Irish songs wanted by O'Horwitz
Ted D Horwitz
Can anybody suggest some Irish songs for St. Patty's Day that are upbeat (and
where I can find recordings and/or sheet music)? We are going to be playing at
a bar full of rowdies Monday, and just about all the Irish songs I can think
of are slow - Danny Boy, My WIld Irish Rose, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, etc.
Please email your response.
Thanks,
Ted
Wayne Garvin
(posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Ted D Horwitz)
On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:53:22 GMT
hor...@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Ted D Horwitz) wrote:
>Can anybody suggest some Irish songs for St. Patty's Day that are upbeat (and
>where I can find recordings and/or sheet music)? We are going to be playing at
>a bar full of rowdies Monday, and just about all the Irish songs I can think
>of are slow - Danny Boy, My WIld Irish Rose, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, etc.
MacNamara's Band (Bing Crosby, etc.)
We're Off To Dublin In The Green (The Irish Rovers?)
You might also try the following web sites:
Irish Folk Song Lyrics
http://www.cs.hut.fi/~zaphod/search/
Colin McArthur's Song Page
(songs from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England)
http://www.rt66.com/~colin/songbook.htm
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Dennis L. Pearson
hor...@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Ted D Horwitz) wrote:
>Can anybody suggest some Irish songs for St. Patty's Day that are upbeat (and
>where I can find recordings and/or sheet music)? We are going to be playing at
>a bar full of rowdies Monday, and just about all the Irish songs I can think
>of are slow - Danny Boy, My WIld Irish Rose, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, etc.
>Please email your response.
>Thanks,
>Ted
Well this one may be a bit unusual for you, but I thought it was
pretty funny. If you want more, go to Links to Lyrics
http://www.ctc.edu/~dpearson/lyrics.htm
and scroll down to Digital Tradition Folk Song Titles. You should be
able to find some more goodies there. Enjoy.
THE ANCIENT AND OLD IRISH CONDOM
(Celtic Pride)
(Tune: "Rosin the Beau")
I was up to me arse in the muck, Sir,
With a peat contract down in the bog
When me shovel it struck something hard, Sir,
That I thought was a rock or a log
'Twas a box of the finest old oak, Sir,
'Twas a foot long, and four inches wide
And not giving a damn for the Fairies
I just took a quick look inside
Now I opened the lid of this box, Sir,
And I swear that my story is true
T'was an ancient and old Irish condom
A relic of Brian Boru
'Twas an ancient and old Irish condom
'Twas a foot long, and made of elk hide,
With a little gold tag on it's end, Sir,
With his name, rank, and stud fee inscribed
Now, I cast me mind back thru the ages
To the days of that horny old Celt
With his wife lyin' by on the bed, Sir,
As he stood by the fire in his pelt
And I thought that I heard Brian whisper
As he stood in the fire's rosy light
"Well, you've had yer own way long enough, dear...
'Tis the hairy side outside, tonight."
Links to Lyrics
http://www.ctc.edu/~dpearson/lyrics.htm
John Patrick Riley
Ted D Horwitz wrote:
>
> Can anybody suggest some Irish songs for St. Patty's Day that are upbeat (and
> where I can find recordings and/or sheet music)? We are going to be playing at
> a bar full of rowdies Monday, and just about all the Irish songs I can think
> of are slow - Danny Boy, My WIld Irish Rose, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, etc.
> Please email your response.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted
I'd recommend almost any tune by the Pogues, a hard drinkin', hard
rockin' GREAT band. They are considered by most to be an Irish band
although all the members were technically born in London. They are now
defunct as a group. Try doing a web search on them or visiting their
newsgroup alt. music. Pogues. Unfortunatley, their best music is now out
of print and hard to get. You'll find giving them a listen well worth
the trouble, if not for this Paddy's day, for the next. My personal
favorite album: "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash" (Out of print) By the way the
name is a shortened version of the gaelic phrase "Pogue Mahone" meaning
"kiss my ass". Good Luck, O'Horowitz. (Love that name!) -John
Ernie Garner
I know this isn't a binaries news group so I'm not supposed to send
attachments - BUT - it doesn't make much sense for me to all this text in a
long message when it's faster just to ZIP it. Anyway, here's my file of
Irish lyrics. The only one I would add is "Drunken Sailor", your basic one
bar of 'Em', one bar of 'D' chanty:
Em: What do you do with a drunken sailor?
