Songs from Thirty Foot and Three
All tabs on this page are in GDAD tuning unless otherwise noted. In most cases I indicate the capo position at which I play the song or tune, but that position may not represent the key in which the tune or song is traditionally played.
These tabs represent my interpretations of songs, not necessarily an attempt to mimic the playing of other (better) players. Some of these tabs were originally worked out back when I was just learning bouzouki, and thus may be a bit crude and ham-fisted - or utterly incorrect. In particular, regarding Andy Irvine ... over the years I have attempted to learn dozens of the songs that Andy plays. This compendium includes several of these attempts ... some of which are, well, not very good. I am in no way saying "this is how Andy plays it". Rather, I'm saying this is how I learned to muddle through. Still, just seeing the precise fingerings of someone else may be of some help to others, so I will post my tabs - created and collected over 12 years - for all to share. I hope you find some of them useful.
A few of the songs feature sections that are designed to played along with a guitar part as part of an arrangement for The Gallowglasses, and so may be a bit thin when played alone. This was by design. Most of the tunes are pretty straight, but a few feature "bass line" runs to complement a fiddle lead. Keep these caveats in mind.
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Bachelor, The
Banks of the Moorlough Shore
Bedlam Boys
Bonnie Glen Logie
Bonny Earl o' Moray, The
Brenda Stubberts
Cliffs of Dooneen, The
Creel, The
Dark Haired Jimmy Owen
Holy Ground, The
Isla Waters, The
Jenny Gray's Whiskey
Lough Erne Shore
Out On The Ocean
Rights of Man
Shoals of Herring
Sweetness of Mary
Tobins Jig
Bachelor, The
Ah, when I was a bachelor young and airy, hearty was I and content I married a wife for to lie by me which causes me for to lament When I come home both wet and weary, wet and weary do I come Me wife's in bed 'til after eleven and the longest day in the month of June Well, the very first year me wife I married, scarce could I get one wink of sleep For she rubbed me shins 'til the blood did trickle, saying, 'Husband dear put down your feet' But when that I asked her that question, it's 'Husband dear, now come, come, come' Young women, you know, they must have pleasure, and a poor man's labour is never done Well, the very next year me wife I married, she bore to me a loving son And she sends me down for to rock the cradle and she gives me kisses when I'm done If he cries, she beats and bangs me and, if he roars, I'm the first for to run I'm away from the hearth with me brogues and me britches, a poor man's labour is never done Well, come all ye young men, I pray take warning, be sure you choose a loving wife Aye, and don't take home my wife's mother or she'll plague you all your life And don't take home my wife's sister or she'll plague you even more Ah, come and take me wife with a welcome and then me troubles will be o'er CAPO 5 line 1,2,4: D G D A G A D (d54) line 3: D G D G A Melody ------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------0---------| ---------------0-----------0--|--------20----0----00------0--|----------------0-------0---------| -024-445--00---0---00------0--|-004-/7----42-0---4--4-5/7-7--|-----0245/7-45-0-------0------0---| ------------64-2--4--4-26/7---|------------------------------|-0246-------------642-4--4-26/7---| ----------------------0-----------|-0-4-7----------0----7-----|--------------------------0-------| ----0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0----------|-0-0-0-20--0----0----0-0-0-|----------0--0------------0-------| -024-4-5-5-0-0---0--0----0--0-0-0-|-0-4-7---420-024-402-4-5/7-|-----0245/7-45-0--0------0------0-| ---------------642-4----4--2-6-/7-|---------------------------|-0246---------/7-7--642-4--4-26/7-| ----------0--------------|----------0---0--------------------------0----------------- ----------2--------------|---2-0----0---0--------------------------0---------------------- -D-G-D-A--0---A--0-(54---|-D-0-0-42-0---4-G-A------0245-D-G--0-----0-----0--5-4----------------- ----------4----6-7--77)--|----------2---2------0246---------/7-642-4--26/7--7-7-----------------
Banks of the Moorlough Shore
Intro in G…..
Verse: D C …
D F C
D C D A D
Chorus: F C D A
2nd.. G D F C D…
G D A D
First break: D… C… D A D
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You hills and dales and flowery vales
That lie near the Moorlough Shore
You winds that blow through Burden's Row (??)
Shall I ever see you more
Where the primrose grows and the violet blows
Where the trout and salmon play
With my line and hook, delight I took
To spend all my youthful days
As I roved out to meet my love
For to hear what she would say
And to see if she would pity me
Before I must go away
She said "I love an Irish lad
And he is my pride and joy
And ever since I saw his face
I have loved my sailor boy"
"Perhaps your sailor boy was lost
While crossing the raging main
Or perhaps he is gone with some other one
You might ne'er see him again"
"Well if my Irish boy is lost
He's the one I do adore
And for seven long years I will wait for him
On the banks of the Moorlough Shore."
