Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 19th 2005 by Ptarmigan.
This tune has been added to 73 tunebooks.
Also known as The Orange And The Green, The Rising Of The Moon, The Wearing Of The Green March.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Wearing Of The Green, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
DE|:FFFE FAAF|FEEF E3 A|BGdc BAFD|EDDE D2 DE|
FFFE FAAF|FEEF E3 A|BGdc BAFD|EDDE D2 dc|
BAAF AFDE|FFFE F2 dc|BAAF AFDE|FEEF E2 DE|
FFFE FAAF|FEEF E3 A|BGdc BAFD|2 EDDE D4|
The Wearing of the Green
This 'Fifing' version is tune No. 51 in Gary Hasting's book 'with Fife and Drum'.
# Posted on September 19th 2005 by Ptarmigan
Interestingly, I see Seamus Tansey, that noted gentleman of letters(
), has it three times on his recording: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/387
Does anyone here have that?
If one of them is this version of the tune, what are the other two versions?
# Posted on September 19th 2005 by Ptarmigan
"The Wearing of the Green"
This is also played as a march with more varied rhythmic treatment, and also played without the repeats here, AB instead of AABB:
R: march
K: Dmaj
D>E |
FF FF/E/ FA- AF | FE E>F E3 A | B*G dd/c/ BA F>D | ED D>D D3 D/E/ |
F2 F>E FA AA/F/ | FE- EF E3 A | BG d>c BA FD | ED- DE D3 ||
d/c/ |
BA AF AF DE | F2 F/G/F/E/ F3 d/c/ |BA A/B/A/F/ AF D>E | FE- EF EF/E/ B/C/D/E/ |
Fz/F/ F/F/E F*A A>F | FE EF E3 A | BG dc B>A FD | ED DE D2 ||
K: Gmaj
GA | B>B BA Bd dB | BA A>B A3 ~
K: Amaj
A/B/ | c>d cB ce- ec | cB- Bc B2 ~
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by ceolachan
Oh PAddy dear and did you hear the news that's going round
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground
St. Patrick's Day no more to keep his color can't be seen
For there's a bloody law agin the wearin of the green
I met with NApper Tandy and he took me by the hand
And he said "how's poor old Ireland and how does she stand?"
She's the most distressful country, that ever you have seen
They're hangin men and women there for wearin of the green
I know there are more verses...
# Posted on August 9th 2006 by possumawesome
Harmony
Although this is not a popular place for harmony, the following chord progression seems to work well:
verse:
D Em
G A
D Em
G A
chorus:
Em D
G D G-A7-D
# Posted on August 14th 2007 by reeler