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