Crossing to Ireland
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Crossing to Ireland", in Gaelic "An t-aiseadh do dh' Eireann"<br> ("The Ferryboat to Ireland") is a Scottish slow air or waltz in<br> E Minor (Barnes, Matthiesen), E Dorian (Cranford, Dunlay & Greenberg),<br> F Minor (Fraser) or A Minor (Johnson). The parts are played AB (Barnes),<br> AAB (Cranford, Dunlay/Greenberg, Fraser, Johnson, Matthiesen) (sometimes<br> thought of as AABC).<br> It was printed in Barnes' English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2 (2005),<br> (appears as "Winter Waltz"),<br> Cranford's Winston Fitzgerald (1997),<br> Dunlay & Reich's Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton (1986),<br> Dunlay & Greenberg's Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton (1996),<br> Fraser's The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and<br> the Isles (1816),<br> Johnson's The Kitchen Musician No. 10: Airs and Melodies of Scotland's<br> Past (1992) (revised 2001) and<br> Matthiesen's Waltz Book I (1992).<br> It was recorded by Glasnotes on Live from Contrafornia,<br> Dougie MacDonald on Staying in Tune,<br> Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald on Classic Cuts and<br> A Selection of New Jigs, Reels, Strathspeys,<br> Abby Newton on Crossing to Scotland (1997) and<br> Marcel Doucet on Tarbot Anthology.<br>
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