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21 Jul 06 - 02:29 PM (#1789255) Subject: Tune Req: Looking for a Song: lyrics, chords, tune From: GUEST,Robert-John Hello! I am looking for one song in particular. the chorus goes something like this: "Ireland, Ireland I'm coming home, I can see rolling fields of green and fences made of stone" I sure wish you could help me find this song. Thank you for any effort you're willing to make. Kind regards, Robert-John |
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21 Jul 06 - 02:33 PM (#1789261) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Looking for a Song: lyrics, chords, tune From: MMario Grath Brook's 'Ireland' |
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21 Jul 06 - 02:45 PM (#1789278) Subject: ADDPOP: Ireland From: Joe Offer I think the lyrics are worth posting, for the sake of discussion. It's from planetgarth.com - not the usual kind of song you'd expect from Garth Brooks. Come to think of it, Garth Brooks music is what I hear all over the West of Ireland - very little of what one would call "Irish" music. But since it's a current pop song and readily available for purchase, you won't find a tune for the song here. -Joe- IRELAND Written by: - Stephanie Davis- Jenny Yates - Garth Brooks They say mother earth is breathing With each wave that finds the shore Her soul rises in the evening For to open twilights door Her eyes are the stars in heaven Watching o'er us all the while And her heart it is in Ireland Deep within the Emerald Isle We are forty against hundreds In someone else's bloody war We know not why were fighting Or what we're dying for They will storm us in the morning When the sunlight turns to sky Death is waiting for its dance now Fate has sentenced us to die Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Oh the captain he lay bleeding I can hear him calling me These men are yours now for the leading Show them to their destiny And as I look up all around me I see the ragged tired and torn I tell them to make ready 'Cause we're not waiting for the morn Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Now the fog is deep and heavy As we forge the dark and fear We can hear their horses breathing As in silence we draw near There are no words to be spoken Just a look to say good-bye I draw a breath and night is broken As I scream our battle cry Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland I am home Ireland Click here for a YouTube video. -Joe- |
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21 Jul 06 - 06:43 PM (#1789456) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Ireland, Ireland I'm coming home From: GUEST,Texas Guest I'm not a big Garth fan - but I like him; "Ireland," however, in my opinion, is a really good song. The best version to my ears was done by a Dallas/Fort Worth group called The Blarney Brothers; in fact, you can get the CD with "Ireland" on it, "A Fine Line Between Ambition & Delusion" at their web site: www.blarneybrothers.com. You will also find a collection of other fine Celtic and American penned tunes on this disc as well, including a right-smart version of, "Witch Of The West-Mer-Land". Happy listening.
-Joe Offer- |
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14 Jan 11 - 09:48 PM (#3074872) Subject: Ireland - Garth Brooks From: EllenV I love the song "Ireland", written and sung by country singer Garth Brooks, but like much of my favorite "folk" music (does "Ireland" even count as such?), it's not very well-known. Opinions, Mudcatters? What do you think of this song? I, for one, can hardly help tearing up every time I hear it. |
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15 Jan 11 - 01:20 AM (#3074937) Subject: RE: Ireland - Garth Brooks From: GUEST,JTT Is the song based on a particular battle? |
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15 Jan 11 - 10:32 AM (#3075119) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords/Tune Req: Ireland (from Garth Brook From: EllenV I've heard a couple of different theories as to what it's based on. One is that there was a particular battle (the theorist couldn't remember the name) where there actually were just forty Irishmen against a thousand Englishmen. Apparently, the night-time surprise attack was successful. Another theory is that a lot of Irishmen immigrated right around the time of the War Between the States, and were swept up on either side of the conflict, and the song is told from their perspective (thus the reference to "someone else's bloody war" and the longing to go home to Ireland). Similarly, some people believe that the song is referring to the thousands of Irishmen involved in WWI. I'm not sure which hypothesis is true -- or if Brooks even had an actual battle in mind when he was writing the song. |