Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 14th 2001 by Will Harmon.
This tune has been added to 70 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Christmas In Killarney
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
B|:A2 DD2 B|A2 DD2 A|BAG BAG|A2 DD2 A|
|B2 cd2 c|B2 A F2 D|EFE D2 C|1 D3 D2 B:|2 D3 D2 E||
|:F2 BB2 c|d2 cB2 c|dcB c2 A|F3 A2 F|
|E2 AA2 B|c2 EA2 c|ded c2 B|A3 A2 B|
|A2 DD2 B|A2 DD2 A|1 BAG BAG|A2 DD2 A|
|B2 cd2 c|B2 AF2 D|EFE D2 C|D3 D2 E:|
|2 F2 D FGA|B3 B2 c|d2 cd2 B|A2 dF2 D|EFE D2 C|D6|
Christmas in Killarney
Can I pass the buck to Glauber for starting the discussion thread on Christmas? Yes, I know this is a bit cheesy, especially knowing that Bing Crosby once recorded a version of this, but a friend brought this to our session last year at Christmas time, and it *is* a jig (or more likely a slide)....
Composed by Redmond, Cavanaugh, and Weldon, sometime before Crosby's heyday. There are lyrics, too, but I'll leave that up to you songsters and websmiths to find.
For flute (Glauber) and D whistle, you could avoid that low C at the end of both halves by playing |EFE D2 E|D3 D2...
Ho, ho, ho....
# Posted on December 14th 2001 by Will Harmon
Words to Christmas in Killarney
I've been trying to fit the words to this tune:
The holly green, the ivy green
The prettiest picture you've ever seen
Is Christmas in Killarney
With all of the folks at home
It's nice, you know, to kiss your beau
While cuddling under the mistletoe
And Santa Claus you know, of course
Is one of the boys from home
The door is always open
The neighbors pay a call
And Father John before he's gone
Will bless the house and all
How grand it feels to click your heels
And join in the fun of the jigs and reels
I'm handing you no blarney
The likes you've never known
Is Christmas in Killarney
With all of the folks at home.
Here's what I came up with...let me know if there are any suggestions -
X: 1
T: Christmas In Killarney
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
B|:A2 DD2 B|A2 DD2 A|BAG BAG|A2 DD2 A|
B2 cd2 c|B2 A F2 D|EFE D2 C|1 D3 D2 B:|2 D3 D2 E||
F2 BB2 c|d2 cB2 c|dcB c2 A|F3 A2 F|
E2 AA2 B|c2 EA2 c|ded c2 B|A3 A2 B|
A2 DD2 B|A2 DD2 A| BAG BAG|A2 DD2 A|
B2 cd2 c|B2 AF2 D| F2 D FGA|B3 B2 c|
d2 cd2 B|A2 dF2 D|EFE D2 C|D6||
# Posted on November 26th 2007 by SueH
If you abstract the words away, the melody will seem stronger: perhaps not as a tune but as a source of themes / inspiration..
# Posted on March 27th 2012 by birlibirdie
12/8 slide type...
# Posted on March 27th 2012 by birlibirdie