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The Road To Athlone slip jig

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

The Road To Athlone appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Road To Athlone has been added to 24 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Road To Athlone
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d|AB/A/G FGE D2 B|AFD DF/G/A B2 d|ABG FGE D2 A|dd/e/f edc B2:|
A|dcd edc BAF|dcd edc B2 A|dcd edc BAF|AFD DFA B2 c|
d2 d edc B2 A|dcd edc d2 d/e/|fdd edc dB/c/d|AFF DF/G/A B2||
2
X: 2
T: The Road To Athlone
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
|:f|cdB ABG FAc|cAF FAc d2 f|cdB ABG FAc|fga gfe d2:|
|:c|fef gfe dcA|fef gfe d2 f/g/|aff gfe def|cAF FAc d2:|
3
X: 3
T: The Road To Athlone
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:g|dec BcA GBd|dBG GBd e2 g|dec BcA GBd|gab agf e2:|
|:d|gfg agf edB|gfg agf e2 g/a/|bgg agf efg|dBG GBd e2:|
4
X: 4
T: The Road To Athlone
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d|ABG FGE DFB|AFD DFA B2 d|ABG FGE DFB|def edc B2:|
|:A|dcd edc BAF|dcd edc B2 d/e/|fdd edc Bcd|AFD DFA B2:|

One comment

“The Road to Athlone” ~ D, G & ~ history starting in F

http://www.freesheetmusic.net/oneills13.html
http://www.freesheetmusic.net/oneills13/TheRoadToAthlone.pdf

X: 2
T: Road to Athlone, The
S: “O’Neill’s Music of Ireland”, 1903, page 220, tune #1170
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Fmaj
|: f |\
cdB ABG FAc | cAF FAc d2 f |
cdB ABG FAc | fga gfe d2 :|
|: c |\
fef gfe dcA | fef gfe d2 f/g/ |
aff gfe def | cAF FAc d2 :|

That version transposed to G & D ~

X: 3
T: Road to Athlone, The
S: “O’Neill’s Music of Ireland”, 1903, page 220, tune #1170
N: transposed up to G Major
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
|: g |\
dec BcA GBd | dBG GBd e2 g |
dec BcA GBd | gab agf e2 :|
|: d |
gfg agf edB | gfg agf e2 g/a/ |
bgg agf efg | dBG GBd e2 :|

X: 4
T: Road to Athlone, The
S: “O’Neill’s Music of Ireland”, 1903, page 220, tune #1170
N: transposed down to D Major
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
|: d |\
ABG FGE DFB | AFD DFA B2 d |
ABG FGE DFB | def edc B2 :|
|: A |\
dcd edc BAF | dcd edc B2 d/e/ |
fdd edc Bcd | AFD DFA B2 :|