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"The Parting Glass" is a Scottish[1]traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It was purportedly the most popular parting song sung in Scotland before Robert Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne".[1]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Referent
1.2 Text
1.3 Tune
1.4 Modern adaptations
2 Recordings
3 References
4 External links
History
Referent
The "parting glass", or "stirrup cup", or "coupe d'etrier" was the final hospitality offered to a departing guest. Once they had mounted, they were presented one final drink to fortify them for their travels. The custom was practised in Saxony and in several continental countries.[2]
Text
The earliest known printed version was as a broadside in the 1770s and it first appeared in book form in "Scots Songs" by Herd.[1] An early version is sometimes attributed to Sir Alex Boswell. The text is doubtless older than its 1770 appearance in broadside, as it was recorded in the Skene Manuscript, a collection of Scottish airs written at various dates between 1615 and 1635.[3] It was known at least as early as 1605, when a portion of the first stanza was written in a farewell letter, as a poem now known as "Armstrong's Goodnight", by one of the Border Reivers executed that year for the murder in 1600 of Sir John Carmichael, Warden of the Scottish West March.[4]
Exact lyrics vary between arrangements, but they include most, if not all, of the following stanzas appearing in different orders:
| The Parting Glass Lyrics[5][6] | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Of all the money that e'er I had I spent it in good company And all the harm I've ever done Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To mem'ry now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be to you all |
| 2 |
So fill to me the parting glass And drink a health whate’er befall, And gently rise and softly call Good night and joy be to you all |
| 3 |
Of all the comrades that e'er I had They're sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e'er I had They'd wish me one more day to stay |
| 4 |
But since it fell unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I gently rise and softly call Good night and joy be to you all |
| 5 |
A man may drink and not be drunk A man may fight and not be slain A man may court a pretty girl And perhaps be welcomed back again But since it has so ought to be By a time to rise and a time to fall Come fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Good night and joy be with you all |
Tune
The earliest known appearance of the tune today associated with this text is as a fiddle tune called "The Peacock", included in James Aird's A Selection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2, p. 6 (1782).[7][8]
Robert Burns referred to the air in 1786 as "Good night, and joy be wi' ye a'." when using it to accompany his Masonic lyric "The Farewell. To the brethren of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton".[9][10]
In 1800-1802, the song was incorrectly attributed to Joseph Haydn by Sigismund von Neukomm (1778-1858), who entered it in the Hoboken catalogue as "Good night and joy be wi' ye. Hob XXXIa 254. Mi mineur",[11] which text has been wrongly attributed to Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822).
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.'"[12] The celebrated Irish folk song collector Colm Ó Lochlainn has taken note of this identity of melodies between "The Parting Glass" and "Sweet Cootehill Town".[13] "Sweet Cootehill Town" is another traditional farewell song, this time involving a man leaving Ireland to go to America.
The tune appeared, with sacred lyrics, in 19th century American tunebooks. "Shouting Hymn" in Jeremiah Ingalls's Christian Harmony (1805) is a related tune.[14] The tune achieved wider currency among shape note singers with its publication, associated with a text first known in the 1814 Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, "Come Now Ye Lovely Social Band", in William Walker's Southern Harmony (1835), and in The Sacred Harp (1844).[15] This form of the song is still widely sung by Sacred Harp singers under the title "Clamanda".
Modern adaptations
The song "Restless Farewell", written by Bob Dylan and featured on The Times They Are a-Changin' from 1964, is heavily based on "The Parting Glass".
In 1998, the traditional words were set to a new, slightly different melody by Irish composer Shaun Davey. In 2002, he orchestrated this version for orchestra, choir, pipes, fiddle, and percussion to commemorate the opening of the Helix Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland.
Actor Pierce Brosnan performed an a capella version of this song in the 2002 movie Evelyn.
The band The High Kings also recorded a version of this song in 2004.
Actresses Emily Kinney and Lauren Cohan performed a rendition of this song in the season three premiere episode "Seed" of The Walking Dead. It also appears on the soundtrack, The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack – Vol. 1.
It was sung by Anne Bonny (played by Sarah Greene) at the ending of the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
It was sung by The Wailin' Jennys in the film Wildlike.
Ed Sheeran did a cover as a hidden track at the end of the last song "Give Me Love" on his 2011 album +.
Trey Anastasio Band started performing the song live in 2017.
Recordings
References
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^ Levett Hanson (1811). Miscellaneous compositions in verse / illustrated by occasional prefatory introductions, and copious explanatory notes. Copenhagen: J. F. Schultz.
^ George Grove and John Alexander Fuller-Maitland. (1908.) Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Macmillan Company, p. 479.
^ George MacDonald Fraser. (1995.) Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers, Harper Collins, London, pp. 140–143.
^ "Ed Sheeran - Parting Glass Lyrics | MetroLyrics". www.metrolyrics.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "The Parting Glass Lyrics". www.lyrics.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ James Aird. A Selection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs. 2. p. 6. OCLC 43221159.
^ Some notes on the history of "The Parting Glass". Aird 1782 at IMSLP, p. 6.
^ Robert Burns (1786). Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Kilmarnock: J. Wilson. p. 228.
