Christmas in Killarney

Subject: Christmas in Killarney
From: Alice
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 01:17 PM

I have the music in a song book for Christmas in Killarney. The credits are, "Words and Music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon" (not Stan Rogers as mentioned earlier in another thread - here are the lyrics). This copy has only one verse. Does anyone know if there are more verses?

Alice

Subject: Lyr Add: CHRISTMAS IN KILLARNEY^^
From: Quincy
Date: 04 Dec 00 - 04:25 AM

Hi Alice,

Searched about twenty different sites with the lyrics on and couldn't find anymore verses than you already have.....

Christmas In Killarney

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 neighbours 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


best wishes, Yvonne

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 05 Dec 00 - 01:55 AM

There's the "intro verse" which goes like this (from memory--don't have my cd's handy):

Christmas in Killarney
Is wonderful to see,
Listen to my story
And I'll take you there (back?) with me...

The holly green...etc.

Cheers!

Mary

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: alison
Date: 05 Dec 00 - 03:16 AM

according to the 101 Christmas hits for buskers

it is "and I'll take you back with me" in the intro verse...... other than that it doesn't have any more verses...

slainte

alison

Subject: Christmas in Killarney
From:
Date: 05 Dec 00 - 11:22 PM

Hey everyone!

Could someone please be so kind as to send me the chords for Christmas in Killarney? My friend and I have a gig at a pub and we want to learn some yuletide stuff before we go!

Thanks for the help

-Stu (Ontario, Canada)

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Christmas in Killarney
From: Alice
Date: 05 Dec 00 - 11:50 PM

C
The holly green, the ivy green, the
F/C
prettiest picture you've
C
ever seen Is
F
Christmas in Killar-
C
ney With
D7
all of the
G7
Folks at
C
home. It's nice you know, to kiss your beau, While
F/C
cuddling under the
C
mistletoe, And
F
Santa Claus you
C
know of
Am
course, Is
D7
one of the
G7
boys from
C
home. The
Am
door is always open; the
F/A
neighbors pay a
Am
call, And
G
Father John before he's gone will
Am7
bless the
D7
house and
G
all. How
C
grand it feels to click your heels And
F/C
join in the fun of the
C
jigs and reels; I'm
F
handing you no blar-
C
ney, The likes you've
G7/D
nev-
C7/E
er
F
known
Dm
Is
F
Christmas in Kil-
C/G
larney
Am
With
D7
all of the
G7
folks at
C
home.

Sorry for formatting it that way, but it was the fastest way for me to do it and have the chords come out with the right words.

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 06 Dec 00 - 12:29 AM

Thanks, Alison, for the clarification.

Mary

Subject: Help: Christmas in Kilarney? or Killarney?
From: Haruo
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:26 AM

I'm sitting here typing up the program for the church's Christmas Concert tomorrow night, and one of the items I'm supposed to type is Christmas in Kilarney . . . . . John Redmond, James Cavanaugh, Frank WeldonWell, I always thought it was Killarney with two ells. But obviously the question isn't how you spell it on a well-proofread map, but how the folks what put it together for copyright spelt it on the sheet music (which I don't have). So I thought I'd see if anybody here knows for sure which way Kil(l)arney is supposed to be spelled in the song title in question.

Haruo

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Messages from multiple threads combined.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Christmas in Kilarney? or Killarney?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 03:08 AM

Hi, Haruo - I checked www.ascap.com - "Christmas in Killarney" (spelling double-checked) was written by James CAVANAUGH, John REDMOND, and Frank WELDON. I wonder if my link will work.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: Haruo
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 03:44 AM

Thanks for adding my query to this thread, Joe. I hadn't done a thorough job of checking the Forum before I posted. Yeah, the link worked; I wonder what they mean by "Variations - Christmas is Killarney"... I would think that was just a typo, not something ASCAP would bother to catalog.

Anyhow, I posted the entire program for tomorrow night's concert here and will welcome any additional corrections anybody can come up with within the next few hours before I go to press. And of course any Christmassy-feeling Mudcatters in the Seattle area are welcome to drop in.

Haruo

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: SharonA
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 10:03 AM

Haruo: I'm not sure how "few" hours there are (or were) before your press time, but I noticed a boo-boo in your program notes:

TODAY is December 4th, not tomorrow!

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: Haruo
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:20 PM

Thanks, Sharon. When I posted that it was still late on the 3rd here (though already the 4th Mudcat Time). The concert is now today, Dec. 4th. But by tomorrow, not only will the concert be history, but this post, immortalized in the archives, will have become another boo-boo!

Haruo

Subject: Chords/Lyrics/Authors: Christmas in Killarney
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 03:34 PM

Here are the chords I use.*  (They should show up in the right places, since I'm copying and pasting from the Page Source view in Netscape Composer.)
Genie

Christmas In Killarney (J. Redmond, J. Cavanaugh, and F. Weldon, 1950)

  C                      G7         C                 G7
Christmas in Killarney is wonderful to see.
  C                Am                 D7                       G- G7
Listen to my story, And I'll take you back with me.
 

 C                           Am                   F/C                            C   (Am)
 The holly green, the ivy green, the  prettiest picture you've ever seen, is
    F                   C         (Am)
Christmas in Killarney,
          D7           G7         C
 With all of the folks at home.
       C                         Am                            F/C                       C
It's nice, you know, to kiss your beau, While cuddling under the mistletoe,
         F                      C            Am         D7            G7           C
And Santa Claus you know, of course, Is one of the boys from home
        Am                                             Dm    Am
The door is always open; the neighbors pay a call,
        G                    Em
And Father John, before he's gone,
        D7                         G - G7
Will bless the house and all.

          C                    Am                         F/C                           C         (Am)
How grand it feels to click your heels And join in the fun of the jigs and reels;
        F                       C                                C7      F
I'm handing you no blarney, The likes you've never known

     F                   C        (A)
Is Christmas in Killarney,
        D7           G7         C
With all of the folks at home.
 
 
 

*Of course, I often screw up and sing "It's nice, you know, to kiss your beau while struggling under the mistletoe..."!  ;-D

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: SharonA
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 04:23 PM

Haruo: I was confused about your reference to going to press; I thought the "Tomorrow (December 4)" was part of the program you were printing. Obviously I was mistaken!

Sorry I won't be able to attend your concert,, being on the East Coast and all, but I hope that all goes well and that you receive lots of food donations. Have fun!

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 09:53 AM

MIDI:

CLICK

~S~

Subject: RE: Christmas in Killarney
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 24 Dec 04 - 04:53 AM

One Buddy Holly rarity that I've never manged to track down is Carolyn Hester's June 1958 recording of this song with Buddy on guitar.

R