Words to "Jack Haggerty"
ACJames
_Touchstone_ (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and Claudine Langille c. 1982 and was
reissued on the Flight of the Green Linnet sampler in the late 80's. I
can figure out 95 percent of the words, but i would just as soon not
mumble through the Celtic placenames when we perform this next month. Can
anybody help? thanks in advance!
Chris in Seattle.
Anja Beinroth
: The song Jack Haggerty, half waltz half jig, is on an album by
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My copy of the LP includes a lyric sheet!!
Anja (ben...@uni-muenster.de)
gor...@shrsys.hslc.org
->The song Jack Haggerty, half waltz half jig, is on an album by
->_Touchstone_ (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and Claudine Langille c. 1982 and was
->reissued on the Flight of the Green Linnet sampler in the late 80's. I
->can figure out 95 percent of the words, but i would just as soon not
->mumble through the Celtic placenames when we perform this next month. Can
->anybody help? thanks in advance!
->Chris in Seattle.
Chris,
I'm at work now, but I have the words at home (already typed in the computer.
I agree about the touchstone version (r.e. understanding the lyrics), but Mick
Hanley (who played with Michael O Domhnaill in pre-Bothy Band & pre Skara Brae
days as a duet called Munroe) had an album out a while ago on which Jack
Hagerty appears.
Hope this will help
Do chara,
Dennis Gormley
Naka J Ishii
: The song Jack Haggerty, half waltz half jig, is on an album by
I don't think this is a "Celtic" song -- It begins: "I'm a heartbroken
raftsman, from Greenville I came" -- and that's always led me to think
it was American. I don't believe there's a place in any of the Celtic
countries by that name. Not conclusive, I admit, but still...
I think that's the only place-name in the song. I learned it from Mick
Hanly's recording, but I think it's the same as Touchstone's.
JACK HAGGERTY
I'm a heartbroken raftsman, from Greenville I came
All my virtue's departed with a lass I did fain
From the strong darts of Cupid I've suffered much grief
And my heart's broke a-sunder, I can get no relief
Of my troubles I'll tell you without much delay
Of a sweet little lassie my heart stole away
She's the blacksmith's fair daughter on the flat-river side
And I've always intended to make her my bride
I work on the river where the white waters roll
And my name I've engraved on the high rotten shoal
I'm the boy that stands happy on the dark, purling stream
But my thoughts were on Molly, she haunted my dream
I gave her fine jewels, the finest of lace
And the costliest muslins, her form to embrace
I gave her my wages all for to keep safe
I deprived her of nothing I had on this earth
'Til she wrote me a letter which I did receive
And she said from her promise, herself she'd relieve
To wed with another she'd a long time delayed
And the next time I'd see her she'd no more be a maid
To her mother, Jane Tucker, I lay all the blame
For she caused her leave and go back on my name
To cast off the riggings that God was to tie
And to leave me a rambler 'til the day that I die
So come all ye bold raftsmen with hearts stout and true
Don't trust to a woman 'cause you're beat if you do
And if you do meet one with a dark chestnut curl
Remember Jack Haggerty and the flat-river girl!
___________
Naka
nis...@library.umass.edu
gor...@shrsys.hslc.org
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In a previous article, acj...@aol.com (ACJames) wrote:
->The song Jack Haggerty, half waltz half jig, is on an album by
->_Touchstone_ (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and Claudine Langille c. 1982 and was
->reissued on the Flight of the Green Linnet sampler in the late 80's. I
->can figure out 95 percent of the words, but i would just as soon not
->mumble through the Celtic placenames when we perform this next month. Can
->anybody help? thanks in advance!
->Chris in Seattle.
gor...@shrsys.hslc.org
->ACJames (acj...@aol.com) wrote:
->: The song Jack Haggerty, half waltz half jig, is on an album by
->: _Touchstone_ (Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and Claudine Langille c. 1982 and was
->: reissued on the Flight of the Green Linnet sampler in the late 80's. I
->: can figure out 95 percent of the words, but i would just as soon not
->: mumble through the Celtic placenames when we perform this next month. Can
->: anybody help? thanks in advance!
->: Chris in Seattle.
->
Chris:
Here's the works as I have them. One reason you would have a problem with the
Celtic placenames in this song is because it's an American tune - hence the
lack of Celtic placenames. Triona learned it from Mick Hanley, who (according
to the Touchstone album sleeve) took the words from a book of folk songs and
gave it his own tune.
I've seen it independently in a couple of old American collections. I've also
seen the song refer to the "Black" river, rather than the "Platte"
Adh Mor!
(good luck - pronounced "ah more"
I'M A HEART BROKEN RAFTSMAN, FROM GREENVILLE I CAME
ALL MY VIRTUES DEPARTED WITH A LASS I DID FAIN
FROM THE STRONG DARTS OF CUPID I'VE SUFFERED MUCH GRIEF
AND MY HEART'S TORN ASUNDER, I CAN GET NO RELIEF
OF MY TROUBLES I'LL TELL YOU WITH OUT MUCH DELAY
OF THE SWEET LITTLE LASSIE MY HEART STOLE AWAY
SHE'S THE BLACKSMITH'S FAIR DAUGHTER ON THE PLATTE RIVERSIDE
AND I ALWAYS INTENDED FOR TO MAKE HER MY BRIDE
I WORKED ON THE RIVER WHERE THE WHITE WATERS ROAR
AND MY NAME I ENGRAVED ON THE HIGH ROCKY SHORE
AND THE BOY THAT STANDS HAPPY ON THE DARK BURNING STREAM
BUT MY THOUGHTS WERE ON MOLLY, SHE HAUNTED MY DREAMS
I GAVE HER FINE JEWELS AND THE FINEST OF LACE
AND THE COSLIEST MUSLINS HER FORM TO EMBRACE
I GAVE HER MY WAGES ALL FOR TO KEEP SAFE
I DEPRIVED HER OF NOTHING I HAD ON THIS EARTH
WELL I WORKED ON THE RIVER, I EARNED QUITE A STAKE
I WAS STEADFAST & STEADY, I NE'ER PLAYED THE RAKE
BY CAMPFIRE & RIVER I'M VERY WELL KNOWN
AND THEY CALL ME JACK HAGERTY, THE PRIDE OF THE TOWN
TILL SHE WROTE ME A LETTER WHICH I DID RECEIVE
AND SHE SAID FROM HER PROMISE, HERSELF SHE'D RELIEVE
FOR TO WED WITH ANOTHER SHE'D A LONG TIME DELAYED
AND THE NEXT TIME I'D SEE HER, SHE'D NO MORE BE A MAID
TO HER MOTHER JANE TUCKER, I LAY ALL THE BLAME
FOR SHE CAUSED HER TO LEAVE AND GO BACK ON MY NAME
FOR TO CAST OFF THE RIGGINGS THAT GOD WAS TO TIE
AND TO LEAVE ME A RAMBLER TILL THE DAY THAT I DIE
SO COME ALL YOU BOLD RAFTSMEN WITH HEARTS STOUT AND TRUE
DON'T TRUST IN A WOMAN. BOYS, YOU'RE BEAT IF YOU DO
BUT IF YOU DO MEET ONE WITH THE DARKEST OF CURLS
REMEMBER JACK HAGERTY AND THE PLATTE RIVER GIRL
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