Annotation:Johnny's Gone to France (3)

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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.

Source for notated version: accordion player Bobby Gardiner (County Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 204, p. 90.

Recorded sources: Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CL21, "The Best of Bobby Gardiner" (1981).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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