^ The Songs of Robert Burns : with music (Centenary ed.). Glasgow: D. Jack. 1859. p. 10.
^ "[Good night and joy be wi' ye. Hob XXXIa 254. Mi mineur] anglais". Catalogue Général. bnf.fr.
^ Joyce 1909, pp. 191f.
^ O Lochlainn, Colm. Irish Street Ballads, Pan, 1978, p. 225
^ "Shouting Hymn" in Ingalls's Christian Harmony
^ Prof. Warren Steel's page; "Clamanda" in The Sacred Harp (1991 revision).
^ "'The Walking Dead' Sisters Get Mournful on 'The Parting Glass' – Premiere". Rolling Stone. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ "Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag - 'Parting Glass' Ending Song".
External links
- "Some Notes on the History of "The Parting Glass""
| Year | Artist | Release | Notes and/or Peak Chart Position |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem | Come Fill Your Glass with Us | ||
| 1968 | The Dubliners | Drinkin' and Courtin' | ||
| 1979 | Ronnie Drew (of The Dubliners) |
Together Again | ||
| 1981 |
Robin Williamson |
Songs of Love and Parting |
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| 1982 | Ryan's Fancy | Irish Love Songs | ||
| 1985 | The Pogues | "The Parting Glass" (single); 2004 re-release of Rum Sodomy & the Lash |
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| 1994 | John McDermott | Old Friends | A cappella | |
| 1994 | Father, Son and Friends | "Rebels, Rogues & Rascals" | ||
| 1996 | Poxy Boggards | Bawdy Parts - Original and Traditional Songs of Drinking and Revelry | ||
| 1997 | Sarah McQuaid | When Two Lovers Meet | Unaccompanied but double-tracked: not the tune most commonly used | |
| 1998 | Steeleye Span | Horkstow Grange | ||
| 1998 | Liam O'Maonlai and The Voice Squad |
Recording with an original melody by Shaun Davey for the closing titles of the movie Waking Ned Devine |
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| 2002 | Sinéad O'Connor | Sean-Nós Nua | ||
| 2003 | The Tossers | Purgatory | Hidden track |
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| 2003 | Voice Male | Approved | Belgian all-male a cappella group |
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| 2004 | The Wailin' Jennys | 40 Days | A cappella |
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| 2007 | Mark Seymour | Titanic | ||
| 2008 | The Holy Sea | A Beginner's Guide to the Sea | ||
| 2008 | The High Kings | The High Kings | ||
| 2008 | Cara Dillon | Hill of Thieves | ||
| 2009 | The Spooky Men's Chorale | Deep | ||
| 2010 | Luke Macfarlane | Brothers & Sisters – Season 4, Episode 23 |
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| 2010 | Loreena McKennitt | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | ||
| 2011 | Hannah Peel | The Broken Wave | ||
| 2011 | Celtic Woman | Celtic Woman: Believe | ||
| 2011 | Ed Sheeran | + | Hidden track |
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| 2011 | The Felice Brothers | God Bless You Amigo | ||
| 2011 | Bruce Guthro | Celtic Crossing | ||
| 2012 | Emily Kinney and Lauren Cohan |
The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack – Vol. 1 |
Recorded for The Walking Dead – Season 3, Episode 1[16] |
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| 2013 | UCD Choral Scholars | The Parting Glass (EP) |
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| 2013 | Face Vocal Band | How Was the Show Last Night | ||
| 2013 | Celtic Woman | Celtic Woman: Emerald - Musical Gems | ||
| 2013 | Sarah Greene | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Sung by Anne Bonny (played by Sarah Greene) during the game's end credits.[17] |
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| 2014 | Gregory Page | Gregory Page – One Way Journey Home | ||
| 2014 | Peter Hollens | Self-Titled | ||
| 2014 | Glen Hansard and guests |
Céilúradh at Royal Albert Hall | ||
| 2014 | Sven-Bertil Taube | Hommage | as "Ett sista glas", Swedish translation by Lars Forssell |
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| 2015 | Damien Leith | Songs From Ireland | No.11 album in Australia |
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| 2015 | Scythian | Old Tin Can | ||
| 2015 | MacPiet | Listen and RePiet | ||
| 2015 | Tom Paxton | Redemption Road | ||
| 2015 | O'Hooley & Tidow | Summat's Brewin' | ||
| 2015 | Miriam Bryant | Så Mycket Bättre 2015 | as "Ett sista glas", Swedish translation by Lars Forssell |
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| 2016 | Paul Kelly (Australian musician) | Death's Dateless Night | ||
| 2016 |
Siobhan Owen |
Entwined |
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| 2016 | Alexander Armstrong | Upon a Different Shore | ||
| 2017 | Trey Anastasio Band | Live Phish Series | various 2017 live shows |
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| 2017 | Ye Banished Privateers | First Night Back in Port | Hidden track |
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| 2017 |
Dermot Kennedy |
Live performance |
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| 2018 |
The Hound + The Fox |
The Parting Glass - Single |
Youtube video |
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| 2018 |
Anna Prosser Robinson |
Original Twitter post (recorded as a farewell to Evelyn Marthain, a character from Dice Camera Action, an official Dungeons & Dragons weekly livestream) |
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