Annotation:Galway Girls (The)

Find traditional instrumental music
Revision as of 01:33, 7 July 2013 by Andrew (talk | contribs)

Back to Galway Girls (The)


GALWAY GIRLS, THE. AKA and see "A' the Way to Galloway," "All the Way to Galway (1)," "High Way to Galloway," "March of the Tribes to Galway," "Road to Lisdoonvarna (2) (The)," "Sarsfield March," "Slash away the Pressing Gang," "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Irish, March (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Breathnach finds the earliest publication of the tune to be in James Aird's collection under the title "Galway Girls." "The Road to Lisdoonvarna" is a variant.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 155, p. 57.

Recorded sources:




Back to Galway Girls (The)