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One of the popular Welsh folk songs, The Ash Grove was written in the 19th century by John Oxenford. Watch and learn how to play this song on the keyboard.
 
This song is play in 3/4 time (three beats per measure, and each beat receives a quarter note. Download The Ash Grove free sheet music here.

 
[Review: Time Signatures]
 
There are four (4) major chords in this songs, and they are:

Watch “The Ash Grove played with just the melody with the right hand in this video: 
 

 
 
The Ash Grove Lyrics
 
The ash grove how graceful, how plainly ’tis speaking
The harp through its playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
 
The friends from my childhood again are before me
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden the leaves rustle o’er me
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
 
Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander
When twilight is fading I pensively rove
Or at the bright noon tide in solitude wander
Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove.
 
‘Twas there while the black bird was cheerfully singing
I first met that dear one the joy of my heart
Around us for gladness the blue bells were ringing
But then little thought I how soon we should part.
 
 
 
Download The Ash Grove Free Sheet Music