Annotation:Paddy's Gone to France
X:1 T:Paddy's Gone to France R:reel H:See also #912 Z:id:hn-reel-908 M:C| L:1/8 F:http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/i/hnr9.abc K:D BF~F2 BFAF | E2DE FA~A2 | BF~F2 BFAF | EFDE FDDA | BF~F2 B2AF | EFDE FAAd | BABc dBAF | E2DE FDD2 || dfed B2AB | dfed Be~e2 | dfed BdAF | E2DE FDD2 | dfed BdAB | dfed Be~e2 | fdec dBAF | EFDE FDDA ||
PADDY'S GONE TO FRANCE. AKA – “Johnny’s Gone to France.” AKA and see "Green Meadows (The)," "Hag's Reel (The)," “Johnny When You Die (1),” "Johnny's Gone to France (3)," “Mayo Lasses (The),” "Old Maids of Galway (1) (The)," “West Mabou Reel.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Catholic France was a favorite destination of expatriate Irish soldiers (see “Wild Geese”), although the title may refer to either of the World Wars of the 20th century. The title was remembered by one older musician as “Paddy’s Gone to France and He’s Never Coming Back.”
The second strain of the tune is similar to that of the “Ballina Lass" family of tunes.
