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The Trip To Sligo

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on November 28th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 235 tunebooks.

Also known as Lark On The Strand, The Lark On The Strand, The Old Lark In The Morning, Up Sligo, Up Sligo!, When I Parted.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Trip To Sligo, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
|: E2e BGE | D2d AFD | E2e BGE | BAG e2f |
gfe dcB | ABG FED | EFG ABC | BGF E3 :|
|: eBe gfe | dAd gag | eBe gfe | faf gbg |
faf gfe | dcB AGF | EFG ABc | BGF E3 :|

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The Trip To Sligo sheetmusic
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There's another name for this tune. I believe the word "lark" is somewhere in the title. I learned it about 20 years ago from a book that has disappeared from my shelves.

# Posted on December 3rd 2001 by necox

I usually hear this tune paired with "Tell Her I Am".

# Posted on January 20th 2002 by Mad Baloney

The reason why necox believs this tune has another name with "lark" in it, is probably that the Dubliners recorded the song "Lark In the Morning" (no connection to the tune with the same name) and incorporated this tune as intro and middle part. Though they played it C Major

# Posted on April 8th 2002 by lars

Sorry, they played in D minor. I got confused because I use the C whistle on this one

# Posted on April 8th 2002 by lars

The Old Lark in the Morning (The Trip to Sligo)

T:Old Lark in the Morning, The (The Trip to Sligo)
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Jimmy Power : Irish Fiddle player
R:jig
Z:GianMarcoPietrasanta
K:EMin
B|E2c BGE|D2d AFD|~E3 BAF|GFE e2f|
gfe d^cB|AdF FED|EFG ABc|BGE E2:|B|
eBA gfe|dAd fed|eBe gfe|f/2g/2af gfe|
f/2g/2af gfe|d>^cd AFD|EFG ABc|BGE E2:|

# Posted on November 22nd 2003 by gian marco

Gorman recording

There's a nice solo recording of this on Michael Gorman The Sligo Champion (Topic records)

# Posted on December 22nd 2004 by kris

Trip to Sligo

I usually play this tune after a waltz -Munster Cloak. (G major). You can fall into a slow version and speed up the next round if you want.

# Posted on March 26th 2005 by craics90

When I Parted

I've heard a version of this under the name "When I Parted" from the Boat BAnd (It's one of a set of jigs on their Trip to the Lakes CD).
A quick web search shows it appearing in an 1847 Lancashire manuscript, and a Lake District 1835 one.
I wonder where else it's various travels have taken this tune?

Here's a transcription of the Boat Band version:
X:1
T:When I Parted.
C:Transcribed from "Trip to the Lakes" CD The Boat Band
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:120
R:Jig
O:England
A:Lakes
K:G
D|E2B BGE|D2d AFD|E2B BGE|GF Ee2f|!
gfe dcB|AFd AFD|E2B BGB|AGFE2:|!
|:B|eBe gbe|fdf fgf|eBe gbe|
faf gfe|eBe gbe|d^cd AFD|EFG ABc|BG FE2:|]

# Posted on February 6th 2007 by spindizzy

The Lark in the Morning version is in O'Neill's but differs in using some strong C naturals in the first part and some small differences to the second part.
see http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8506

# Posted on May 4th 2008 by WhistlinLeeds

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