The Rose Of Aranmore Irish song lyrics and chords
The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included. Maureen Hegarty recorded this one, and later by Cherish The Ladies,and a beautiful rendition. Maureen covered a lot of the old ballads including The Meeting Of The Waters [ lyrics / chords ] it is in the youtube video. I have given the guitar chords in chordpro in a couple of different keys. The song was also recorded by The Carlton Showband and Daniel O'Donnell. Aranmore is in Donegal Ireland. The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included along with an mp3 of the song. For many more songs from Daniel O'Donnell go to the Country Lyrics section of this site. Sheet music suited to the accordion and flute.
The Rose Of Aranmore Lyrics And Chords In C Major
[C]My thoughts today,[C7] though I'm[F] far away,
Dwell[C] on Tyrconnell's[G7] shore,
The[C] salt sea air[C7] and the[F] colleens fair,
Of[C] lovely[G7] green Gwee[C]dore.
There's a[F] flower there, bey[C]ond compare,
That I'll[F] treasure[C] ever[G7]more,
That[C] grand colleen,[C7] in her[F] gown of green,
She's the[C] Rose of[G7] Aran[C]more.
I've travelled far 'neath the northern star,
Since the day I said goodbye,
And seen many maids in the golden glades
Beneath a tropic sky,
There's a vision in my reverie,
I always will adore,
That grand colleen in her gown of green,
She's the Rose of Aranmore.
But soon I will return again
To the scenes I loved so well,
Where many an Irish lad and lass
Their tales of love do tell;
The silvery dunes and blue lagoons,
Along the Rosses' shore
And that grand colleen in her gown of green,
She's the Rose of Aranmore.
[C]My thoughts today,[C7] though I'm[F] far away,
Dwell[C] on Tyrconnell's[G7] shore,
The[C] salt sea air[C7] and the[F] colleens fair,
Of[C] lovely[G7] green Gwee[C]dore.
There's a[F] flower there, bey[C]ond compare,
That I'll[F] treasure[C] ever[G7]more,
That[C] grand colleen,[C7] in her[F] gown of green,
She's the[C] Rose of[G7] Aran[C]more.
I've travelled far 'neath the northern star,
Since the day I said goodbye,
And seen many maids in the golden glades
Beneath a tropic sky,
There's a vision in my reverie,
I always will adore,
That grand colleen in her gown of green,
She's the Rose of Aranmore.
But soon I will return again
To the scenes I loved so well,
Where many an Irish lad and lass
Their tales of love do tell;
The silvery dunes and blue lagoons,
Along the Rosses' shore
And that grand colleen in her gown of green,
She's the Rose of Aranmore.
Daniel O'Donnell song The Rose Of Aranmore
Aranmore Island Road Sign
Here's the tin whistle sheet music for The Rose Of Aranmore
MY WILD IRISH ROSE
Featuring The Famous EMERALD CEILI BAND OF IRELAND
JIMMY CAROLAN, Leader
Oppression and adversity do many things. Seven or eight centuries of occupation-oftentimes ruthless in the extreme can break the heart and spirit of a country. And yet it is one of the paradoxes of history, that out of such a climate, has come one of the world's greatest collections of folkmusic and literature. Ireland can boast of such a collection, but if she does, she must also-as far as music is concerned-acknowledge an unrepayable debt to the unsung, unknown anonymous ballad-makers and ballad-singers of the dead generations. For it was the men and women of the hillside cot, the young boys and girls of the mountain and the bog, who created and preserved and passed on the rich library of airs that this old nation today enjoys.
Irish folkmusic takes varying forms. There is the ballad which, in itself, takes many shapes. There is the beautiful patriotic love song. There is the poetic work of some of Ireland's finest bards. And there is the traditional dance-music of an ancient people, a music that is always merry and gay and lively, a matching foil for the spirit of a race who, despite privations, never fully lost their sense of humour and joy of living.
