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28 Feb 00 - 05:02 PM (#186385) Subject: Info Request: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,pamelab@ukans.edu Some musician friends of mine gave me a tune called Connemara Rose which they learned from someone else, etc... I'm trying to find out if it's actually trad. Has anyone heard of it? It sounds very much like 'The Banks of Clary' or 'The Roving Galway Boy'. Thanks for any help! Pamela |
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04 Jul 00 - 05:58 PM (#251826) Subject: RE: Info Request: Connemara Rose From: Boston Bill Connemara Rose where are your Lyrics? Help!!! BB |
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22 Mar 08 - 02:20 PM (#2295280) Subject: Lyr Add: CONNEMARA ROSE (from Mick Flavin) From: Jim Dixon Transcribed from a video at YouTube, where Mick Flavin sings it: CONNEMARA ROSE CHORUS: Well, I met a girl in Connemara, far west from Galway town. Her blue eyes glow with beauty and her red hair flowin' down. She lives among the mountains where the wild, wild heather grows, And her name is Kate O'Hara. She's my Connemara rose. Well, I knew when first I met her on the road near Oughterard (?) That somehow, someday, some way, she'd be tennant of my heart She'd be waiting as she promised when I came back to propose, And to ask her father for the hand of my Connemara rose. CHORUS: Well, she comes from Connemara…. Tomorrow we will walk the aisle in that little church at Man (?) And there we'll take the vows for life to live and work as one. We'll raise our children gracefully where the wild, wild heather grows, And I know that they'll be proud like me of their Connemara rose. CHORUS: Well, she comes from Connemara…. |
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15 Jan 09 - 06:48 AM (#2540072) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: Sandy Mc Lean This link may work better: Connemara Rose I never heard this before. It's a good song. Thanks! Sandy |
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15 Jan 09 - 09:22 PM (#2540940) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: Malcolm Douglas Written by Dermot O'Brien, apparently. Well, the words; the tune pre-dates him by a fair bit. |
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06 Nov 09 - 01:26 PM (#2760987) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: MartinRyan In the last verse, I reckon the church is at Maam, rather than Man. Regards |
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06 Nov 09 - 04:16 PM (#2761100) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: Suegorgeous Those links don't work now, and can't find the song on Youtube... |
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06 Nov 09 - 05:47 PM (#2761158) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: skarpi me neither , I have been lookin all the best Skarpi |
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13 Dec 09 - 12:33 PM (#2787454) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,anthony it was written by jimmy magee , a well known irish sports journalist. its mentioned on page 71 of his official biography. dermot o'brien did the music. magee wrote the lyrics |
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06 Oct 10 - 12:34 PM (#3001070) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST I have a copy of a cassette tape that was given to me by a friend from Ireland years ago, It was song by a fellow freind of his whose name is pat gallagher I believe wom does alot of Irish Music |
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24 Nov 10 - 05:09 AM (#3039318) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,ciaran that little church at mass |
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24 Nov 10 - 06:24 AM (#3039358) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,^&* that little church at mass Maybe - but given the structure of the other verses, and the implied wedding, Maam (in Connemara, as you may know) seems more likely. Wonder if we could find the sheet music? |
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19 Jan 11 - 09:54 AM (#3077859) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,Gareth Found the following MP3 sample from Mike Flavin which covers the first verse.. Would love the chords/ tune for this if anyone has? http://www.irishcountrymusic.com/3rd_mick/b13.mp3 |
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07 Oct 11 - 11:04 PM (#3235651) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST I think the title is actually My Connemara Rose |
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04 Dec 11 - 09:41 PM (#3268584) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST No, actual title is Connemara Rose co-written by my father - Dermot O'Brien and Jimmy McGee |
