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Patrick Weston Joyce, in his Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), gives the tune with a different text under the name "Sweet Cootehill Town," noting, "The air seems to have been used indeed as a general farewell tune, so that—from the words of another song of the same class—it is often called 'Good night and joy be with you all.'" [23 ...
"Restless Farewell" is a song by Bob Dylan, released as the final track on his third studio album The Times They Are a-Changin' in 1964. Dylan’s song is based on the Scottish/Irish folk song "The Parting Glass." [1] [2]
After describing the Clancys and Makem as "a group of Irish actors," the review praised "this authentic sounding, alternately exuberant and wistful, collection of Irish drinking songs." It also called Jack Keenan's instrumental backing "effective." [2]
Boygenius has released a cover of the traditional song 'The Parting Glass,' most recently popularized in 2002 by the late Sinéad O'Connor.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this collection of traditional and contemporary Irish songs. Find all the classics including "Danny Boy" and "Molly Malone." ... Hot 100 in 2001 and remains a ...
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.
A Living Thing: Contemporary Classics Of Traditional Irish Music (Globestyle, 1997) – CD. Various artists. Features two songs by Joe Holmes and Len Graham: "The Girl That Broke My Heart" and "The Parting Glass". I Once Was A Daysman & Chaste Muses, Bards & Sages (Free Reed, 2008) – FRRR-08/FRRRS-128 CD.
The song was inspired by Dylan's reading a newspaper account of the incident which took place in a hotel in Maryland, in February 1963. [22] The closing song of the album, "Restless Farewell" takes its melody from the traditional Irish-Scots song "The Parting Glass". Dylan's lyrics have an edge due to the way that Newsweek had treated Dylan. In ...