X: 1
T: Mother and Child
T: The Yellow Cow
C: traditional Irish
R: Reel
N: originally a Dandling Song, sung by a mother to her child
Z: Frank Weber
D: 1989: Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey: Lead the Knave
D: 1995: John Williams: John Williams
D: 1997: Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill: Lonesome Touch
D: 1998: Mary Staunton: Bright Early Mornings
D: 1998: Moving Cloud: Foxglove
D: 2007: Eliot Grasso: Up Against the Flatirons
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=170
K: A mix % 2 sharps
G | A2GE FD(3DDD | EFGF EFGE | A2GE FDDF | EFGE A2A :|
K: D maj % 2 sharps
B |: cAAB cdeg | fdec dcAB | cAAB cdeg | fdec dfed :|
N: Variations:
K: A mix % 2 sharps
G | A2GE FDDF | EG~G2 EG~G2 | AFGE FDDF | EG~G2 A2A :|
K: D maj % 2 sharps
B |: cA~A2 cdeg | fdec dcBA | cA~A2 cdeg | fdec dfed :|
W: Is trua gan peata 'n mhaoir agam (3 times)
W: 'S na caoire beaga bána.
W: Is ó goirim, goirim thú,
W: Is grá mo chroí gan cheilg thú,
W: Is ó goirim, goirim thú,
W: Is tú peata beag do mháthar.
W: Translation:
W: I wish I had a bainbhín,
W: a bainbhín, a bainbhín,
W: I wish I had a bainbhín,
W: that would drink the pratie water.
W: or:
W: I wish I had a yellow cow, a yellow cow, a yellow cow,
W: I wish I had a yellow cow,
W: And welcome from my darling.
W: And Oh, I call to thee, I call to thee,
W: And the love of my heart art thou,
W: And Oh, I call to thee, I call to thee,
W: And thou art the fair child of your mother.