The Rocks Of Bawn Lyrics And Chords
.A Traditional Irish Song that seems to be around forever. The 4 string tenor banjo and 5 string chords in D are included. The youtube video of the song is The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem, Rocks Of Bawn meaning ''White Rocks'' The sheet music is also included. Also recorded by Mary Keenan, Paul Brady who's associated with an early recording of the Homes Of Donegal Song [ lyrics and chords ], Joe Heaney, who was one of the first singer's to preform I Wish I Had Someone To Love Me Song , and The Clancy Brothers to name a few. Also recorded by The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem, Mary Keenan and Noel Cassidy in a ''Country Beat'' . The song dates to the 1890's and the guitar chords are in D and G Major in the chordpro format. Sheet music suited to the flute and accordion.
THE ROCKS OF BAWN
The Cromwellian Settlement was ostensibly applied to only the landowners. What was of no concern to the debt-ridden Parliament was that, as Jackson points out:
The Irish Catholic landlord in the majority of cases [still] stood to his tenants in the relation of a chief to his kinsmen.... In most cases where the landlord went, there his tenants followed, regard- less of the fact they might have stayed.
Many labourers and ploughmen did in fact trudge westward with their unlucky lords; altogether over forty thousand Irishmen dis- appeared beyond the Shannon, most by the end of 1654.
These new Connachtmen left behind their land to adventurers who had lent money to Parliament, to Puritan soldiers whose pay was in arrears, and most often, to speculators who bought up the largely unwanted land from parliamentary creditors who preferred cash. As the speculators rounded up as much land as they could at bargain prices, the government was busy corralling orphan children and selling them at a profit as indentured servants to the Barbados and Virginia colonies.2
This old ballad suggests that the Irish left behind were not afforded particularly good farming land. A "bawn" was originally a walled enclosure built by the Normans into which livestock could be driven to protect the herds from Irish raiders; later, the word became generic for "castle." The singer, then, is bemoaning that he has been left to farm the quarries. The song tends to confirm Lecky's suggestion that the Cromwellian Settlement was "the foundation of that deep and lasting division between the proprietary and the tenants which is the chief cause for the political and social evils of Ireland." The ballad is still extremely popular today.
The Cromwellian Settlement was ostensibly applied to only the landowners. What was of no concern to the debt-ridden Parliament was that, as Jackson points out:
The Irish Catholic landlord in the majority of cases [still] stood to his tenants in the relation of a chief to his kinsmen.... In most cases where the landlord went, there his tenants followed, regard- less of the fact they might have stayed.
Many labourers and ploughmen did in fact trudge westward with their unlucky lords; altogether over forty thousand Irishmen dis- appeared beyond the Shannon, most by the end of 1654.
These new Connachtmen left behind their land to adventurers who had lent money to Parliament, to Puritan soldiers whose pay was in arrears, and most often, to speculators who bought up the largely unwanted land from parliamentary creditors who preferred cash. As the speculators rounded up as much land as they could at bargain prices, the government was busy corralling orphan children and selling them at a profit as indentured servants to the Barbados and Virginia colonies.2
This old ballad suggests that the Irish left behind were not afforded particularly good farming land. A "bawn" was originally a walled enclosure built by the Normans into which livestock could be driven to protect the herds from Irish raiders; later, the word became generic for "castle." The singer, then, is bemoaning that he has been left to farm the quarries. The song tends to confirm Lecky's suggestion that the Cromwellian Settlement was "the foundation of that deep and lasting division between the proprietary and the tenants which is the chief cause for the political and social evils of Ireland." The ballad is still extremely popular today.
