When I Mowed Pat Murphy's Meadow, Lyrics And Chords

Written by J.M. Devine. Newfoundland King's Cove native, it dates back to the 1930s and was originally written as a poem.It was set to music and recorded by Peter McNulty of the famous New York Irish  McNally family who also made it famous, it's one of those songs thats more popular in Newfoundland than Ireland. The fine singer in the video is P.J. Murrihy from County Clare.

The[G] autumm winds are here again
And the[C] night winds chilly[G] grow
The wood land turns to[D7] golden[Em] hue
And the[G] harvest moon's a[D7]glow
To[G] hear again of[D7] days long[Em] past
To[G] come no more I[D7] know
When I[G] mowed Pat[C] Murphy's[G] meadow
In the[C] sunny long a[G]go
 
I see again the ocean and the distant sails afar
As the maiden in the meadow stricks up ''Dark Lough Na Gar''
There was music soft and tender in the winds that whisper low
When I mowed Pat Murphy's meadow in the sunny long ago
 
Where are the happy boys and girls that danced the gay quadrille
Or the singer who wardled sweetly ''The Burning Granite Mill''
To hear again at sunset ''Where Sweet Afton Flow''
When I mowed Pat Murphy's meadow in the sunny long ago
 
Those days are but a memory like the snow of yesteryear
And evening shades are falling all alone I shed a tear
On my cheek I feel the soft touch of the winds that whisper low
When I mowed Pat Murphy's meadow in the sunny long ago 

Chords in the key of D
The[D] autumm winds are here again
And the[G] night winds chilly[D] grow
The wood land turns to[A7] golden[Bm] hue
And the[D] harvest moon's a[A7]glow
To[D] hear again of[A7] days long[Bm] past
To[D] come no more I[A7] know
When I[D] mowed Pat[G] Murphy's[D] meadow
In the[G] sunny long a[D]go

Here's the guitar chords in the key of C
for the version by P.J.

The[C] autumm winds are here a[G]gain
And the[F] night winds chil[C]ly grow
The wood land turns to golden hue
And the harvest moon's a[G]glow
To[C] hear again of[G] days long[C] past
To come no more I[G] know
When [C]I mowed Pat[F] Murphy's[C] meadow
In the[F] sunny long a[G]go

​When I Mowed Pat Murphy’s Meadow 
King’s Cove, Bonavista Bay, NL … Patty Reilley

When the [G] autumn [C] days are [G] here again and the[C] night winds [G] chil [C]l y [G] blow
The woodlands turn to [C] golden [G] hue and the [C] harvest [G] moon's [D] aglow
To [G] hear again of [C] days long [G] past to [C] come no [G] more I [D] know
When I [G] mowed Pat [C] Murphy's [G] meadow in the[C] sunny [G] long [D] a [G] go
 
I [G] see [C] again the [G] ocean and the [C] distant [G] sails [D] a [G] far
As the [G] maiden in the [C] meadow [G] strikes s up [C] “Dark [G] Lough Na [D] Gar”
[G] There was music soft and [C] tender [G] in the [C] winds that [G] whispered [D] low
When I [G] mowed Pat [C] Murphy's [G] meadow in the[C] sunny [G] long [D] a [G] go

[C] Where are the [F] happy [C] boys and girls that [F] danced the [C] gay [G] quad [C] rille
Or the [C] singer that [F] warbled [C] sweetly ''The [F} Burning [C] Granite [G] Mill''
To [C] hear again at [F] sunset [C] ''Where Sweet [F] Afton [C] Waters [G] Flow''
When I [C] mowed Pat [F] Murphy's [C] meadow in the [F] sunny [C] long [G] a [C] go

[C] Those days are [F] golden [C] memories like the [F] snows of [C] yes [G] ter [C] year
And when evening [F] shades are [C] falling all [F] alone I [C] shed a [G] tear
On my [C] cheek I feel the [F] soft touch [C] of the [F] winds that [C] whispered [G] low
When I [C] mowed Pat [F] Murphy's [C] meadow in the [F] sunny [C] long [G] a [C] go