Moonlight In Mayo Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords

The sheet music and tin whistle notes in D Major are included, suited to the flute. Other Mayo song on the site are Take Me Home To Mayo Lyrics which is probably one of the more popular. Also included is another song from the County Of Mayo which was recorded by Frank MaCaffery called Mayo Mountains.Moonlight in Mayo was written by Seamus Kavanagh, althoughh the original sheet music gives credit to Jack Mahony for writing the lyrics and Percy Wenrich for writing the music score, first printed in 1913. The song was later recorded by Derek McCormack.The video is of the late and great Derek McCormack who used to play with The Barleycorn from 1987-1985, before Barleycorn Derek was with Dermot O'Brien doing the show band scene. Derek also played bass with The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur and also with Daniel O'Donnell. Derek passed away 30 January 2005 in America. The guitar chords in chordpro are in G Major.

The sheet music / tin whistle notes for Moonlight In Mayo are in the updates ebook here . 

Moonlight in Mayo mandolin tab is in the ebook

Song Words And Chords In G Major

[G]It's just a [C]year ago[G] today 
I [C]left old [G]Erin's[C] Isle 
[C]My heart was [Am]throbbing in the[G] soft light 
[Am]Of my [D7]colleen's [G]smile[G7] 
In [C]all my [G]dreams I [C]seem to [G]hear 
Her[C] sweet voice[G] soft and [C]low 
I [C]know she's[Am] waiting where we[G] said 
Good[Am]bye in [D7]old Ma[G]yo


Chorus 
For[C] two Irish [F]eyes are [C]shining 
And[C] an Irish [F]heart is [C]pining 
Where I kissed her [F]and caressed [C]her 
In the [Em]gloaming [Dm]long ag[G]o 
Loving[C] Irish [F]arms will [C]press me 
And true Irish love [F]caress me 
And [C]sweet [F]Irish [C]lips will [A7]bless me 
When It's [D7]Moonlight [G7]In May[C]o


Her Irish eyes like beacons shine 
All through the darkest night 
I know their sweet love beams 
Will always fill the world with light 
The roses of her cheeks will lend 
Enchantment to the scene 
And when the shamrocks wear the dew 
I'll wed my sweet colleen.

Lyrics And Chords K - M

This is the first page of the sheet music that was published in 1913

And below is another song from Co. Mayo. It's called Mayo Mountains and
​was recorded by Frank McCaffery, [ Chords Included ] Frank sings this song in D.

[D]Sitting along in [A]New York City, sure can get [A]lonesome [D]here
The Juke Box plays an Ala[G]bama num[D]ber while I drink a Bud[G]weiser [D]beer
Daytime friends and [G]soft sweet mus[D]ic, dancing [A]on my [D]mind
Lovely brown eyes, shoul[A]der lenght [D]hair, these are the [A]?that ?[D]bind

Chorus
Come sommer I'll be [G]flying [D]high, back to where the [Em]skies are [C]blu[A]e
[D]Sharing my [C]dreams with the [D]Mayo Moun[A]tains, [D]falling in [C]love with [D]you.

[D]Just outside a [G]town called West[D]port, plenty of miles from [G]Beverly [D]Hills
The moon hangs high in the May[G]o [D]Sky, the night is bright and still[A]
[D]I'm going back to that [G]western [D]county, back where my [A]memories [D]stray
Sharing my dreams with the [G]Mayo Moun[D]tains, falling in love with you[A][D].

Chords as above
Come sommer I'll be flying high, back to where the skies are blue
Sharing my dreams with the Mayo Mountains, falling in love with you.

Moonlight in Mayo Ireland