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01 Apr 16 - 11:50 PM (#3782717) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: AmyLove You can listen to and download Mick Flavin's version of Connemara Rose (as well as 178 more of his songs) at archive.org, specifically here. |
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02 Apr 16 - 01:13 AM (#3782719) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST Thanks for the link Amy, I'm not a big fan of country music but it is very generous of Mick and Philomena to allow this to be put on archive.org. |
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03 Apr 16 - 11:45 AM (#3783064) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST Coincidentally I heard this for the first time last week when someone sang it at a local Open Mic in Co. Down, which would be 150 miles or more away from Co. Galway. I think Maam (which would be some miles NW of Oughterard, which in turn is some miles north of Galway City) is the correct version (I haven't been in Maam for a while so can't remember if there is a church there). There is another place called Maam Cross a few miles away from Maam, where some years ago (about 15 or 16) I remember seeing a large number of Peacock butterflies, one of which I filmed being eaten by a large dragonfly. About 100 yard away there is an hotel. Its name? Peacock's Hotel! |
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23 Aug 16 - 06:49 PM (#3806440) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST There is a church in Maam |
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27 Mar 18 - 04:28 PM (#3913549) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST Anyone have the music notes for this waltz,my daughter plays the accordion and wants to learn ir |
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27 Mar 18 - 07:35 PM (#3913571) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP) Here's a slightly different version from Dermot Hegarty. The Man/Maam is not clear on the recording. On first hearing it sounded like Man, but when I slowed it down it sounded like Maam. But I agree that Maam would seem to make more sense (it is on the road to Oughterard), so I've gone with that! I'll try and put the tune up later for that last request. Mick CONNEMARA ROSE (music:Dermot O'Brien, words:Jimmy McGee) Well, I met a girl from Connemara, far West from Galway town. Her blue eyes shone with beauty and her red hair flowin' down. She lives among the mountains where the wild, wild heather grows, And her name it's Kate O'Hara, she's my Connemara rose. Well, I knew when first I saw her on the road to Oughterard, That somehow, some way, some day, she'd be tennant of my heart. She smiled at me so sweetly as the stream beside her flowed, And from that day I'll ne'er forget my Connemara rose. Well it seems like endless time went by before I saw her smile, But the memory of her love sustains me every lonely mile. She was waiting as she promised when I came back to propose, And to ask her father for the hand of my Connemara rose. Oh, she comes from Connemara, far West from Galway town Her blue eyes shone with beauty and her red hair flowin' down. She lives among the mountains where the wild, wild heather grows, And her name it's Kate O'Hara, she's my Connemara rose. Well, tomorrow we will walk the aisle in that little church in Maam And there we'll take the vows for life to live and work as one. Our sons will grow to manhood where the wild, wild heather grows, And I hope that they'll be proud, like me, of my Connemara rose. Oh, she comes from Connemara, far West from Galway town Her blue eyes shone with beauty and her red hair flowin' down. She lives among the mountains where the wild, wild heather grows, And her name it's Kate O'Hara, she's my Connemara rose. Oh, she comes from Connemara, far West from Galway town Her blue eyes shone with beauty and her red hair flowin' down. She lives among the mountains where the wild, wild heather grows, And her name it's Kate O'Hara, she's my Connemara rose. Source: Dermot Hegarty, album Connemara Rose |
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27 Mar 18 - 08:49 PM (#3913577) Subject: RE: Origins: Connemara Rose From: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP) Here's the tune used by Dermot Hegarty. The tune sounds like a very familiar song tune (not this song!). Mick X:1 T:Connemara Rose C:Jimmy McGee and Dermot O'Brian S:Dermot Hegarty D:Dermot Hegarty: Connemara Rose N:Transposed from Bb mix to C mix Z:MCP L:1/4 Q:3/4=56 M:3/4 K:Cmix E/D/ | C2 c | B2 c | G2 E | F F G | F2 E | C2 C | C3- | C2 w: Well I|met a|girl from|Conn- e-|ma- ra Far|West from|Gal- way|town_ G | c2 d | e2 d | c2 B | G2 A | B2 B | (A G) F | G3- | G2 w:Her|blue eyes|shone with|beau- ty|and her|red hair|flow_ ing|down|_ G | c2 d | e2 d | c2 B | G2 A | B2 B | (A G) F | G3- | G w: She|lives a-|mong the|mount- ains|where the|wild wild|heath_ er|grows|_ E D | C2 c | B2 c | G2 E | F2 G | F2 E | C2 C | C3- | C2 |] w: And her|name it's|Kate O'|Har- a|she's my|Conn- e-|ma- ra| rose|_|] |