Far Away in Australia

Far Away in Australia
(The Girl I Left Behind)
Co. Clare

Viotti drawing by Steve Einhorn

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This Irish song, aka The Girl I Left Behind, is a popular waltz in the west of Ireland that I learned in Co. Clare in 1989 - a prize to discover, an old waltz to dance to with a sweet chorus and a happy ending. We play it here in the key of G.

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- “I got in touch with a lot of songs that I haven’t remembered for a while and learned some really great new ones.”
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Far Away in Australia(The Girl I Left Behind)Co. Clare

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Far Away in Australia
(The Girl I Left Behind)
Co. Clare