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Chords: Curragh of Kildare/The Winter It Is Past

10 Nov 99 - 10:07 AM (#134074)
Subject: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: Dan Evergreen

This is a real pretty song sung by Jean Redpath. I would love some help with the chords. Thanks a lot.


10 Nov 99 - 12:03 PM (#134125)
Subject: RE: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: Den

Dan is this song the Curragh of Kildare, which goes:
the winter it has passed
and the summers come at last
and the birds they are singing in the trees.
If it is I can help you Den.


10 Nov 99 - 02:57 PM (#134220)
Subject: RE: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: Bruce O.

There are ABCs of three tunes for it in an old thread here (Search Forum for 'Curragh'). Feed them into Henrik Norbeck's ABCMUS and it will figure out the chords for you.


10 Nov 99 - 04:21 PM (#134266)
Subject: RE: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: Dan Evergreen

Den, yes that is the song. Please help. Bruce, I don't quite know how to do what you are saying. Sounds very useful though. Thanks.


10 Nov 99 - 04:38 PM (#134275)
Subject: RE: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: Bruce O.

I don't have the address of Henrik Norbeck's home page, so go to fsgw.org, click on links, and scan down to his homepage and click on it. From there you'll have to click on his new address, and when you get it, just look for ABCMUS, and download it. His program doesn't recognize the standard tempo designation with Q: and L: of the tunes in the Forum, but you can probably ignore that, especialy if you just want chords. Under 'Play' in his program click on chords and you'll see them. I trust you know how to copy the Forum thread to your computer, strip off the HTML and relabel the file with an extension .ABC


10 Nov 99 - 07:47 PM (#134356)
Subject: RE: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: John in Brisbane

Dan, I used what I believe is the common tune from Bruce's collection of three and ran it through ABCMUS for you. I made one small change by intuition as I don;t have an instrument handy. Hope this helps. Regards, John

The Winter it is past, or Curragh of Kildare

Dm Eb | Cm Dm | F Dm | F F |
Cm Dm | Cm Dm | Bb Cm | Dm Bb |
Cm Dm | Cm Dm | Bb Cm | Dm|


12 Nov 99 - 01:28 PM (#135107)
Subject: RE: Chords requested: The Winter it is Past
From: Den

I knew someone would get to it before I did. Hope your problem is solved Dan. Den


27 Nov 00 - 02:50 PM (#347176)
Subject: Curragh of Kildare
From: 1979

I don't really need the words, I was just wondering about the melody


27 Nov 00 - 03:04 PM (#347187)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

Email me, and I'll send it to you as a MIDI file. Not everyone (me included!) takes to ABC format - I prefer 'real' music!!

(Stands back and waits for all the ABC afficionados to squeal loudly!)

Email link


27 Nov 00 - 04:42 PM (#347237)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: GUEST,Bruce O.

ABCs of the three earliest known copies of the tune are in the tunes file (S2.HTM) for the Scarce Songs 2 file on my website. www.erols.com/olsonw


27 Nov 00 - 04:51 PM (#347246)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: GUEST,Check out Cantaria

Go to www.chivalry.com and there is a version of Curragh of Kildare sung there that you can listen to. Click on the section "Cantaria" or do a search. They also have lyrics.


27 Nov 00 - 04:52 PM (#347247)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: MMario

Bernard - I prefer midi's myself - but ABC has the advantage that it can be posted in a text message, yet still easily converted and heard. Of course if more people would learn midixt for posting to the forum, then both options would be available.


27 Nov 00 - 04:57 PM (#347251)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: MMario

of course the simplest thing to do would be go to the entry in the DT and click on the link that plays it there.


27 Nov 00 - 05:14 PM (#347267)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

I know the 'advantages' of ABC, but I've yet to see it do the tune, accompaniment, percussion, etc. 'Real' music...!

Some likes it, but I doesn't!! It would be a boring place if we all liked the same thing!!

This was not intended to be thread creep for ABC v MIDI - just an honest offer to provide the tune with accompaniment in a small file - about 6Kb is hardly massive! HTML emails are bigger!

Truce?!!


27 Nov 00 - 07:19 PM (#347353)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Snuffy

Accompaniment??? I thought Curragh of Kildare was an air to be sung solo and unaccompanied - anything else will detract from the singer and the words.

Wassail! V


28 Nov 00 - 08:52 AM (#347479)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)

If you come on paltalk and ask, I can play you a Harp guitar version of the song done by John Renbourn and Robin Williamson. Yours, Aye. Dave


28 Nov 00 - 02:55 PM (#347673)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: 1979

Nope I was just lookin' for the chords off the top of someone's head. I just didn't want to go throught the trouble of sitting down for 2 minutes figuring them out so instead I thought I'd blow that time on the internet! Sorry for starting up a big ruckuss about something that has absolutely no relevance to the wonderful song. But Bernard warned me that the nonsense would follow.

Cheers!


28 Nov 00 - 03:14 PM (#347693)
Subject: Chords Add: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

The chords as I play 'em...

G............Em............C........Am......D
Winter it is past, and the summer's come at last
........C...............G.......C......D
And the small birds are singing in the trees
......C.................G.............C.......Am...D
Their little hearts are glad, ah, but mine is very sad
.......G............C...Am........D
For my true love is far away from me
.........C...............G.............C.......Am....D
And it's straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare
.........G...............C.......Am....D
For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
Hope they line up correctly - I've found that a non-proportional font and dots seems, usually, to be most reliable (here's where I shoot myself in the foot...!).


28 Nov 00 - 03:14 PM (#347694)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Noreen

Don't worry, 1979- it's called thread creep- and there are several possible routes here, but we've already exhausted the unaccompanied singing discussion elsewhere, Snuffy... *LOL*

Noreen


28 Nov 00 - 03:16 PM (#347696)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

Ey up, it worked!!


28 Nov 00 - 03:21 PM (#347705)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

Methinks, Noreen, that Snuffy was throwing my own words back at me from 'elsewhere'!! However, it could just be coincidence...


29 Nov 00 - 07:35 AM (#348148)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: 1979

Thanks Bernard!


29 Nov 00 - 04:39 PM (#348460)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Robo

Cherish the Ladies have a nice version, by the way.

Rob-o


30 Nov 00 - 07:23 PM (#349269)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Tattie Bogle

I do it in D with A and A7 in the second line: And the birds they are singing in the trees A......................A7.............A


30 Nov 00 - 07:25 PM (#349271)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Tattie Bogle

Whoops. no line break!! Birds A

Singing A7

Trees A


01 Dec 00 - 08:27 AM (#349521)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

Adding 7ths, susses, etc., is a personal thing! I put them in but never write them down, as I never play it the same way twice!!

As it 'appens I usually go from D to D7 between lines to give a feeling of movement (don't want any remarks about constipation, thanx!)...

Added to that, I tend to connect C and Am with a c - b - a bass run, G to Em with g - f# - e, and C to G with c - b - a - g.

Lump that in with wobbling my fingers around on the chords, and it starts to go beyong a simple text explanation!!

Keep an eye open for my next album, as it's going to be on it...


01 Dec 00 - 08:28 AM (#349522)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Curragh of Kildare
From: Bernard

Beyong? Beyong!! Wot on earth was that all about?


22 Nov 12 - 03:54 AM (#3440269)
Subject: RE: Chords: Curragh of Kildare/The Winter It Is Past
From: GUEST,Thomascow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2XjouM7lG8