The collection of airs recorded by the Emerald Ceili Band covers a wide expanse. BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS, for in- stance, is the beautiful Thomas Moore melody that is sung around the world.
TIPPERARY SO FAR AWAY is an example of the ancient skill of the patriotic ballad maker to be found flourishing to-day. This is a comparatively new ballad; that tells of the death in the heart of a Dublin city street of the patriot Sean Tracy, cut down in a hail of gunfire a few yards from O'Connell Street. Dying, lamented, (according to the song) that "I'll never more roam to my own native home, Tipperary So Far Away".
There is, too, the nostalgia of THE OLD BOG ROAD and THE ROSE OF ARRANMORE, two songs which are sung wherever Irish men meet. Those have all the appeal of the emigrant who longs for the familiar in an unfamiliar world-Main Street, U.S.A. whether it be in New York, Boston, Chicago, or San Francisco.
The selections of jigs, reels and hornpipes need little explaining. They are as old as the long-dead fires at which they were composed and fostered and nurtured; as full of spirit as the gay women who danced to them under the warm thatch of a cheerful cottage. The title like JOSEPHINE'S FANCY is arbitrary, very often they are bestowed by a whimsical fiddler on an old air picked up from a wandering musician. In many cases, it is possible to produce ten titles for the one air simply because the musicians do not learn them from books but from fellow musicians.
The titles don't matter; all that counts is the music. And the music made by the Emerald Ceili* Band is in the age-old tradition. The band itself was one of the first to broadcast on the national radio network in the cat's whiskers' days of Irish radio. It is built around a family steeped in traditional music-the Carolan family of Slane in Royal Meath. Leader Jimmy Carolan, like so many of the nation's great traditionalists, is a far- Like most, too, he plays his music each evening, and though his band has become one of the best known in the country it is the biggest box office draw in the Irish midlands and plays practically every night of the week. He or his brothers, don't regard themselves as professional musicians in the accepted sense of the term.
mer.
This recording was made in The Irish Club in Dublin. The Club was started by a young West of Ireland man, Leo Nealon, and is the only one in the nation's capital to operate seven nights a week. Before it opened, critics predicted it would be a failure and could not stand up to competition from the commercial ball rooms which often featured the leading British com- mercial dance bands. But so great has the interest in traditional music grown among the younger generation of Irish men and women, that not only is the Club now the major venue for traditional dancers it is also the centre for the biggest traditional dancing school in Ire- land.
John Healy
Irelands Favorite Music Critic
Track List
IG SELECTIONS 1-Josephine's Fancy 2-Miss Cahoon
3-Miss Rae of Eskgrove REEL SELECTIONS 1-Comely Jane Downing 2-Peter Street
3-The Maid Behind the Bar HORNPIPE SELECTIONS
1-Clover Blossoms 2-High Level JIG SELECTIONS 1-The River Dee 2-Jackson's Morning Brush 3-The Drunken Parson
MARCH SELECTIONS
1-The Mountains of Pomeroy 2-O'Donnell Abu
Side Two
WALTZ SELECTIONS
1-Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Young Charms
2-The Gentle Maiden
3-Come Back To Erin
MILITARY TWO STEP
1-Mick McGilligan's Daughter
2-The Garden Where The Pratties Grow
BARN DANCE
1-Silverton
WALTZ SELECTIONS
1-Tipperary So Far Away
2-The Old Bog Road
3-The Rose of Arranmore
BARN DANCE
1-The Royal Scot
Featuring The Famous EMERALD CEILI BAND OF IRELAND
JIMMY CAROLAN, Leader
Oppression and adversity do many things. Seven or eight centuries of occupation-oftentimes ruthless in the extreme can break the heart and spirit of a country. And yet it is one of the paradoxes of history, that out of such a climate, has come one of the world's greatest collections of folkmusic and literature. Ireland can boast of such a collection, but if she does, she must also-as far as music is concerned-acknowledge an unrepayable debt to the unsung, unknown anonymous ballad-makers and ballad-singers of the dead generations. For it was the men and women of the hillside cot, the young boys and girls of the mountain and the bog, who created and preserved and passed on the rich library of airs that this old nation today enjoys.
