X: 1
T: Teddy O'Neill (G major)
C: traditional (c. 1840)
O: North of Ireland
R: Song Air
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
D: 1987: De Danann: Ballroom
D: 1997: Dolores Keane The Best of Dolores Keane
D: 1999: Innisfree Ceoil: Celtic Airs, Vol. 1
D: 2001: Round the House: Keep this Coupon
D: 2003: Kathy Durkin: Greatest Hits
D: 2004: The Midden: Pigloo
D: 2005: Jonathan Johnston: The Water is wide
D: 2005: St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band: The Dawning of the Day
D: 2008: Bridie Gallagher: The Lovely Irish Rose
D: 2008: Young Wolfe Tones: The Night is Young
D: 2009: Jonathan Johnston: The Isle of Inishfree
D: 2010: Ronnie Kennedy: Accordion Favourites
D: 2011: Bridie Gallagher: The Girl from Donegal
D: 2011: Brian Hughes & Garry O'Briain: The Clear Air
D: 2011: Hughie, Kathleen Boyle & Joanie Madden: Back to Donegal
D: 2012: Sean Maguire: The Dancing Bow
D: 2012: Kathy Durkin: My Own Native Land
D: 2014: Rapalje: Hearts
D: 2014: Deirdre O'Callaghan: One in a While
N: Chords: | G  . . | G  . . | Am . . | D  . . |
N:         | G  . . | Em . . | Am . . | D  . . |
N:         | G  . . | G  . . | Am . . | D  . . |
N:         | G  . . | Em . . | D  . . | G  . . |]
N:         | D  . . | D  . . | Am . . | G  . . |
N:         | Em . . | Em . . | A7 . . | D7 . . |
N:         | G  . . | G  . . | Am . . | D  . . |
N:         | G  . . | Em . . | D  . . | G  . . |]
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=140
K: G major % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: D2 | B4   BA | B4   AB | c2 E3  A | G2 F3 E |
N:      D4   EF | G4   FG | B2 A3  B | A4   D2 |
N:      B4   BA | B4   AB | c2 E3  A | G2 F3 E |
N:      D2 G3 B | d2 c3 B | A2 E2 F2 | G4      |]
N: FG | A4   A2 | A4   GA | c2 B3  A | B2 G3 F |
N:      G4   G2 | G4   FG | B2 A3  B | A4   D2 |
N:      B4   BA | B4   AB | c2 E3  A | G2 F3 E |
N:      D2 G3 B | d2 c3 B | A2 E2 F2 | G4      |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
D2 | "G"  B4   BA | "G"  B4   AB | "Am" c2 E3  A | "D"  G2 F3 E |
     "G"  D4   EF | "Em" G4   FG | "Am" B2 A3  B | "D"  A4   D2 |
     "G"  B4   BA | "G"  B4   AB | "Am" c2 E3  A | "D"  G2 F3 E |
     "G"  D2 G3 B | "Em" d2 c3 B | "D"  A2 E2 F2 | "G"  G4      |]
FG | "D"  A4   A2 | "D"  A4   GA | "Am" c2 B3  A | "G"  B2 G3 F |
     "Em" G4   G2 | "Em" G4   FG | "A7" B2 A3  B | "D7" A4   D2 |
     "G"  B4   BA | "G"  B4   AB | "Am" c2 E3  A | "D"  G2 F3 E |
     "G"  D2 G3 B | "Em" d2 c3 B | "D"  A2 E2 F2 | "G"  G4      |]
N:
W: I dreamt all last night  O bad cess to my dreaming!
W: I'd die if I thought 'twould come surely to pass.
W: I dreamt while the tears down my pillow were streaming
W: That Teddy was courting another fair lass.
W: And didn't I wake with a weeping and wailing;
W: The grief in my heart was too deep to conceal.
W: My mother cried, "Nora, dear, what is your ailing?"
W: But all I could answer was "Teddy O'Neill".
W: 
W: I've seen the old cabin beyond the wee boreen;
W: I've seen the old crossroads where we used to dance.
W: I've rambled the lane where he called me his storeen
W: And my girlish heart felt the thrill of romance.
W: But now all around me is so sad and so dreary,
W: All dark and all silent -- no piper, no reel.
W: Not even the sun through my casement shines cheery
W: Since I left my darling boy Teddy O'Neill.
W: 
W: Shall I ever forget when the big ship was ready
W: And the time it was come for my love to depart?
W: How I cried like a child, "Oh goodbye to you, Teddy,"
W: With a tear on my cheek and a stone in my heart.
W: He said 'twas far better his fate he went roving,
W: But what would be gold to the joy I would feel
W: If he'd only come back to me, tender and loving,
W: Though poor, but my own darling Teddy O'Neill