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(The)  ROSE  OF  ARANMORE

Traditional Irish Tune
​
Accordion Notation

​(A couple of the bars have been simplified to make it easier for beginners to tap the beats)  
Return to BA2 - Unit 3
Beats per bar =  3
Beat symbol  =   Dot ( . ) or equivalent  
Either row (low)  =  Buttons  3 - 6

Verse 1 (of 3)
  
   .5   |      :3     .4  |  .5     .4     .3   |   :4*   .5*  |  .6  .6* 
    My        thoughts   to  -  day,   though  I'm         far        a    -    wa__y

 .5*   |   :5  .5*  |  .5  .4     .3   |   .:3*~ | ~. 
Dwell        on    Tyr   -   co__n   -  nell's      shore____ 

.5   .4   |   :3   .4   |   .5   .4   .3   |  :4*  .5*   |   .6  .6*  
The___         salt    sea       air   and  the        col  -leens        fair___  

.5*  |  :5   .4   |   .4*  .4     .3*   |   .:3~ | ~:   
Of       love  -  ly       green___    Gwee   -   dore        
​

.3   |   :4* .5*   |   .6  .6*   .5*  |   :5    .5*   |   .5
  A          flo - wer        there__,      be   -    yond  com   -   pare  

  .4  .3   |  :4*  .5*   |  :5  .4  |  .:3*~ | ~.     
That   I'll        trea - sure        ev - er   -   more         

.5   .4   |   :3  .4  |  .5    .4  .3   |  :4*  .5*   |   .6   .6*       
It's  that     grand  col  -  leen,   in   her       gown  of           gre__en  

 .5*   |   :5   .4   |  .4* .4   .3*   |  .:3~ | ~: 
The        Rose   of         Ar___  -  an     -    more___  

Suggestion:  At the end of the third verse, final bar, hold note for full count.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Eleven videos in keys of:     A=1    C=2    D=6    D,E=1    G=1

Key:  D

Accordionist:  Mary (of
                       Labrador ?)

​Posted by:  labradornl

A fine instrumental number.

Performance appears to be in 2/4 (ot 4/4) time (as a ballad) rather than the 3/4 waltz time given above.  (Gerry Timlin, further down this page, also performs it as a ballad.)


Key:  D

Singer:  Maureen Hegarty

​Posted by:  ​Maureen Hegarty

​The last two lines of the last verse do not follow the notes above.

Key:  C

Singers:  Jim McCann &
                Denis Murray

​Posted by:  Denis Murray

From their album "Live in Dublin".

Key:  D

Performer:  Harry Hibbs

Posted by:  quickaccent2006


Key:  D

Singer:  Gerry Timlin  

Posted by: Rosaleen McGill

Music begins at time 1:00
​
Rhythm appears to be in 2/4 (or 4/4) time, rather than the 3/4 time given above.

Key:  G

Piano Accordion:  Bob

Button Accordion: Hector 

Posted by: bertosvids

Our talented Australian friends.



Key:  D

Group:   Carlton Showband

​Posted by:  Carlton Showband
                                      - Topic

​Last line of last verse does not follow the notes above.

Key:  D   (1st tune runs from
                time 0 to 0:43 )

Group: Noel Touhy Ceili Band: 

​Posted by:  Celtic Note

An instrumental number.
​
​​The Rose of Aranmore is the first tune (of three) in this video.

Key:   A

Group:   ?

Posted by: sta66ord

Music begins at time 0:50

Key:  C  (1st tune runs from
                time 0 to 0:36 )

Accordionist:  ?

Posted by:  donns53

Playing a  triple reed, dual row (B & C) Meteor.  The Rose of Aranmore is the first tune (of three) in this video.

Key:  D  from time 0 to1:30
​         E  from 1:30 to end.

Performer:  Brian McGee

​Posted by:  BENNYMANS99

An instrumental - stage piano.


​Background Materials, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

My thoughts today, though I'm far away
Dwell on Tyrconnell's shore
The salt sea air and the colleens fair
Of lovely green Gweedore
There's a flower there, beyond compare
That I'll treasure evermore
That grand colleen, in her gown of green
The Rose of Aranmore

I've travelled far 'neath the northern star
Since the day I said goodbye
And seen many maids in the golden glades
Beneath a tropic sky
There's a vision in my reverie
I always will adore
That grand colleen, in her gown of green
The Rose of Aranmore

But soon I will return again
To the scenes I loved so well
Where many an Irish lad and lass
Their tales of love do tell
The silvery dunes and the blue lagoons
Along the Rosses shore
And that grand colleen, in her gown of green
The Rose of Aranmore

​
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Background Links:
Click HERE for sheet music for this tune, including key of D guitar
​                    chords - in pdf format.
​
Click HERE ​for information about Aranmore, Ireland.