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15 Jan 04 - 12:38 AM (#1093094) Subject: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: nelagnelag Hi all, Great resource! I managed to dig a song out of my memory based on snatches of lyrics. This is a really great long ballad, I wish I knew which artist recorded the version I know. In any case, looking for... words and chords! thanks, Galen |
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15 Jan 04 - 04:22 AM (#1093153) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: Malcolm Douglas Run a search via the excellent search engine on the main Forum page for tyne of harrow. That will get you a good bit of material from previous discussions here on the subject, though I don't recall if there are suggested "chords" in any of them. Note that contracted forms like "o'" are less likely to get results via search engines, as they are not used consistently. |
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15 Jan 04 - 04:29 AM (#1093156) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: mooman John Faulkner recorded a fine version of this ballad in the 80s... Peace moo |
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15 Jan 04 - 10:36 AM (#1093344) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: breezy Dave Webber and Anni fentiman |
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16 Jan 04 - 09:31 AM (#1094106) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: GUEST,NSC George Henderson Od Course the original is "Valentine O'Hara" |
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16 Jan 04 - 10:21 AM (#1094142) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: Malcolm Douglas See previous threads as recommended. I think it's all been said at least once; no need to repeat ourselves. |
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01 Feb 11 - 10:42 PM (#3086953) Subject: ADD: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: GUEST,Sunflower13 Duncan Cameron does a great version of this song. I don't know chords, but the lyrics I know are: ALLAN TYNE OF HARROW I am a bold young highwayman Me name is Tyne of Harrow I come from poor but honest folk Near to the hills of Yarrow But getting of a maid with child For England I sailed over I left me parents and became A wild and daring rover Straight to London I did go Where I became a soldier Resolved to fight Brittania's foes No sergeant-at-arms was bolder They shipped me to a foreign shore, Where cannons loud did rattle Believe me boys, I do not boast How I behaved in battle Many's the battle I fought in In Holland and French Flanders I always fought with a courage keen Brought on by brave commanders But a cruel ensign called me out And I was flogged and carted Cruel the usage that I got And so I soon deserted Straight to England I set sail As fast as wind could heave me Resolved of my liberty That no one could deprive me I slept into the woods by night By all my friends forsaken I dared not walk the roads by day For fear I would be taken But being of a courage keen And likewise able-bodied I robbed Lord Lownes on the King's highway With pistols heavy-loaded I clapped the pistols to his breast Which set his heart a-quiver Five hundred pounds in ready gold To me he did deliver With part of my new store of wealth I bought a famous gelding That over a five-bar gate could jump I bought him from Ned Fielding Lord Arkenstone unto his coat I robbed at Covent Garden And two hours later, that same night I robbed the Earl of Warren One night I robbed at Turnham Green The revenue collector And what I got I gave it to A widow, to protect her I always robbed the rich and great To rob the poor I scorned And now in iron chains I'm bound In doom I now lie borned And now at Newgate I'm confined And by the laws convicted To hang on Tyburn tree's my fate At which I'm much a-frighted Farewell, me friends and countrymen And me native hills of Yarrow Kind Providence will test the soul Of Allan Tyne of Harrow |
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02 Feb 11 - 04:49 AM (#3087048) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow From: Jim Carroll "Of course the original is "Valentine O'Hara" " Sorry George, - Valentine O'Hara is two lines only to be found in Joyce's 'Old Irish Folk Music and Songs' Frank Harte took MacColl's Allan Tyne of Harrow and popularised it in Ireland - that is the basis of the song that is being sung today. Jim Carroll |