Irish folkmusic takes varying forms. There is the ballad which, in itself, takes many shapes. There is the beautiful patriotic love song. There is the poetic work of some of Ireland's finest bards. And there is the traditional dance-music of an ancient people, a music that is always merry and gay and lively, a matching foil for the spirit of a race who, despite privations, never fully lost their sense of humour and joy of living.
The collection of airs recorded by the Emerald Ceili Band covers a wide expanse. BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS, for in- stance, is the beautiful Thomas Moore melody that is sung around the world.
TIPPERARY SO FAR AWAY is an example of the ancient skill of the patriotic ballad maker to be found flourishing to-day. This is a comparatively new ballad; that tells of the death in the heart of a Dublin city street of the patriot Sean Tracy, cut down in a hail of gunfire a few yards from O'Connell Street. Dying, lamented, (according to the song) that "I'll never more roam to my own native home, Tipperary So Far Away".
There is, too, the nostalgia of THE OLD BOG ROAD and THE ROSE OF ARRANMORE, two songs which are sung wherever Irish men meet. Those have all the appeal of the emigrant who longs for the familiar in an unfamiliar world-Main Street, U.S.A. whether it be in New York, Boston, Chicago, or San Francisco.
The selections of jigs, reels and hornpipes need little explaining. They are as old as the long-dead fires at which they were composed and fostered and nurtured; as full of spirit as the gay women who danced to them under the warm thatch of a cheerful cottage. The title like JOSEPHINE'S FANCY is arbitrary, very often they are bestowed by a whimsical fiddler on an old air picked up from a wandering musician. In many cases, it is possible to produce ten titles for the one air simply because the musicians do not learn them from books but from fellow musicians.
The titles don't matter; all that counts is the music. And the music made by the Emerald Ceili* Band is in the age-old tradition. The band itself was one of the first to broadcast on the national radio network in the cat's whiskers' days of Irish radio. It is built around a family steeped in traditional music-the Carolan family of Slane in Royal Meath. Leader Jimmy Carolan, like so many of the nation's great traditionalists, is a far- Like most, too, he plays his music each evening, and though his band has become one of the best known in the country it is the biggest box office draw in the Irish midlands and plays practically every night of the week. He or his brothers, don't regard themselves as professional musicians in the accepted sense of the term.
mer.
This recording was made in The Irish Club in Dublin. The Club was started by a young West of Ireland man, Leo Nealon, and is the only one in the nation's capital to operate seven nights a week. Before it opened, critics predicted it would be a failure and could not stand up to competition from the commercial ball rooms which often featured the leading British com- mercial dance bands. But so great has the interest in traditional music grown among the younger generation of Irish men and women, that not only is the Club now the major venue for traditional dancers it is also the centre for the biggest traditional dancing school in Ire- land.
John Healy
Irelands Favorite Music Critic
Track List
IG SELECTIONS 1-Josephine's Fancy 2-Miss Cahoon
3-Miss Rae of Eskgrove REEL SELECTIONS 1-Comely Jane Downing 2-Peter Street
3-The Maid Behind the Bar HORNPIPE SELECTIONS
1-Clover Blossoms 2-High Level JIG SELECTIONS 1-The River Dee 2-Jackson's Morning Brush 3-The Drunken Parson
MARCH SELECTIONS
1-The Mountains of Pomeroy 2-O'Donnell Abu
Side Two
WALTZ SELECTIONS
1-Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Young Charms
2-The Gentle Maiden
3-Come Back To Erin
MILITARY TWO STEP
1-Mick McGilligan's Daughter
2-The Garden Where The Pratties Grow
BARN DANCE
1-Silverton
WALTZ SELECTIONS
1-Tipperary So Far Away
2-The Old Bog Road
3-The Rose of Arranmore
BARN DANCE
1-The Royal Scot
