Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on September 24th 2001 by Mad Baloney.
This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.
Also known as Swans At Coole, The Swans At Coole, The Wild Swans At Coole.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Wild Swans At Coole
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
Ad (3edc d2 AB | ~c3 G EFGE | DA,~A,2 CA,~A,2 | FEDB, CA,G,_B, |!
A,2FE FEDC | A,B,CD FGAB | cd^fg agfa | ge^ce d3c ||!
K:D
d2 Ad fgaf | e=~c3 efge | d2 Ad fgaf | gfaf eddc |!
defg abag |d2 Ad fgaf | ~a3g (3efg ed | =cAGE D4 |]
This is an Ed Reavy tune and can be found in "The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy."
# Posted on January 7th 2002 by radriano
Swans At Coole
I caught this very beautiful slow tune by the same name (almost) i.e. Swans At Coole and it is nothing like the reel posted here. It appears to be in E minor. Does anyone know this one and what the chords are?
# Posted on March 13th 2005 by Fidhealer14
Norbecks version
Norbeck's transcription of this is very different: see
http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/index2.asp?cat=i&sort=title&first=W
Not sure which one to go with, but I'm thinking Norbeck has a better one
# Posted on September 25th 2007 by Hup
http://www.reavy.us
and evreybody will get the good version.
# Posted on July 26th 2008 by protz
Coole, Co. Westmeath???
By any chance is the Coole in the tune related to Coole, Co. Westmeath? Because there is a legend about swans on Lough Derravarragh. It's the final resting spot of the Children of Lir, hence the local Comhaltas branch is called Craobh Clann Lir....
# Posted on March 11th 2010 by mixofmolydians
Actually it could because Ed Reavy was born in Barnagrove, Co. Cavan in 1897. Barnagrove is close enough to Coole.
# Posted on March 11th 2010 by mixofmolydians
This sounds like a beautiful reel, though this score looks a bit wonky. I had a go at it but it proved harder to fix than I imagined. My version is not particularly convincing but at least it is tidier than the current ABC.
X: 1
T: The Wild Swans At Coole
M: 2/2
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: D dorian
Ade/d/c d2AB | c3G EFGE | DA,A,A, CA,A,A, | FEDB, CA,G,_B, |
A,2FE FEDC | A,B,CD E/F/GAB | cde/^f/g agfa | gece d3c :||
d2Ad fgaf | eccc efge | d2Ad fgaf | gfaf eddc |
defg a_bag |edcA c3d | eaag e/f/ge | dcAG ED3 :||
# Posted on May 24th 2010 by birlibirdie