Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on January 16th 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 75 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Andy Irvine/Paul Brady by Andy Irvine And Paul Brady
• Danu by Danu
• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• Golden Lights And Green Shadows by Grainne Hambly
• In Safe Hands by Various Artists
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
• Oidhreacht by Conor Keane
• Reed Only by Tim Collins/Brian McNamara
• Reeds And Rosin by Todd Denman And Dale Russ
• Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh by Eddie Clarke, Sean Corcoran, Maeve Donnelly, Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
• The Ring Sessions by James Kelly
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• The View Across The Valley by The Brady Family
• Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter
• Unleashed by The Border Collies

X: 1
T: Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
~A3G ABcA|GE~E2 GED2|EA{B}AG ABcd|edgd (3ABc dB|
AG~G2 AG~G2|{A}GEDE GED2|A2{B}AG ABcd|eBdB {c}BAdB|
~A3B c3A|GE~E2 GED2|EA{B}AG ABcd|edgd (3ABc dB|
AG~G2 AG~G2|{A}GEDE GED2|A2{B}AG ABcd|eBdB {c}BAA2||
|:eg~g2 ea~a2|gedB cAA2|eg~g2 eaab|age^c d2ef|
~g3e ~a3f|gedB cAAB|c2gc acgc|1 eage (3ded cd:|2 eage cd{e}dc||

I learnt this from an Anglo concertina player in Cambridge UK, and this is based on his setting. Bar 4 differs slightly from settings on other tune indexes - I liked the way he went up to high "g" so I copied it!

In this setting and Norbeck's, the first bar of the 1st part 2nd time thru' is different, and that "c" is usually played with an appropriate melodramatic chord of C major for whatever instrument you play.

There's something a little bit odd about this tune which is why I like it. I think it's to do with bar 5...

Sometimes it's listed in indexes as Ador and sometimes as Dmix. This is because it's possible to back using both modes, depending on what order the chords come in. I think it's better treated as Ador but that's just my opinion.

# Posted on January 16th 2003 by Dow

Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh

If memory serves me correctly, there's a recording of this on the classic Paul Brady/Andy Irvine collaboration album.

Most of the album is songs with just a few tunes interspersed. I don't have the track listing to hand, but I believe that this tune was played together with Fred Finn's:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/452

# Posted on January 17th 2003 by Jeremy

And Michael McGoldrick and Eamonn Coyne, a banjo player from Dublin, recently recorded this tune. The liner notes of the recording (Through the Round Window) says the same thing as Jeremy.
Anyway, thanks Dow for a cool tune. I have to learn it in the near future.

# Posted on January 17th 2003 by slainte

Backing in Dmix would give a nice drone effect - if you like that sort of thing. I think a D-based chord is obligatory to end the B-part.

# Posted on January 17th 2003 by ragaman

...then again, a G would sound good.

# Posted on January 17th 2003 by ragaman

That's why I love tunes like this. You could even back differently each time thru'...

# Posted on January 17th 2003 by Dow

Yes Jeremy. This tune is played with Fred Finn's on the Andy Irvine/ Paul Brady album.

# Posted on January 18th 2003 by Celtic1234

There's an excellent recording called "Sailing into Walpole's Marsh" with this very tune on it , with the great fiddler Maeve Donnelly (and others) who recently released a solo CD that I've been listening to alot these days......Worth checking out.

# Posted on January 19th 2003 by aoife

v popular round Cambridge, it seems..

# Posted on June 13th 2006 by Lizzy