Song Name: | The Girl I Left Behind Me | By: | 19th C. Irish folk song |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | D | Genre: | Irish |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2012-02-08 20:23:04 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
19th C. Irish folk song Key: D Time: 2/4 7-7 -6 6 5 4 -4 4 -3� The hour was sad, I left the maid -3 4 4 4 -4 5 -5 6 5 A lin-g�ring fare-well tak-ing 7-7 -6 6 5 4 -4 4 -3� Her sighs and tears my steps de-layed 4 -3 -4 3 -3�-3 4 4 I thought her heart was break-ing 6-5 5 6 -6 -7 7 6 5 In hur-ried words her name I blessed 4 5 6 -6 -7 7 -7 I breathed the vows that bind me 7-7 -6 6 5 4 -4 4 -3� And to my heart in an-guish pressed 4 -3 -4 3 -3�-3 4 4 The girl I left be-hind me |