ROSE  OF  MOONCOIN

Time signature:  3/4
Tempo: ~  bpm.
Watt Murphy
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  The youTube keys need to be checked.

An Accordion Tune to Learn  "BY  EAR"
                       The accordion notation may be added at a later date.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Total of 14 videos in various keys:  
Key:   Bb  from time 0 to 2:39
          C  from 2:39 to END.

Group:  Ryan's Fancy  

​Posted by:  oldirishladdie

Note that key goes up by a tone (from Bb to C) for the last verse and chorus.
Key:  G

Singer:  Paddy Reilly

​Posted by:  ​Chasem1916
Key:  A  from time 0 to 2:20
         Bb  from 2:20 to  END
         
Group:  Foster & Allen  

​Posted by:  petermfh59
Key: G

Singer:  Johnny McEvoy

Posted by:  lorgain2
Key:  Bb

Singer:   Daniel O'Donnell

Posted by: timelessmusiconline
​
Key:  G

Group:  Dublin City Ramblers

Posted by:  machree01
Key:  C

Singer:   Mike Denver

​Posted by:  vincent donnelly
Key:   F

Singer:  Trudi Lalor

Posted by:  Hot Country Ireland
Key:   Ab

Singer:    Darren Holden

​Posted by:  Celtic Note
​
Key:  C  from time 0  to 1:29
         G  from 1:29  to  END

Singer:  Mary McDermott

Posted by:  Celtic Note

​An instrumental performance.
Key:  G

Singer:  Glen Curtin

Posted by:  Celtic Note
Key:  F

Singer:  Uncle Adie

Posted by:  THEFERNDUKE
Key:   Eb

Singer:  Tony Archibald

Posted by:  threelegsoman

With a capo behind fret 3, and chord fingering in C, the guitar music produced is in the key of Eb. 
Key:  C

Accordion Player:  Not given  

​Posted by:   roekelukers
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
Oh how sweet 'tis to roam by the Suir sunny stream
And to hear the doves coo 'neath the morning's sunbeam
Where the thrush and the robin their sweet notes combine
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin.

Chorus:     Flow on, lovely river, flow gently along
                   By your waters, so sweet, sounds the lark's merry song
                   On your green bank's I'll wander where first I did join
                   With you, lovely Molly, the Rose of Mooncoin.

Oh Molly, dear Molly, it breaks my fond heart
To know that we shortly for ever must part
But I'll think of you, Molly, while sun and moon shine
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin.

She has sailed far away o'er the dark rolling foam
Far away from the hills of her dear Irish home
Where the fishermen sport with their small boats and line,
By the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin.

Some performances include the following verse; others omit it:

Oh then, here's to the Suir with its valley so fair
Where oft times we rambled in the pure morning air
Where the lilies are blooming and the roses entwine
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin
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Background Links:
Click HERE for additional wikipedia info about this song.

Click HERE ​for information about Mooncoin, Ireland.
Guitar Chords
​Key:  C

With thanks to Tony Archibald
(youTube video)
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  C                                          F
How sweet 'tis to roam by the sunny Suir stream
           G                                                                   C
And hear the dove's coo' neath the morning's sunbeam
                                                          F
Where the thrush and the robin their sweet notes combine
             G7                                                              C
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin.