Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 612 (Farewell to Whiskey)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Farewell to Whiskey
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BtB (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Farewell to Whiskey / The Humors of Whiskey / My Love Is But a Lassie / Níl in Mo Ghrá ach Cailín Óg / Ladies Triumph / Young America Hornpipe (in set The Jolly Beggarman on CTL 8; follows song The Mickey Dam on LLPQ 3; for The Seige of Ennis [Siege of Ennis] in A; 1st part of tune used during 4th figure of Orange and Green in book R) (also as march) (composed by Niel Gow)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
192824#1[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle).View album details
~19694#1[SatG] Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle).View album details
19838#1[FG 2] Frankie Gavin. Croch Suas É. Up and Away. Frankie Gavin (flute, fiddle, whistle, accordion).View album details
200012#1[CTL 8] Cherish the Ladies. The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone. Joanie Madden (whistle, flute, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Donna Long (piano, keyboards, vocals), Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, whistle), Deirdre Connolly (vocals, whistle, flute), Liz Knowles (fiddle).View album details
~20068(2:07)#2[LLPQ 3] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Enchanted Lady. Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle, mandola, banjo), Maureen Linane (accordion), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals).View album details
20077#1[PotW] John Wynne and John McEvoy. Pride of the West. John Wynne (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #1825 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #297#4 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #350 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #118#2 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
As tune #55 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 102 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As misc #37 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #48 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #23 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As other #14 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As polka #15 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #285 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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