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PALM TREES WAVE ON HIGH. AKA - "Hills of Kerry (The)." Irish, Air or Waltz (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody is the air to the song "Hills of Kerry," which begins:

The noble and the brave have departed from our shore,
They've gone off to a foreign land where the wild canyons roar;
No more they'll see the shamrock, the plant so dear to me,
Or hear the small birds singing around sweet Tralee.

Chorus:
The Palm trees wave on high along the fertile shore,
Adieu the Hills of Kerry I never will see no more;
Oh why did I leave my home, oh why did I cross the sea,
And leave the small birds singing around you sweet Tralee.

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Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF3040, De Dannan - "Ballroom" (1987).

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