Curragh of Kildare

X:3657
T:Curragh of Kildare
S:Digital Tradition, currkild
D:Recorded by Cliff Haslam and Owen McBride
O:Irish
Z:dt:currkild
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
W:Oh the winter it has passed
W:And the summer's come at last
W:The small birds are singing in the trees
W:And their little hearts are glad
W:ah, but mine is very sad
W:Since my true love is far away from me
W:
W:  Chorus:
W:  And straight I will repair
W:  To the Curragh of Kildare
W:  For it's there I'll finds tidings of my dear
W:
W:Oh the rose upon the briar
W:And the clouds that float so high
W:Bring joy to the linnet and the bee
W:And their little hearts are blessed
W:But mine can know no rest
W:Since my true love is far away from me
W:
W:All you who are in love
W:Aye and cannot it remove
W:I pity the pain that you endure
W:For experience lets me know
W:That your hearts are filled with woe
W:It's a woe that no mortal can cure
K:G
D2|D3D D2E2|G4 c2B2|A3G E2C2|D4 F2G2|A4 B2c2|d3d c2B2|A6A-B|
c3A B2c2|d4 c2-B2|A3G E2C2|D4 D2E2|G4 c2B2|A3G E2C2|D8-|D2z4||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/atrilcoral.com/c/1282
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/konzertina.org/Curragh_of_Kildare/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/02940
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0050
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/c/1282

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