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    "Ashokan Farewell" /əˈʃoʊˌkæn/ is a piece of music composed by the American folk musician Jay Ungar in 1982. For many years, it served as a goodnight or farewell waltz at the annual Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps, run by Ungar and his wife Molly Mason, who gave the tune its name, at the Ashokan Field Campus … See more

    The piece is a waltz in D major, composed in the style of a Scottish lament (e.g., Niel Gow's "Lament for His Second Wife"). Jay Ungar describes the … See more

    In 1984, filmmaker Ken Burns heard "Ashokan Farewell" and was moved by it. He used it in two of his documentary films: Huey Long (1985), … See more

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    The song has been covered and rerecorded numerous times:
    • 1992 – Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland performed the tune on his album The Fiddlesticks Collection. See more

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