Farewell to St. Claire's castles grand
Farewell to Holly Hill (??)
Where the linen wefts(??) like bleaching silk
And the purling streams run still
It was there I spent my youthful days
But alas, they are all o'er
And cruelty has banished me
Far away from the Moorlough Shore
Bedlam Boys
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Bonnie Glen Logie
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Bonny Earl o' Moray, The
Intro (line 1, x2)
Verse 1, + descend x2
Verse 2, + descend x2 (+ 4 beats)
B part + descend x2
Fiddle verse + 2 descend
B part + descend x2
Verse 3, + descend x2
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D C C/B D
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands, Where have you been
D C C/B D
They have slain the Earl of Moray, and laid him on the green
C C/B D C C/B D
He was a braw gallant, and he rode at the ring
D C C/B D
The bonnie Earl of Moray, he might have been the king
Woe to be Huntly, wherefore have you seen
Asked to bring him with you, but forbade for you to slay
He was a braw gallant, and he played at the ball
The bonnie Earl of Moray, was the flower of them all
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Bm A F#m G
Lang may his lady, looked from the castle Doune
D C C/B D
Ere she sees the Earl of Moray, Come sounding in the town
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands, Where have ye been
They have slain the Earl of Moray, and laid him on the green
He was a braw gallant And he rode at the glove
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray, he was the Queens' true love.
Brenda Stubberts
CAPO = 7
T: Brenda Stubbert's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
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Cliffs of Dooneen, The
CAPO 2 CAPO 9 A D G A D G C D D D A D G G D G D D A Bm G G D Em D D G A G G C D Bouzouki CAPO 2 Intro Verses ------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| -0---2-0-0--|------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0---0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--| -2---0-0-2--|-----2--0--0--2-----0--0--0---0-----0--0--0--4-----0--0--0--2---| -2---0-2-2--|----2--7--0--2-----2--7--9--11-----2--7--9--4-----2--7--0--2----| Intro -----2-0-0--|-----2----------------------------------------------2-2---2-2-------2---| -0---3-2-0--|-0-2-3-0----------0--2-2-0-2--------------0-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-3-0-| -0---2-0-0--|-0-0-2-0------0245---0-0-0-0-----020h2h4-5--0-0-0-2-----2-------0-0-2-0-| -2---0-0-2--|-2-0-0-2-20245-------0-0-2-0-0245-----------0-0-2---------------0-0-0-2-| 24 ticks --0-0-0--------04-2h4p2p0-20-----------|-------------------------------------0----| -0-2-0--0-0-0--0------------20-------0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------0----| -------4-5-4---0---------------4542--0-|-0-2-4-2-4-5-4-5-7-5h7p5-4h5p4-2h4h2-0----| -------------------------------------2-|-------------------------------------2----| -540----------2/4/5\4\2-0-2h4p2p0---0----|-------------------------------------2----| -0--2--020----0-0-0-0-0-0-----------0----|-------------------------------------2----| -0---45---542-2/4/5\4\2-0-----------0----|-------------------------------------2----| ------------------------------------2----|-------------------------------------2----| You may travel far far from your own native home Far away oer the mountains far away oer the foam But of all the fine places that I've ever seen, There's none can compare with the cliffs of Dooneen Take a view o'er the water fine sights you'll see there You'll see the high rocky slopes on the West coast of Clare The towns of Kilkee and Kilrush can be seen From the high rocky slopes at The Cliffs of Dooneen It's a nice place to be on a fine Summer's day Watching all the wild flowers that ne'er do decay The hare and lofty pheasant are plain to be seen Making homes for their young round The Cliffs of Dooneen Fare thee well to Dooneen fare thee well for a while And to all the fine people I'm leaving behind To the streams and the meadows where late I have been And the high rocky slopes of The Cliffs of Dooneen
Creel, The
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G C
As I roved out on a moonlit night excitement for to find,
G C G Dm G
I met on the way with a pretty little girl and I asked her to be mine.
G C G Dm G
With me tour aye ah, fodder iddle dah, me tour aye ah I'd fodder diddle dan till ine do.
"How can I get to your fathers house, how can I get to your bed?"
"Oh my father locks the door at night and the keys lie under his head".
"If you get a ladder 30 foot, 30 foot and 3,
and place it up to the chimney pot, come down in the creel to me".
So I got me a ladder thirty foot, 30 foot and 3
and placed it up to the chimnery pot and down in the creel came me.
