There Were Roses -- need urgently

[Monty [IIIIIII]]

Hi,

A musician friend died recently and his daughter wants to learn a song he
used to sing to her -- "There Were Roses", by Tommy Sands. I've found the
lyrics but not sheet music. Anyone know of a popular tune book (Mel Bay
etc.) that might have this, or a place on the web where I could get the
sheet in the key of C for a flute -- or any key and I'll transpose. Or if
you have it and could send it as a BMP, JPG, TIFF or even ABC, (though I
don't have that program)

The girl was hoping to have this for her birthday on 10/19. I'm scrambling
here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Monty McKinney mo...@hevanet.com

[Monty [IIIIIII]]

I received some helpful tips in this quest, and decided to share a couple of
pieces of information.
Words for this song are pretty widely distributed, and can be found in a
collection entitled "Rise Up Singing" with chords but no melody line.
However, the melody and words are provided, as far as I can tell, in the
TOMMY SANDS SONGBOOK; published by Elm Grove Music; 50 Shore Road;
Rostrevor, County Down; N. Ireland BT34 3AA. This book isn't available
from distributors in the US where I reside, so I will try to contact the
publisher directly.

This song has been recorded by several artists including Tommy Sands. I
couldn't find his recording but I came across an interesting version by
Kathy Mattea on a CD (Celtic Crossroads) by John Whelan, the American/Irish
accordion player. This interpretation has a bit of a "country-western"
flavor, which I enjoyed along with the rest of the CD which covers some
traditional as well as contemporary Irish music.

All the Best,

Monty

Monty [IIIIIII] <nospam...@hevanet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> A musician friend died recently and his daughter wants to learn a song he
> used to sing to her -- "There Were Roses", by Tommy Sands. I've found the

> lyrics but not sheet music........

[JesiAna]

I really recommend you find Tommy Sands' recording of this. It's excellent. The
name of the CD it is on is "Singing of the Times." If it isn't available
through amazon.com, try waterbug.com. Sean Keane does a nice version of it,
too, but I really prefer Tommy's over others that I've heard.
Jesiana

"If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing."

[Adrian Pullin]

Interesting sig.

I know a lot of people who would disagree with the second part.

Mostly, those who have heard me sing!

:-)

Cheers

JesiAna wrote:
>
>
> "If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing."

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I have the Kathy Mattea version as well, but I prefer the version sung by
Robbie O'Connell, et al. which is on the Green Linnet 20th (25th?)
Anniversary compilation 2-CD set.