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http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/irish-folk-music/irish%20songs/irish-songs.htm]]> Easy Songs cwabbott68 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-230561 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-228837 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:27:20 +0000
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=6935


Have fun!!!]]> Easy Songs cwabbott68 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-228837 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-228767 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:18:03 +0000
Here's one more...
DIRTY OLD TOWN G Met my love, by the gas yard wall C G Dreamed a dream, by the old canal G Kissed my girl, by the factory wall D Em Dirty old town, dirty old town G Heard a siren from the dock C G saw a train cut the night on fire G I smelled the breeze on the smokey wind D Em dirty old town, dirty old town G Clouds are drifting on the street C Cats are prowling on their beats G Springs a girl on the streets at night D Em dirty old town, dirty old town G I'm going to make a big sharp ax C Shining steel tempered in the fire G I'll cut you down like an old dead tree D Em dirty old town, dirty old town G I met my love, by the gas yard wall C Dreamed a dream, by the old canal G I kissed my girl, by the factory wall D Em Dirty old town, dirty old town You can watch The Dubliners play this great song on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwlg5gYc_A]]> Easy Songs klim https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-228767 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-227532 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:17:07 +0000 Easy Songs Welshman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-227532 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-227513 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm]]> Easy Songs art&lutherie https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-227513 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-227069 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:51:15 +0000
Tried out the version of "Dirty Old Town" I posted while jamming with Rodders yesterday. It was ok but is probably not the most authentic version and both of us were not sure if the capo setting is right. Maybe we just couldn't get the feel of the song. Rod did pick out the tune really well though. I was sure I'd used a different set of chords on the song in the past and had no trouble then. Just shows that I shouldn't rush to post without having a strum of the item in question first.

Anyway while searching for a better version I stumbled across across another great web site for Irish songs. This one has not only guitar chords for a whole raft of Irish folk but also quite a few of them have youtube links already attached to give a really good idea of how the song goes. Dirty Old Town is on there too with different chords.

Here it is :

I met my love by the gas works wall,
Dreamed a dream by the old canal,
Kissed my girl by the factry wall,
Dirty old town,dirty old town


And heres the link to the site:

http://unitedireland.tripod.com/


Hope I have gone some way to redeem myself.

Chris :oops: :oops: :oops:

ps The link is in my favourites now :wink: :wink:]]> Easy Songs dogsbody https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-227069 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226653 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:01:14 +0000
Another Ewan McColl song also done by The Spinners and a miriad of other folk artists.

So this is for Welshman, Vic Lewis, frank2121 and all the folks on this thread.



(Capo 2nd Fret)

Intro:

Verse 1:

I met my love by the gasworks wall,
Dreamed a dream by the old canal;
I kissed my girl by the factory wall,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

Verse 2:

Clouds are drifting across the moon,
Cats are prow- ling on their beat;
Spring's a girl from the streets at night,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

Verse 3:

I heard a siren from the docks,
Saw a train set the night on fire;
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

Interlude: (normal chord progression)

Verse 4:

I'm gonna make me a big strong ax,
Of shining steel tempered in the fire;
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

Verse 5:

I met my love by the gasworks wall,
Dreamed a dream by the old canal;
I kissed my girl by the factory wall,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
Dirty old town, it's a dirty old town. (slowly)

Outro: (with a lead part)



And heres a youtube link to the great Christy Moore and a couple of well known friends !!! doing a shortened version so you can all get the idea of the strum pattern:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhkFe6AcNs

ps. I don't know what lyrics Shane McGowan is singing at the start might be gaelic I'm not sure. Hope poor chap has a good dentist now, but, boy can he phrase those lyrics well.

Have fun

Chris]]> Easy Songs dogsbody https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226653 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226624 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:39:17 +0000 http://www.christymoore.com/ and look at lyrics some cool songs and chords there]]> Easy Songs frank2121 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226624 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226619 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:52:01 +0000
As for the Cheiftains, I once took my Grandmother to see them....she was Irish, which is where I got the taste for traditional Irish music from....her particular favourites were the Clancy Brothers and a guy called Tommy Makem (I think!) Can you imagine taking your gran to watch a concert!!!

Step-son's calling this afternoon, we're babysitting for Patrick again....he's Irish (from County Mayo) so I'll ask him for some recommendations - step-son that is, not the 3yo grandson.....

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Easy Songs Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226619 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226593 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:56:36 +0000
I know what you mean about the Spinners, I was often laughed for being a fan but as you said they were part of the times that brought folk to the masses and you can't be too radical doing that.

Er! by the way I'm Chris (dogsbody). I can see the confusion as "David" is the one who runs the Spinners web page( I don't know the guy)

Here one of my favourite Ewan McColl songs that was done brilliantly by The Spinners. I haven't tried it out yet with these chords hope its ok.

It's really hard to find decent tabs and chords for folks songs on the net and this is the only version I've found so far.

Shoals Of Herring

2nd fret in G

With our nets and gear we're faring,
On the wild and wasteful ocean;
It's there that we hunt and we earn our bread,
As we hunted for the shoals of herring.


O it was a fine and a pleasant day,
Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring,
As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger,
For to go and hunt the shoals of herring.


O, the work was hard and the hours long,
And the treatment, sure it took some bearing;
There was little kindness and the kicks were many,
As we hunted for the shoals of herring.


O, 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,
And I'd dream about the shoals of herring.


O, we left the homegrounds in the month of June,
And to Canny Shiels we soon were bearing;
With a hundred cran of silver darlings,
That we'd taken from the shoals of herring.


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,
While you're searching for the shoals of herring.


In the stormy seas and the living gales,
Just to earn your daily bread you're daring;
From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands,
As you're following the shoals of herring.


O, 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 sailing after shoals of herring.



If I get time tonight I'll post "Dirty Old Town"

All the best,

Chris]]> Easy Songs dogsbody https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/english-welsh-scottish-irish-folk-songs/paged/2/#post-226593