Annotation:Sailor's Farewell (1) (The)

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SAILOR'S FAREWELL, THE (Slán an Mhairnéalaigh). AKA and see "Doocastle," "Reynold's Reel," "Sailor's Return (2) (The)," "Mulhaire's Reel," “New Town Bridge,” "Rough Road (The)," "Joe Cooley's Reel (2)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition is variously attributed to Paddy O'Brien, Chris Droney or Raymond Roland. There is a private recording of fiddler Tom Cawley playing the tune as "Doocastle," a place-name from County Sligo where he was from, although he emigrated to Chicago where he made some 78 RPM recordings in the 1920's. Cawley's "Doocastle" has been vaguely dated to the late 1940's, but may have been later.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - from the whistling of Jimmie Ward, 1966 (Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 146, p. 78.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
See Philippe Varlet's conclusions about the composer and first recordings at the IRTRA-L archives [2]