PLEASE PLEASE!! somebody post the lyrics and chords if possibel to "Geraldine's thinking of Galway" what a wonderful song...... i mean doesnt it just make ya wanna drop everything leave ......?
Dundee, I looked on the net but I couldn't find the lyrics. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
I agree with you about the song. I believe it was written by Kevin McKrell (of the McKrells). I've been a fan of theirs since I first heard them at a pub here in Nashville 6 or 7 years ago. They haven't been here in a long time, tho. Takes a lot of money to get them to come here from NY where they're based.
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thanks for your search gtrplr i too have searched...... now is kevin mckrell the one that does the great drawnings also ? seems to be quite a talent...... well now it goes down to maybe droppin them an email....... cause ya cant seem to get mcfive to let ya repeat a song...... without waiting 3 hrs..... grrrrrr ..... or .... or .....maybe.....just maybe kevin him ol self will read this post and post the lyrics....... ..... or not........
As near as I can tell, Kevin is the one who does the drawings. I've had no contact with them for over 5 years, which is a shame. They're great folks, Chris Leske and Craig Vance are top-flight musicians with very impressive resumes. Kevin is tremendously talented, especially as a writer. Maybe they do monitor this board, who knows?
Kevin, if you're here, I'm the guy who gave you the tape at Mulligan's in Nashville many years ago. I'd love to see ya'll again. Any plans to come to (or near to) Nashville?
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I saw this the day you posted, and started looking. I too have had no luuck in finding anything for this song. So, I will try and get a copy of it and start tearing it apart and figuring it out. This might take a little while, since we are getting ready to start recording album number 2.
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I have to agree that this song is absolutey fabulous. I have only figured out the chorus for sure. Here is what I have. I am sure there are mistakes that i'll work out later. more to come later
Oh the Dawn it is breaking Geraldine?s waking Far away from the place she calls home ...... She always thought she?d travel But she never intended to stay Geraldine?s thinking of Galway And Galway?s a long way away
Geraldine?s thinking of Galway again You can tell by the look in her eyes Sometimes alone in the nighttime Geraldine cries She can still see the moon over Connaught O the sun going down in Kildare (?) Geraldine?s thinking of Galway And Galway?s a long way away
And the band it is playing Geraldine's swaying To the tune of 'A Pair of Brown Eyes'
Here is as close as I can get it. The song was actually written by Australia's Pat Mckernan. You can hear him play this song at http://www.thecan.com.au/shop/product.asp?...roductID=597034 . I'll Post chords next. I am not sure if that is how you spell kill bay. I couldn't find it on any map of Galway. Claddaghduff is in the northern part of the county.
Geraldine's Thinking of Galway
Oh the Dawn it is breaking And Geraldine?s waking So far from the place she calls home The new day is dawning And Geraldine?s longing for far away over the fall(?) She always intended to travel But she never intended to stay Now Geraldine?s thinking of Galway And Galway?s a long way away
Chorus Geraldine?s thinking of Galway again You can tell by the look in her eyes Sometimes alone in the nighttime Geraldine cries She can still see the moon over Claddaghduff Or the sun going down in Kill-bay Geraldine?s thinking of Galway And Galway?s a long way away
Oh the band it is playing And Geraldine's swaying To the tune of 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' Somebody calls for a small bit of ardor While the fiddler plays ?Danny Boy? As she listens the music transports her To faraway over the sea Geraldine?s thinking of Galway And that?s where she?s longing to be
I found a "Killybegs" (which would be pronounced more or less like "Kill-bay") In Donegal Bay just south of Carrick. This is pretty far north however and really isn't that close to Galway....
However, Kildare isn't that close either. It's on the other side of the island; closer to Dublin than anything else.
<----working on those chords as well. ***************************************** It's funny to see the McKrells mentioned on this discussion board. When I was living in New York, I'd make regular sojourns to Saratoga (where an Irish identity is VERY strong) to see those guys and many other names in the Irish music circles.
Their old bassist, John Kribs, is a very good friend of my family and after every gig he and I would sit down over a drink and he'd give me advice about whatever problems I was having with my band(s) at the time.
It's kinda fun trying to learn his bass lines now, many years later.
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hey thanks alot kewl and all the rest..... i was playin with it this mornign on my mandolin...... and it seems to be a pretty straight forward key of C I IV V progression with a G7 thrown in for good measure............thanks again