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The Plains Of Waterloo barndance

There are 8 recordings of this tune.

The Plains Of Waterloo has been added to 8 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: The Plains Of Waterloo
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:(a2{a//b//a//}a2) ge (f2{a//}|f2 f2) gf(d2|d4) ef g2|a4 (d2 d2)|
(d2 d)e d2 =c2|(A2 A2 A)B c2|d4 ef (g2|g2{aga}g)e c2 de|
dc A4 A2|A4 G2 A2|A4 A4|A4 A4:|
|:d2 =cA B4|c{d}c A2 B4|(G2 G2 G)A B=c|(d2 d2) (G2 G2)|
AG FA D4|A<D A<E T(F2 F)G|AB (=c2 =c4)|
A(F F2) AF G2|(G2{AGA}G2) FA (D2|D4 D4|D4 D4):|
A|:(d4 d4)|e2 =f4 e2|(d4 d2) cd|ec d2 c4|A4 GA A2|
(d4 d4)|e2 =f4 eA|(d4 d2) cd|ec (d2 d4)||
|:d2 =cA B4|c{d}c A2 B4|(G2 G2 G)A B=c|(d2 d2) (G2 G2)|
AG FA D4|A<D A<E T(F2 F)G|AB (=c2 =c4)|
A(F F2) AF G2|(G2{AGA}G2) FA (D2|D4 D4|D4 D4):|
# Added by JACKB .

Five comments

The Plains Of Waterloo

A powerful air from the playing of Finbar Furey. Many Irishmen died on the battlefields of Waterloo.

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Dear Irish Boy

This air is nothing like the Dear Irish Boy or Green Fields Of Canada.

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It’s the same tune. Take away Finbar’s embellishments, and you have the same air.

Compare Mary Dillon’s "Green Fields of Canada" with June Tabor’s "Plains of Waterloo" above.
Finbar is playing a very much "Finbarred" version of the same song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcFeTMeP-kw

Re: The Plains Of Waterloo

Nothing like it.

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