Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2327 (Spailpín Fánach)

Type
Song
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Spailpín Fánach / An Spailpín Fánach / The Spalpeen Fanach / The Rambling Laborer / As Slow Our Ship / Brighton Camp / The Girl I Left Behind Me / I Love My Love in the Morning (also as set dance, included here) (compare polka Girl I Left Behind #2885)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19876#1[Boys 13] Boys of the Lough. Farewell and Remember Me. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Christy O'Leary (pipes, whistle, vocals), John Coakley (guitar, piano, bodhrán, mandolin, fiddle).View album details
19971.3#1[Drv 4] Dervish. Live in Palma. Cathy Jordan (vocals), Liam Kelly (flute), Shane McAleer (fiddle), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Brian McDonagh (mandola, guitar), Micheal Holmes (bouzouki).View album details

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

As tune #299 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #972 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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