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picking a steady stream of eighth notes

The Parting Glass throughout (while watching out for the occa-
sional half- or dotted-quarter-note chord) and
Traditional, arranged by Danny Carnahan you’ll be fine.
The third line (measures 9–12) features a
few key differences that set it apart from the
A humble suggestion for your next acoustic guitar concert: Close your rest of the song. Measures 9, 10, and 12 echo
set with “The Parting Glass,” a traditional Irish tune that has over the the Dsus2–D movement that first shows up in
centuries (yes, centuries) marked the end of countless performances. measure 4. Measure 11 includes a quick fifth-
The music shown below, borrowed from Danny Carnahan’s Irish Songs string walk down from C to A against droning
for Guitar, follows a single verse from beginning to end. To save room, C and G notes in the upper voices—the pinch
we’ve omitted the guitar part for the second and fourth lines (measures patterns required to pull this off are not diffi-
See video at 5–8 and 13–16), which can be easily played by adapting the eighth-note cult, but they can come as a bit of a surprise
AcousticGuitar.com/ pattern from measures 1–4 to the chord diagrams shown above the lyr- amid the rolling arpeggios in the rest of the
partingglass ics. Keep an eye on the third measure in each line. This measure has two arrangement.
extra beats, which can take a second to wrap your ear around. Continue —DAN APCZYNSKI

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1. Oh, all the money that e’er I had 2. Oh, all the comrades that e’er I had 3. If I had money enough to spend
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I spent it in good company They’re sorry for my going away And leisure time to sit awhile
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And all the harm that e’er I’ve done And all the sweethearts that e’er I had There is a fair maid in this town
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Alas it was to none but me They’d wish me one more day to stay That sorely has my heart beguiled
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And all I’ve done for want of wit But since it falls unto my lot Her rosy cheeks; her ruby lips
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To memory now I can’t recall That I should rise and you should not I own she has my heart in thrall
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So fill to me the parting glass I gently rise and softly call Then fill to me the parting glass
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Good night and joy be with you all Good night and joy be with you all Good night and joy be with you all

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