Annotation:Farewell to Leitrim

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FAREWELL TO LEITRIM. AKA and see "Kennaw's Reel (1)," "Lawson's Favorite," "Fiddler's Frolic (1) (The)," "Maude Miller (1)," "Molloy's Favourite," "Reidy Johnson's," "Take Her Out and Air Her (2)," "Roll Her in the Haystack," "Hawthorn's Reel." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune in New York in 1921 under the title "Lawson's Favorite" (the second tune in a set entitled "Reidy Johnson's"). It appears as "Molloy's Favourite" in Allan's Irish Fiddler (c. 1920's).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 279 (appears as untitled reel). Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 139. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 215, p. 126.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Hear Hugh Gillespie's 78 RPM recording at Capeirish.com [3]