Ashokan Farewell ~ Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band

Ashokan Farewell was composed in 1982 by Jay Ungar and written in the style of a Scottish lament. Shortly after a Fiddle & Dance Camp had come to an end for the season, he was feeling a great sense of loss and longing for the music, the dancing and the community of people that had developed at Ashokan that summer.

Filmmaker, Ken Burns, used it in his PBS series, The Civil War.