Hi,

Here's the tune as done by Liam Clancy. There is another tune in Soodlum's Irish Ballads, but I prefer this one.

MIDI file: ROCKS.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: THE ROCKS OF BAWN
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Key: E
Tempo: 080 (750000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0960 1 64 070 0465 1 68 052 0015 0 64 070 0958 0 68 052 0002 1 64 055 0471 1 66 045 0009 0 64 055 0960 1 64 053 0011 0 66 045 0460 1 61 044 0009 0 64 053 0469 0 61 044 0008 1 64 052 1460 0 64 052 0466 1 61 041 0477 0 61 041 0003 1 59 029 0963 1 64 053 0023 0 59 029 0451 0 64 053 0000 1 64 067 0958 0 64 067 0002 1 64 049 0480 0 64 049 0000 1 64 069 1918 0 64 069 0476 1 68 040 0231 1 71 042 0041 0 68 040 0186 1 73 058 0017 0 71 042 0971 1 73 058 0010 0 73 058 0455 1 71 053 0015 0 73 058 0960 1 73 057 0023 0 71 053 0455 0 73 057 0002 1 71 058 0237 1 68 048 0004 0 71 058 0217 1 64 058 0017 0 68 048 1430 0 64 058 0498 1 66 065 0222 1 68 042 0016 0 66 065 0199 1 69 065 0023 0 68 042 0977 1 69 055 0029 0 69 065 0209 0 69 055 0002 1 71 055 0238 0 71 055 0002 1 68 051 0238 0 68 051 0002 1 66 043 0238 0 66 043 0002 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 64 057 0478 0 64 057 0002 1 61 050 1438 0 61 050 0962 1 71 068 0478 0 71 068 0002 1 73 045 0958 0 73 045 0002 1 73 052 0478 0 73 052 0002 1 71 054 0958 0 71 054 0002 1 73 054 0473 1 71 057 0005 0 73 054 0230 0 71 057 0009 1 68 038 0238 0 68 038 0008 1 64 046 0957 0 64 046 0480 1 66 058 0478 0 66 058 0002 1 68 050 0478 0 68 050 0002 1 69 056 0958 0 69 056 0002 1 71 042 0478 0 71 042 0002 1 68 054 0238 0 68 054 0002 1 66 049 0238 0 66 049 0002 1 64 061 0478 0 64 061 0002 1 64 055 0453 1 61 047 0022 0 64 055 0725 1 64 060 0005 0 61 047 0233 0 64 060 0002 1 61 049 0452 1 59 038 0028 0 61 049 0960 1 71 047 0041 0 59 038 0153 1 71 053 0053 0 71 047 0233 0 71 053 0025 1 71 065 0455 0 71 065 0003 1 68 046 0478 0 68 046 0002 1 64 065 0235 0 64 065 0005 1 64 054 0203 1 66 047 0034 0 64 054 0480 1 64 053 0016 0 66 047 0462 0 64 053 0002 1 64 050 0458 1 61 054 0022 0 64 050 0480 1 64 058 0004 0 61 054 1434 0 64 058 0467 1 61 051 0495 0 61 051 0000 1 59 049 0958 0 59 049 0002 1 64 057 0478 0 64 057 0002 1 64 060 0958 0 64 060 0002 1 64 057 0475 0 64 057 0009 1 64 058 1916 0 64 058
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T: THE ROCKS OF BAWN
M:3/4
Q:1/4=80
K:E
E6|G4E2|F4E2|C2E4|-E4C2|B,4E2|E4E2|E6|-E4GB|
c4c2|B4c2|BGE4|-E4FG3/4A/4|-A4AB|GFE2E2|C6|
-C4B2|c4c2|B4c2|BGE4|-E2F2G2|A4B2|GFE2E2|
C3EC2|B,4B3/4B5/4|B2G2EE3/4F/4|-F2E2E2|C2E4|
-E4C2|B,4E2|E4E2|E6|-E6||

Come (E)all you loyal (A)heroes where(E)ever (A)that you (E)be.
and don't (A)hire with (E)any master till you (A)know what your (E)work will (C#m)be
For (A)you must (E)rise up early from the (A)clear day (E)light of (A)dawn(B)
And I (E)know that you'll never be (A)able to (E)plough the (A)Rocks of (E)Bawn.

I know the words are slightly different from the ones in the database. The guitar chords are in front of the words which they fall on.

Slainte

alison