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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#4968 (Adieu Lovely Nancy)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?
Song

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Adieu Lovely Nancy / Farewell Dearest Nancy (2 different melodies included here)

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Discography

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

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1997	13#1	[Sol 2] Solas. Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers. Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, mandocello, vocals), Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, whistle, mandolin, guitar, bodhrán, percussion), Winifred Horan (fiddle), John Williams (accordion, concertina).
2001	9#1	[TitK 2] Trouble in the Kitchen. When the World Was Wide.... Adrian Barker (fiddle, vocals), Ben Stephenson (flute, whistle, bodhrán, backing vocals), Kate Burke (guitar, vocals), Joe Ferguson (bouzouki).

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1997

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