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Thread #49573   Message #748622
Posted By: Goodfellow
15-Jul-02 - 10:54 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Road to Drumleman (Mitchell/Cuffe)-chords?
Subject: Lyr Add: ROAD TO DRUMLEMAN (Cuffe/Mitchell)
Hi I've had this tune stuck in my head since visiting Scotland a few weeks back. I'm trying to work out the chords to Ossian's (Tony Cuffe's) version of this song. The recording I have is in F with simple C and Bb and Fsus chords fitting in but with a lot more going on, but with all the interesting instrumentation I'm having trouble figuring out just what some of the chords are ...any body know this version.

ROAD TO DRUMLEMAN
(Tony Cuffe and Willie Mitchell)

Oh the springtime returns to the Lagan again
And the lark sweetly sings o'er the green fertile plain
And I'll tak' the road that is dearest to me
The road to Drumleman that winds tae the sea

For I've made many friends there on every green mile
And the folk always greet me with a wave and a smile
If I spent all my days here it's happy I'd be
On the road to Drumleman that winds to the sea

For we sat roon the fireside when the winter winds blew
And we laughed and we sang till the night was weel through
Then we had a good dram and a wee cup o' tea
For the road to Drumleman that winds to the sea

And the lang summer days when we tramped the hills o'er
Or spent hours at the Eenans o' Creggan's wild shore
And the soft summer twilight made shadows to flee
From the road to Drumleman that winds to tae the sea

Oh these days passing swiftly bring changes I know
And as time marches on from this place I must go
But I'll always remember while the heart beats in me
The road to Drumleman that winds tae the sea

By Tony Cuffe and Willie Mitchel of Cambleton Scotland

https://nirinlynch.bandcamp.com/track/the-road-to-drumleman