Farewell to Fiunary

DESCRIPTION: "The wind is fair, the day is fine, And swiftly, swiftly runs the time... That wafts me off from (Fiunary). Eirich agus tiugainn, O!" The singer recalls all the ancient places he has visited, and bids farewell to friends and family
AUTHOR: Norman McLeod ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (Ford)
KEYWORDS: home travel family
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 208-211, "Farewell to Fiunary" (1 text)
DT, FAREFUNE
ADDITIONAL: Kenneth Norman MacDonald, "The Gesto Collection of Highland Music," 1895 (reprinted 1997 by Llanerch Publishers), p. 48, "Soraidh Slan Le Fionn-Airish" (2 texts, 1 Gaelic, 1 English, 1 tune)
Roud #2317
RECORDINGS:
Deirdre Murtha, "Hey Arise and Come Along" (Piotr-Archive #1617, recorded 10/22/2025)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Hey Arise and Come Along" (lyrics, theme)
NOTES [61 words]: The Gaelic chorus translates as something like "Arise and come away" -- similar to the English chorus in the Digital Tradition text.
The Canadian version of this, "Hey Arise and Come Along," is so close that Steve Roud lumps them. This is tempting. But there has been enough rewriting along the way that I very tentatively split them. Best to see both, though. - RBW
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File: FVS208

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