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15 Jul 02 - 10:54 PM (#748622) Subject: Lyr Add: ROAD TO DRUMLEMAN (Cuffe/Mitchell) From: Goodfellow 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
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16 Jul 02 - 11:38 AM (#748918) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Help working out Road to Drumleman From: radriano This is a good one, Goodfellow. I've always wanted to work it out but always seem to get sidetracked with other stuff. It's been on my back burner for years. Sorry I can't help with chords but here are the notes about the song from Tony Cuffe's solo cassette, I think. I copied the lyrics into my songbook but neglected to include which album the quote is from. "Written by Willie Mitchell of Campbeltown in 1948 and refers to the village of Drumleble, situated between Campbeltown on the east coast of Kintyre and Machrihanish on the west coast. Tony Cuffe got the words of the song from Gordon Macauley of Campbeltown and put his own melody to it. The original tune has since been printed in "Tocher" magazine (summer of '79) along with a comprehensive article on Willie Mitchell and his songs." radriano |
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16 Jul 02 - 11:58 AM (#748935) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Help working out Road to Drumleman From: fogie I've played it for years. I use DAGDAD Capo2. Its difficult to write down what I do here but the chords are approx. D G Em D/ D Bm E7 A/ G D Em A/ G D A7 D. I'll think about it more overnight and get back to you. Try this There might be F#m in there, I cant think in chords when I'm in open tunings. |
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16 Jul 02 - 04:56 PM (#749193) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Help working out Road to Drumleman From: Emma B The words,tune and chord are printed in Folksongs from the Highlands published by Taigh na Teud 1987 The chords given there are - D Em G D / D Em D Em / Em Fsharp m D Em A7 / D Fsharp m Em D A7 D A lovely song and very evocative, I've walked the road several times but not since the Forestry Commision planted the usual souless seried ranks of conifers |
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16 Jul 02 - 10:46 PM (#749415) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Help working out Road to Drumleman From: Goodfellow Thanks to both of you.... I'm getting closer ...working it out on 12-string and mandolin... I'm not sue what the tuning or instruments all are on the recording I have ... but maybe I'll post once I get the base line worked out ... it does seem to fit roguly with these chords when I sing it I'll check it out with the recording it seems like many of the chords are variations with added 4ths 2nd etc... Thanks again for the help |
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23 Aug 11 - 12:29 AM (#3211243) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) From: GUEST,Godfrey I just saw this post and it's already a month old, so don't know what kind of interest level there is in taking this further, but here goes for what it's worth. Tony Cuffe tabbed some details of this tune out for six string guitar for me sometime back in 1993 or so. He was teaching me his Celtic guitar style during visits to his home in Arlington, Ma. As I coincidence, a week ago, I copied Tony's notes on that song for my brother, who expressed and interest in it. I don't remember what the original instrument on the album recording was, either a mando' or tenor guitar, I think, but Tony tabbed out the main patterns for me and noted chord changes in the lyrics for six string guitar. I don't have any of that with me at the moment, but can retrieve it and post more details if people express further interest. For now, I remember that he used chords in open G tuning, which simplified the left-hand work. I have his notes on chord forms in open C (which he used frequently), Open G and Am also. = Godfrey |
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23 Aug 11 - 05:43 AM (#3211291) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) From: GUEST,kenny Tony used to play an instrument called a tiple, which had 8 strings in 4 pairs like a mandolin. I seem to remember him playing that for this song when he was with "Ossian". There are some non-commercial recordings of Tony - and many others - on a website called "Raretunes". |
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05 Nov 11 - 05:52 PM (#3251014) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) From: GUEST Thanks to y'all. Lisa ;o) |
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19 Jan 14 - 12:46 PM (#3593562) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) From: GUEST,Callum Thanks for this, folks. Godfrey, if you ever see this I'd be most interested in seeing the notes and tabs you mention. Cheers, Callum. |
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16 Jul 14 - 05:09 AM (#3642527) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) From: GUEST I'm capping on 3 and playing F♯m Em G D / F♯m Em G A / G D Em A / G D Em A D |
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25 Jul 19 - 04:58 PM (#4002064) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) From: GUEST,Michael Doran This is my arrangement for this beautiful song. The Road to Drumleman (D)Oh the springtime re(Em7)turns to the (G)Lagan (D)again And the lark sweetly (Em7)sings o'er the (G)green fertile (A)plain And (G)I'll tak' the (D)road that is dearest to (a)me The (G)road to (D)Drumleman that (Em7)winds tae the (D)sea |
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28 Mar 21 - 07:59 PM (#4099720) Subject: RE: ADD: Road to Drumleman (Tony Cuffe) - chords? From: GUEST,# https://ukuland.com/songs/39785-malinky-the-road-tae-drumleman.html https://ukuland.com/songs/39785-malinky-the-road-tae-drumleman.html The chords shown are for ukes, but a chord's a chord ;-) |
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29 Mar 21 - 01:45 PM (#4099823) Subject: RE: ADD: Road to Drumleman (Mitchell/Cuffe)-chords? From: leeneia Here's a YouTube video of Tony Cuffe singing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acCBvF-VYdE I've typed out the notes in Noteworthy Composer. This is in the key of G. G Oh the springtime re- D* turns to the Em lagan a D* -gain And the G lark sweetly D sings o'er the G green fertile D plain and I'll G tak' the D* road that is G dearest to D me The G road to D Drum- G leman that G winds tae the sea. The intro has dissonances and complex chords, but when he sings, the harmony is simpler, as above. There are three places (*) where the notes of the melody are C-B-A. Well, no chord goes with that. I simply tried a D chord, letting the C note make it a D7 and stepping carefully during the B. You might try a D7. Some commenter on a YouTube said that name of town isn't Drumleman, it's Drumleghbhmvan (or similar.) However, any streetwise folkie knows that 'leman' is middle English for sweetheart, and that Drumleman is the stuff of fantasy. Although it's been a while, thanks all for the pretty tune. |
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29 Mar 21 - 02:04 PM (#4099827) Subject: RE: ADD: Road to Drumleman (Mitchell/Cuffe)-chords? From: Reinhard Similar to what's above posted on 16 July 2002, the liner notes of Tony Cuffe's album "Sae Will We Yet" say: "Drumleman is the old, traditional, pronounciation of Drumlemble, a village located on the Mull of Kintyre between Campbeltown and Machrihanish." And according to Wikipedie the Scottish Gaelic name of Drumlemble is Druim Leamhan. |