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Version 1

X:1
T:The Curragh Of Kildare
C:Trad
O:Ireland
Z:Webmaster
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
D | D3/2 D/2 D E | G2 c B | A3/2 G/2 E C | D2 F G | 
w:The win-ter it is past and the sum-mer's come at last And the
A2 B c | d3/2 d/2 cB | A3 (A/2B/2) | 
w:small birds the | y sing on ev'ry tree. Their - 
c3/2 A/2 B c | d2 (c B) | A3/2 G/2 D C | !fermata!D2 D E | 
w:lit-tle hearts are glad but - mine is ve-ry sad since my
G2 c B | A3/2 G/2 E C | (D4 | D) z2 ||
w:true-love is far a-way from me
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W:1
W:The winter it is past and the summer's come atlast
W:And small birds are singing in the trees
W:Their little hearts are glad but mine is very sad
W:For my true love is far away from me
W:
W:2
W:All you that are in love and cannot it remove
W:I pity the pain that you endure
W:For experience lets me know that your hearts are full of woe
W:It's a woe that no mortal can endure
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W:3
W:A livery I will wear and I'll comb back my hair
W:In velvet so green I will appear
W:And it's then I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare
W:For it's there I; ll find tidings of my dear
W:
W:4
W:The rose upon the briar and the water running free
W:Gives joy to the linnet and the bee
W:Their little hearts are blessed but mine is not at rest
W:For my true love is absent from me.

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