imtigte Go Fraince/Frainnc). AKA and see "[[Sun | |f_annotation='''JOHNNY'S GONE TO FRANCE [2]''' (Ata Seanin/Seaganin Imtigte Go Fraince/Frainnc). AKA and see "[[Sun behind the Glenties (The)]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1001): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Cole). "[[Sun behind the Glenties (The)]]" is the name for a County Donegal version of the tune. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version="McFadden" [O'Neill]. Chicago fiddler John McFadden was born around 1847 in the townland of Carrowmore, just north of Westport, County Mayo, into a musical family (his father and brother were also fiddlers). He did not read music but was a quick aural learner and had an enormous repertoire, and was a master of improvisation and variation. McFadden also composed tunes. O'Neill ('''Irish Minstrels and Musicians''', p. 296) relates: | |||
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''While visiting Sergt. (James) Early during a theatrical engagement in Chicago in 1911, "Patsy" Touhey,'' | ''While visiting Sergt. (James) Early during a theatrical engagement in Chicago in 1911, "Patsy" Touhey,'' | ||
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''it go this time," exclaimed Touhey, as he started to play something else on his pipes.'' | ''it go this time," exclaimed Touhey, as he started to play something else on his pipes.'' | ||
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The fiddler was known as an incorrigible practical joker, and whether Touhey was the victim of this predilection, or if McFadden was simply could not help but vary a tune, O'Neill does not say. | The fiddler was known as an incorrigible practical joker, and whether Touhey was the victim of this predilection, or if McFadden was simply could not help but vary a tune, O'Neill does not say. McFadden died in 1913. | ||
[[File:mcfadden.jpg|200px|thumb|left|John McFadden]] | |||
|f_printed_sources=Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 18. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 138 (appears as "Johnny Has Gone to France"). O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1437, p. 266. O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 674, p. 120. '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 41. | |||
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JOHNNY'S GONE TO FRANCE [2] (Ata Seanin/Seaganin Imtigte Go Fraince/Frainnc). AKA and see "Sun behind the Glenties (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1001): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Cole). "Sun behind the Glenties (The)" is the name for a County Donegal version of the tune.