But the oul one she being still awake heard something that was said.
"Ah lay me life" said the silly old wife "there's a man in me daughter's bed!"
The old man, he got out of bed for to see if it was true,
but she's pushed me down with her lily white arms and under the coverlet blue.
"Where are you going, father dear, where are you going so late?
You've disturbed me at me evening prayers and oh but they were sweet".
"But the devil take you silly old wife and an ill death may you die.
For your daughters lying with a book in her arms and she's praying for you and I".
But the oul one she being still awake when something else was said.
"You can say what you like you silly old fool, there's a man in your daughter's bed"
No rest nor peace could the old one get but she got up to see.
But her foot gave a shot to the chamber pot and into the creel fell she.
"Rise and help me, husband dear, rise and help me now.
For the one that you wished me to, I fear he has me now".
"Well the hold he's got I hope he keeps and never lets it go,
for between yourself and your daughter dear it's time for the cock to crow".
Well I rocked her up and I rocked her down and I gave her a great downfall.
Till every rib in the old woman's side made knick knack against the wall.
And so the blue, the bonny blue and may the blue do well,
and every old woman that'd refuse her daughter be a rock in the creel to hell
Dark Haired Jimmy Owen
CAPO 7
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Verse 2
verses: All riff x2
Verse 3
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Chords:
D G A D
D A
D G A D
Holy Ground, The
D A D D A D
D A G A D A...
D A D D A D
G D G D D A D
D A G A
G D G D D A D
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D A7 D D A7 D
Adieu my lovely Dinah a thousand times adieu
D A G A D A7
For we're going away from the Holy Ground and the girls we all love true
D A7 D D A7 D
We will sail the salt seas over and we'll return for sure
G D G D D A7 D
To see again the girls we love and the Holy Ground once more
CHORUS:
D A7 G A7 G D G D
You're the girl I do ado - re and still I live in hopes to see
D A7 D
The Holy Ground once more
Oh now the storm is raging and we are far from shore
And the good old ship is tossing about and the rigging is all tore
And the secret of my mind is you're the girl I do ado - re
And still I live in hopes to see the Holy Ground once more
CHORUS
And now the storm is over and we are safe and well
We will go into a public house and sit and drink like hell
We will drink strong ale and porter and make the rafters roar
And when our money is all spent we'll go to sea once more
CHORUS(repeat last line)
Isla Waters, The
Intro/Break -----------------------------3/5-|--------------------0----------------0-------------| --0---0-0-------0-320-320----0-0-|--0---0--------0---0--0----0----3----0-------------| --0--3-3--20----0-0---0---30-3/5-|--0--3-5--320--0--0----0--3-3--2-2---0-------------| --2---------5-/-7----------------|--2----------5/7-7-------5----0------2-------------| Verse (x2) ----0---------------0------0--|----------------------------------------| ---0-0-------------0-0-----0--|----------------------------------------| --0---0-5-575-----0---0-5--0--|----------------------------------------| -7-----5-5---5---7-----5-5-7--|----------------------------------------| Chorus ------------------------------|----------------------------------------| - D -- C -- D -- C D ---------|-- D -- C -- D ----0----3--0------------| ------------------------------|------------------3-3--2-2-0------------| ------------------------------|-----------------5----0----2------------| Break: ---------------------------- -0--0-------0--0------------ -0-3--5-----0-3--5---------- -2----7-----2----7---------- Intro V,C Break 1 V,C Break 2 Intro Break 2 V,C V(x), C Break 2 Verse: D C | D C D D C | D C D Chorus: (move up the tnex D C | D C D D C | D F C D I have friends to buy me whiskey Bonnie friends to call my own But if I should get too drunk for walkin' What's the man that would carry me home? And if I be drunk in the Isla Waters How the deuce would I find home? If I be drowned in the Isla Waters My wee doggie would find me in the Isla stream All the day I bless that water Aye she's bright and clear to see But after hours of ale house laughter Dark and still she waits for me. Like the fisher's line that's broken Leaves the salmon to the swell Many's the night you've had me soaken But ye break the line yerself All my days I've lived to court her Baud and bonnie fine stuff I've seen But should I drown all in your water My wee doggie would find me in the Isla Stream.
