Come By The Hills lyrics and chords

Come By The Hills Guitar Tab now added. Gordon Smyth is the man who wrote the lyrics of this song. The 5 string banjo chords along with the 4 string tenor banjo chords are included for the key of D. The easy guitar chords are in ''Chordpro''.   Tune  , Buchaill On Eirne,Sheet Music and Tin whistle notes below.The  video is of myself [ Martin Dardis ]singing and playing, I do this one in the key of D Major, I have, as far as I can remember been very fond of this song and it takes to different places in my mind each time I sing it.. Also recorded by Irish ballad singers Celtic Thunder with the guitar chords in the key of C Major. Other groups and singers to record this ballad were, Scottish folk group The Corries, Country singer Philomena Begley, The Fureys, The Clancy Brothers, Jim McLoud, Noel McLoughlin and The Chieftains with Rita McNeil. The chords can be used to play the song on the mandolin.​Come by the hills tenor guitar / Mandola tab in CGDA tuning included.

[D]Come by the[G] hills to the[A] land where[G] fancy is [D]free
And[D] stand where the[G] peaks meet the[D] sky and the[G] lochs meet the[A] sea
Where the[D] rivers run clear and the[G] bracken is[D] gold in the[A] sun
Ah, the[D] cares of to-[G]morrow can[A] wait 'til[G] this day is[D] done

Oh, come by the hills to the land where life is a song
And sing while the birds fill the air with their joy all day long
Where the trees sway in time and even the wind sings in tune
Ah, the cares of to-morrow can wait 'til this day is done

Come by the hills to the land where legend re-mains
Where stories of old fill the heart and may yet come a-gain
Where our past has been lost and the future has still to be won
Ah, the cares of to-morrow can wait 'til this day is done.
​Repeat the first verse.

Included below are the tenor banjo chords plus the 5 string banjo chords for the key of D Major

​Come by the hills tenor guitar tab in CGDA tuning

And below is the standard guitar tab.

Come by the hills lyrics

COME BY THE HILLS, time signature 3/4 in the key of C Major as preformed by Celtic Thunder. The above video is of me, Martin Dardis, in D.
 
(The first verse is done in Irish.)
Buachaill ón Eirne mé's bhréagfainn féin cailín deas óg
Né iarfainn bó spré léithe tá mé saibhir go leor 'S liom
Corcaigh a mhéid e , dhá thaobh a ghleanna's Tír Eoghain
'S mur n-athraí mé béasaí 's mé n' t-oibhr ar Chontae
Mhaigh Eo
 
(Here is translation:
I am a boy from Ireland and I'd coax a nice young girl,
I wouldn't ask for a dowry with her, I'm rich enough myself,
I own Cork, big as it is both sides of the glen and Tyrone,
And if I don't change my ways I'll be the heir for County Mayo.)
 
(C)Come by the (F)hills to the (C)land where (F)fancy is (C)free.
And stand where the (F)peaks meet the (C)sky and the loughs meet the (G)sea,
Where the (C)rivers run clear and the (F)bracken is (C)gold in the (G)sun;
And the (C)cares of to(F)morrow can (C)wait till (F)this day is (C)done.
 
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I first heard the Irish singer Michael Hipkiss preform this song at his club in Birmingham. When I say ''Club'' I'm describing a room above a pub called The Contemptibles
in the centre of Birmingham. Michael booked the room every Sunday evening and he had a number of regular singers and musicians who were regular performers. Each week there would be a guest musician who would
normally be a professional. That was the basic modus operandi of the clubs that went to make up the British folk scene in the 1960s. There were about 1,500 of these clubs around Britain, many of them with very
varied musical politics.
Christ Moore Notes on the song

Below is the ebook list of Irish Folk Songs with guitar chords
in 3 keys. Price €8.90 and I'll email the ebook after purchase .
​The chords are suited to ukulele, banjo or mandolin also.
Martin

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