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Shule Aroon
Traditional Irish - I don't have the gaelic text. This is fairly phonetic. You can hear a good traditional rendition of this song on the Lord of the Dance CD, and a fairly good updated version with a celtic rock beat on Six Mile Bridge's first album. If you listen closely, you will hear that the gaelic is kind of slurred, which takes some practice.
Am Dm Am
I wish I were on yonder hill
F Em Dm Em
'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill,
F
And ev'ry tear would turn a mill,
Am Dm Am
Issh guh day thoo avoorneen slawn.Chorus:
Am Dm Am
Shule, shule, shule aroon
F Em Dm Em
Shule go succir agus, shule go kewn;
F
Shule go dheen durrus oggus aylig lume,
Am Dm Am
Issh guh day thoo avoorneen slawn. *Am Dm Am
I'll sell my rod, I'll sell my reel
F Em Dm Em
I'll sell my only spinning wheel
F
To buy my love a sword of steel
Am Dm Am
Issh guh day thoo avoorneen slawn.Am Dm Am
I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red
F Em Dm Em
And through the streets I'll beg my bread,
F
Until my parents shall wish me dead
Am Dm Am
Issh guh day thoo a voorneen slawn.Am Dm Am
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
F Em Dm Em
I wish I had my heart again,
F
And vainly think I'd not complain
Am Dm Am
Issh guh day thoo a voorneen slawn.Am Dm Am
But now my love has gone to France
F Em Dm Em
To try his fortune to advance.
F
If he e'er come back, 'tis but a chance
Am Dm Am
Issh guh day thoo a voorneen slawn.Am Dm Am
*Come, come, come O love,
F Em Dm Em
Quickly come to me, softly move,
F
Come to the door and away we'll flee,
Am Dm Am
And safe forever may my darling be.
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