Jenny Gray's Whiskey
1. D F /slide/ G, D F C5 2. D F /slide/ G D A F D Chorus is same, but last line is below: ------------------|----------------------|-----030------------------------------- ---0--------------|---0-030--------------|---03---30------------------------------------- ---0-020--0--3/5--|-35-0----53-3h5p3-0-5-|-35-------5-3h5p3p0-0--------------------------------- -25-----52-0-5/7--|--------------------5-|---------------------5/7--------------------------- Last line of chorus: -----------------0--020-------------------------------------------------- -----------------0--0--30----------0----------------------------------------- -----------------0--0--00-2h3p2p0--0------------------------------------------------ -D--F/G--|-D-A-C-7---------------5/7-------------------------------------------------- One Sunday morn as I rode out, Wi the road being dark and dusty O, A friend and I stepped into an inn For a horn o' Jenny Gray's whiskey O. CHORUS: And Jenny she keeps, that royal brew, And the best of all Scots whiskey too. No cordial cure is half so pure As a horn o' Jenny Gray's whiskey O. Now there's some that likes tae quarrel and fight, Whenever they get frisky O, Ah, but gie me a lass and a full flowing glass. Of a horn o' Jenny Gray's whiskey O. So come all you misers great and small, For your gold has gotten dusty O. Don't sit and think, but come and drink Of a horn o' Jenny Gray's whiskey O. I’ve traveled east and traveled west, Down roads both dark and risky O. But where’er I roam, I’ll sure come home, For a horn o’ Jenny Gray’s whiskey O. CHORUS X 2
Lough Erne Shore
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Out On The Ocean
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Rights of Man
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Shoals of Herring
CAPO 5 -----0--------|-0----0------0-----0--|----0-0---------------0---------0---------------- -----2---30---|-2----2--02--0-----0--|--0-2-0---------------2---------2---------------- -----0---20---|-0----0-5--5-0-4\2-0--|-5--0-0-/5--20---0----0---------0---------------- --04-------54-|-0-04-0---------------|----0-2-------54-0-04-0-40-/542-0---------------- Ring of Fire G C G x4 D C G x2 G CG G DG Love is a burnin' thing, And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire. I fell into a burnin' ring of fire, I went down, down, down And the flames went higher, And it burns, burns, burns, The ring of fire, the ring of fire. (A CAPELLA) With our nets and gear we're faring On the wild and wasteful ocean. Its out on the deep we harvest and reap our bread As we hunt the bonny shoals of herring (SHORT) O it was a fine and a pleasant day Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring As a cabinboy on a sailing lugger Out to hunt the bonny shoals of herring (LONG) Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman You can swear and show a manly bearing Take your turn on watch with the other fellows As your hunting for the shoals of herring (SHORT) Now we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank I was cook and I'd a quarter sharing And I used to sleep standing on my feet As we hunted for the shoals of herring RING OF FIRE (LONG) We left the homegrounds in the month of June And for Canny Shiels we soon were bearing With a hundred cran of the silver darlings That we'd taken from the shoals of herring (LONG) In the stormy seas and the living gales Just to earn your daily bread you're faring From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands As you're hunting for the shoals of herring (LONG) Well I earned my keep and I paid my way And I earned the gear that I was wearing Sailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes We were hunting after shoals of herring (LONG) You're net rope man now, or you're on the move And your learing all about sea faring That's your education scraps of navigation As you hunt the bonnie shoals of herring (A CAPELLA) Night and day the sea's we are daring Come wind or calm or winter gales Sweating our cold growing up growing old or dying as you hunt the bonny shoals of herring ------------------------|-------02---0----------| ---------0--------------|------3--3---2h3p2p0---| --25-555--53-2h3p2p0-5--|--255---------------5--| -5----------------------|-5---------------------| ---02--0---------------|---------------------------2--| --3---3---332h3p2p0-0--|---------------------------3--| ---------------------5-|--255-2h5p2p0--3-2h3p2p0-0-2--| -----------------------|-5-----------5-------------0--| C F C C Am G C F Am C F G C -------------2-|-2------0-0-|---------2--|---2-------0-2--| ---3-----0---3-|-3----3---2-|------0--3--|--3-3-----2--3--| --2-2---3-3--2-|-2---2----0-|--2--3-3-2--|-2------3----2--| -5-----5-----0-|-0--0-----0-|-5--5----0--|-------5-----0--| CAPO V --------------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------| --------------------|------02-0----------|--02-0-------------|------------------| ---000020---------0-|---005--5-4h5p4p00--|-5--5--55-4h5p42-0-|---00-------------| -04------5-4h5p4p0--|-04-----------------|-------------------|-04--40-54h5p42-0-| ---000-20----------0-|---00-57957-4h5p4p0-0-|-57957-55-4h5p4-2-0---|---00------------------| --2------3-2h3p2p0-0-|--2-----------------0-|------------------0---|--2--2--3-2h3p2p0-00-0-| -5-------------------|-5--------------------|----------------------|-5----5--------------5-| ---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Sweetness of Mary
CAPO = 7
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Tobins Jig
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