D: (repeat)
Em: (repeat)
Em-D-Em: Earlye | in the | mornin'
Verse:
Em: You put him in a long boat till he's sober
D: (repeat)
Em: (repeat)
Em-D-Em: Earlye in the mornin'
Em: Way hey and up she rises'
D: (repeat)
Em: (repeat)
Em-D-Em: Earlye in the mornin'
I spelled lye because it sounds like 'eye'.
Anyway, the verses go:
1. Put him him in a longboat till he's sober
2. Shave his belly with a rusty razor
3. Put him in bed with the Captains daughter
At this point I just vamp on the Em and ask the question "So what do you do
with a drunken sailor?", pause, then continue with
4. Put him in charge of an Exxon tanker ..
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Another one they do in the Irish bars around here (Chitown) is to add lines
to Kenny Roger's "Lucille". So when you sing the chorus "You picked a fine
time to leave me Lucille", you lead the audience with "You whore, you slut,
you bitch, your mother sucks cxcks in hell". For real. From the mouths of
Ma and Pa O'Kettle ye'll hear it.
----
Finally, if you know any dirty limericks you can put them to good use.
This is from Oscar Brand - the Canadian folk singer who collected and
recorded dirty songs and parodies. I think the melody is from "Celito
Lindo" - you should remember it from when you were a kid. It's called,
appropriately enough, "Limericks" The basic chorus is your
Ai yai yai yai
In China they do it for Chili
So sing me another verse
Just like the other verse
Waltz me around again Willy
Or substitute:
Waltz me around by my Willy.
Anyway - then you go into a limerick - to quote an easy one:
There once was a man named Dave
Who kept a dead whore in a cave
He said " I may be a shit
And she does stink a bit"
But think of the money I save
Then everybody sings the chorus - "Ai yai yai" and you ask if anyone else
has a dirty limerick, pass the microphone to them, and have a good time.
Make sure your tip jar is out.
I'm still gonna try to post some files to alt.binaries.sounds.midi but I
can't make any promises. Check there over the weekend.
E.
Wayne Garvin <wga...@kw.igs.net> wrote in article
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> (posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Ted D Horwitz)
>
> On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:53:22 GMT
> hor...@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Ted D Horwitz) wrote:
> >Can anybody suggest some Irish songs for St. Patty's Day that are upbeat
(and
> >where I can find recordings and/or sheet music)? We are going to be
playing at
> >a bar full of rowdies Monday, and just about all the Irish songs I can
think
> >of are slow - Danny Boy, My WIld Irish Rose, When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling, etc.
>
> MacNamara's Band (Bing Crosby, etc.)
> We're Off To Dublin In The Green (The Irish Rovers?)
>
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Ed & M. Lou
Ernie Garner wrote:
> The only one I would add is "Drunken Sailor", your basic one
> bar of 'Em', one bar of 'D' chanty:
>
> Em: What do you do with a drunken sailor?
> D: (repeat)
> Em: (repeat)
> Em-D-Em: Earlye | in the | mornin'
>
>
> Em: Way hey and up she rises'
> D: (repeat)
> Em: (repeat)
> Em-D-Em: Earlye in the mornin'
>
> I spelled lye because it sounds like 'eye'.
>
> Anyway, the verses go:
>
> 1. Put him him in a longboat till he's sober
> 2. Shave his belly with a rusty razor
> 3. Put him in bed with the Captains daughter
>
> At this point I just vamp on the Em and ask the question "So what do you do
> with a drunken sailor?", pause, then continue with
>
> 4. Put him in charge of an Exxon tanker ..
>
Lock him in a room with disco music ....
Lou
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