The Rocks Of Bawn Song Words And Chords In D Major
Come[D] all you[A] loyal[D] he[A]ros and listen[G] on to [D]me
Dont[A] hire with any farmer 'till you[G] know what your work will[A] be
You will rise up early in the morning from the[G] clear day till the[A] dawn
And you[D] never[A] will be[D] able[A] for to plough the [G]rocks[A] of[D] Bawn
My shoes they are worn and my stockingh they are thin
My heart is always trembling now for fear they might give in
My heart is always trembling now from the clear daylight 'till dawn
And I never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
Rise up gallant Sweeney and get your horses hay
And give them a good feen of oats before they start the away
Dont feed them on soft turnip sprigs that grow on your green land
Or they never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
My curse upon you Sweeney boy you have me nearly robbed
You're sitting by the fireside now your feet upon the hob
You're sitting by the fireside now from the clear daylight 'till the dawn
And you never will be able now to plough the rocks of Bawn
I wish the sergeant major would send for me in time
And place me in some regiment all in my youth of prime
I'd fight for Ireland's glory now from the clear daylight 'till the dawn
Before I would return again to plough the rocks of Bawn
Come[D] all you[A] loyal[D] he[A]ros and listen[G] on to [D]me
Dont[A] hire with any farmer 'till you[G] know what your work will[A] be
You will rise up early in the morning from the[G] clear day till the[A] dawn
And you[D] never[A] will be[D] able[A] for to plough the [G]rocks[A] of[D] Bawn
My shoes they are worn and my stockingh they are thin
My heart is always trembling now for fear they might give in
My heart is always trembling now from the clear daylight 'till dawn
And I never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
Rise up gallant Sweeney and get your horses hay
And give them a good feen of oats before they start the away
Dont feed them on soft turnip sprigs that grow on your green land
Or they never will be able for to plough the rocks of Bawn
My curse upon you Sweeney boy you have me nearly robbed
You're sitting by the fireside now your feet upon the hob
You're sitting by the fireside now from the clear daylight 'till the dawn
And you never will be able now to plough the rocks of Bawn
I wish the sergeant major would send for me in time
And place me in some regiment all in my youth of prime
I'd fight for Ireland's glory now from the clear daylight 'till the dawn
Before I would return again to plough the rocks of Bawn
Below is the list of sheet music and tin whistle songs that are in my ebooks. This is the largest collection of tin whistle songs ever put together.[over 900 songs ] Including folk, pop and trad tunes plus German And French songs along with Christmas Carols.
All of the sheet music tabs have been made as easy to play as was possible.
The price of the ebooks is €7.50 . The rocks of Bawn tin whistle tab is included.
All of the sheet music tabs have been made as easy to play as was possible.
The price of the ebooks is €7.50 . The rocks of Bawn tin whistle tab is included.
The Rocks Of Bawn 4 String Tenor Banjo Chords
The 5 string banjo chords for The Rocks Of Bawn For The Key Of D Major
Rocks Of Bawn In G Major Key
Come[G] all you[D] loyal[G] he[D]ros and listen[C] on to [G]me
Dont[D] hire with any farmer 'till you[C] know what your work will[D] be
You will rise up early in the morning from the[C] clear day till the[D] dawn
And you[G] never[D] will be[G] able[D] for to plough the [C]rocks[D] of[G] Bawn
Come[G] all you[D] loyal[G] he[D]ros and listen[C] on to [G]me
Dont[D] hire with any farmer 'till you[C] know what your work will[D] be
You will rise up early in the morning from the[C] clear day till the[D] dawn
And you[G] never[D] will be[G] able[D] for to plough the [C]rocks[D] of[G] Bawn
The Rocks Of Bawn
Nationalist sentiments notwithstanding, hundreds of thousands of Irishmen over the centuries joined the British army to fight in foreign lands. The economic reality was that the alternatives to farming for young men were almost nil, so they "took the shilling". This situation was intensified during the 16th and 17th Centuries by the plantation policies of successive British monarchs which sought to move Irish farmers off their lands and replace them with English and Scottish settlers more loyal to the Crown. The full force of this policy is captured by the 1654 "To Hell or Connaught" ultimatum to Irish farmers attributed to Oliver Cromwell. It meant that any Irish landowner east of the Shannon River faced death, slavery in the West Indies or Barbados, or transportation to the inhospitable terrain of Connaught or Co. Clare which is covered with the white rocks, or the rocks of bawn.
Nationalist sentiments notwithstanding, hundreds of thousands of Irishmen over the centuries joined the British army to fight in foreign lands. The economic reality was that the alternatives to farming for young men were almost nil, so they "took the shilling". This situation was intensified during the 16th and 17th Centuries by the plantation policies of successive British monarchs which sought to move Irish farmers off their lands and replace them with English and Scottish settlers more loyal to the Crown. The full force of this policy is captured by the 1654 "To Hell or Connaught" ultimatum to Irish farmers attributed to Oliver Cromwell. It meant that any Irish landowner east of the Shannon River faced death, slavery in the West Indies or Barbados, or transportation to the inhospitable terrain of Connaught or Co. Clare which is covered with the white rocks, or the rocks of bawn.