Tablature for "the snows they melt the soonest"

Trad Irish Music
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I’ve done a lot of hunting on the net for the song “the snows they melt the soonest.” I can’t seem to find tab for it. Such a pretty song. I’m in the process of learning DADGAD and want to try my hand at playing this song.
Does anyone have it, knows where on the net I could get it, or what collection/book it might be in?
Thanks!

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Google has never failed me:

http://www.guitaretab.com/m/misc-traditional/23383.htm

Teri

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What an interesting song! Does anybody have the ABC for it?

MarkB

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I was suprised to see this tune mentioned. I’m no help re: the written music, but , I learned this tune by listening to Dick Gaughan’s recording of it on his Handful of Earth CD. A GREAT CD.

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absolutely lovely song.. i heard it just last saturday at a local pub sung by Hanz Araki who often plays in Setanta.

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It’s in (I believe) the latest edition of Sing Out magazine. No tab, just standard notation.

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The song is actually in:
Sing Out; Volume 45, #1, Spring 01; page 32/

I wish I had a scanner but alas I don’t. I have copied it from microfilm, so if anybody wants a copy, email me off board and I will mail you a copy.

MarkB

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or, you could search their site for the midi and get midinotate and it’ll make the sheet music up for you :wink:

lovely tune!

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ABC etc. http://tunedb.woodenflute.com/tune_details_results.html?tune_id=8095&tune_name=The%20Snow%20It%20Melts%20The%20Soonest

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Thanks Loren, one of the few databases I keep forgetting about. And my offer stills stands to mail it to anyone who wants it. Snail mail is a photocopy from Sing Out and includes the words and guitar tabs to the song.

MarkB

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sweet! lovely copy of the tune there.. and much easier without all the flourishes the other one had :wink:

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On 2003-01-10 22:50, cowtime wrote:
I was suprised to see this tune mentioned. I’m no help re: the written music, but , I learned this tune by listening to Dick Gaughan’s recording of it on his Handful of Earth CD. A GREAT CD.

A great CD indeed. And if you want Gaughan’s comments on how he plays it go to
http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/discog/dsc_hoe.html
It doesn’t matter what other version you might have, you NEED this one.