Verse 3

A: 4:21-4:43
4:25

Intro

Verse 1

0-0:42= First melodic line

0:42-0:53 = Second melodic line
0:53-1:13= Argument
1:13-1:28 = Third melodic line
1:28-1:35 = Argument
1:42- 2:12= Three polyphonic parts at once layered
A: 2:25- 2:40
2:28
2.31
2:35

Look how the light of the town

the lights of the town are shining now
Tonight I'll be dancing around
I'm off on the road to Galway now
Look how she's off on the town
She's off on a search for sailors though
There's fine fellas here to be found
She's never been one to stay at home

4:29
4:33

This section can be

identified by the motif
which is repeated 4
times.

B: 4:43-5:28
4:47

2:43

2:48
2:51

Verse 2

A: 3:03-3:18
3:06
3:10
3:14

B: 3:18-4:21
3:21

3:26
3:29
3.36 fiddle
3.51 voices
4.06 tap

Home you'll go and it's there you'll stay

And you've work to do in the morning
Give up your dream of going away
Forget your sailors in Galway

This section can be

identified with a key
change and with
another repeat of the
motif 4 times.

Outro

Home you'll go and it's there you'll

stay
And you've work to do in the morning
Give up your dream of going away
Forget your sailors in Galway

This section is identified

by the key changing to the
2nd key and with the
repetition of the motif 4
times over.

Come now and follow me down

Down to the lights of Galway where
There's fine sailors walking the town
And waiting to meet the ladies there
Watch now he'll soon be along
He's finer than any sailor so
Come on now pick up your spoons
He's waiting to hear you play them
WHOOO!

This section can be

identified by a key
change back to the
original key and a
repeat of the motif 4
more times.

Here today and she's gone tomorrow

And next she's going to Galway
Jiggin' around and off to town
And won't be back until morning

This can be identified

by the transition back
to the 2nd key and with
the repetition of the
motif 4 more times

Tir abhaile ri, tir abhaile ri

Tir abhaile ri Mhearai
Tir abhail gus fan sa bhaile
Mar t do mhargadh danta

A: 5:28-5:41

Listen to the music flow

I'm falling for the flow of home
I'm home to dance till dawning

This section reverts back

to the original key and has
only 3 repeats of the motif
and 4 bars where there is
a new melodic line with
new rhythms introduced.

B: 5:41- 6:14

Tir abhaile ri, tir abhaile ri

Tir abhaile ri Mhearai
Tir abhail gus fan sa bhaile
Mar t do mhargadh danta

This section has 8 times

the motif is repeated over
before the very ending
cadence of the song.
At time factor 6:09 the
song moves into a section
that the listener has not
heard before this coda has
some of the rhythmic
elements of the song in it
as well

Tir abhaile ri, tir abhaile ri

Tir abhaile ri Mhearai
Tir abhail gus fan sa bhaile
Mar t do mhargadh danta

Tir abhaile ri, tir abhaile ri

Tir abhaile ri Mhearai
Tir abhail gus fan sa bhaile
Mar t do mhargadh danta

This section reverts again

back to the original key
and repeats the motif 4
times over.

4:50
4:55

B: 2:40-3:03

Off with a spring in my step

The sailors are searching Galway for
A young lady such as myself
For reels and jigs and maybe more
Stay here and never you mind
The lights of the town are blinding
you
The sailors they come and they go
But listen to what's reminding you
Handsome men surrounding you
Dancing a reel around you

5:45

5:49
5:53

Stay a while and we'll dance together

now
As the light is falling
We'll reel away till the break of day
And dance together till morning

5:56
6:00
6:04
6:08
6:11

Tir abhaile ri, tir abhaile ri

Tir abhaile ri Mhearai
Tir abhail gus fan sa bhaile
Mar t do mhargadh danta
Tir abhaile ri, tir abhaile ri
Tir abhaile ri Mhearai
Tir abhail gus fan sa bhaile
Mar t do mhargadh danta
do Mhargadh de - do mhargadh
danta