Off She Goes
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
Also known as "The Lancer’s Quadrille", "The Lancer’s", and<br> "The Launch", "Off She Goes" is of the most popular and long-lived of<br> traditional 6/8 tunes in history. It appeared in print in<br> the Irish Murphy MS in 1790. Sam Bayard doubted it was older<br> than the 1780's. An early printing occurs in the Calvert<br> Collection (1799), assembled by musician Thomas Calvert of<br> Kelso, Scotland.<br> "Off She Goes" was popular throughout the British Isles and<br> North America. One unnamed source gives that in the days of sail<br> it was a tradition for the fiddle player to sit on the deck of<br> the ship playing "Off She Goes" as the ship departed harbor.<br> It was recorded by Jean Carignan, Alasdair Fraser, Billy McComiskey,<br> Brendan Mulvihill and others.<br> It has been printed in both O'Neill's (Music of Ireland:<br> 1850 Melodies), 1903 and (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907,<br> Cole's (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940 and Bayard's (Dance to the<br> Fiddle), 1981.<br> I learned this at our Monday night jam.<br>
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