The Pill

[Paul J. Stamler]

Frank Reid (re...@indiana.edu) wrote:
: The recent Irish referendum allowing divorce reminds me of a song I heard
: in the '60s or '70s when the Catholic Church was debating the contraception
: issue. They decided not to allow contraception, so the song is dated,
: but does anyone know who wrote or recorded it?

"The Pill" was written by Matt McGinn, of Glasgow, and recorded by Pete
Seeger on "Dangerous Songs" (Columbia, out of print LP).

Peace.
Paul

[Frank Reid]

The recent Irish referendum allowing divorce reminds me of a song I heard
in the '60s or '70s when the Catholic Church was debating the contraception
issue. They decided not to allow contraception, so the song is dated,
but does anyone know who wrote or recorded it?

THE PILL
(sung with Irish accent)

I wed when I was 17, I hadn't many brains.
Says I, the very thing to do is fill the house with weans.
And when I got the room full, I went to see the priest
To tell him my man Willie was behaving like a beast.

refrain after each verse:
Aye, the pill, the pill, I'm pining for the pill.
I won't have any more because they're going to bless the pill.

He gave me such a talking to, it filled me heart with tears.
Says he, "How long have you been wed?" Says I, "These sevem years."
He says, "You better give over all your evil, sinful tricks;
You've been wed for seven years and you haven't got but six."

And now they're talking of the pill, it fills me heart with hope,
And sitting here, I'm waiting for the message by the pope.
I went down town and got some, at 15 bob for 10
And I hope I hear the pope's okay before me man comes in.

--

Frank re...@indiana.edu

[Majjick]

> does anyone know who wrote or recorded it?

I seem to remember it was Matt McGinn, but I could be wrong.

Paul Magnussen

[David Orange]

Then again, didn't Loretta Lynn record a song by that title? Wasn't Shel
Silverstein the writer? Kind of a rebuttal to 'Stand by your Man'.
Definitely out of place for Nashville in the late 60's. Dave Marsh had an
interesting piece on this once.

O.K., so this got off the folk track, but thought I'd wade in w/ my .02 worth.

Hasta,

david

--
->:)
David Orange
Send Email to: ora...@nevada.edu
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[Bert D. Dodds]

In article <19951128103849.reid@frank_reid.electronics.indiana.edu> re...@indiana.edu (Frank Reid) writes:
>From: re...@indiana.edu (Frank Reid)
>Subject: The Pill
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 10:38 EST

>The recent Irish referendum allowing divorce reminds me of a song I heard
>in the '60s or '70s when the Catholic Church was debating the contraception
>issue. They decided not to allow contraception, so the song is dated,

>but does anyone know who wrote or recorded it?

A guy from Scotland named Matt McGinn wrote it. It's on an old Pete Seeger
album called "Dangerous Songs?"

Bert

[Clisby Williams]

In article <orange-3011...@sunkist.lv-whi.nevada.edu>, ora...@nevada.edu (David Orange) writes:
|> In article <49i0p8$e...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, maj...@aol.com (Majjick) wrote:
|>

|> > > does anyone know who wrote or recorded it?
|> >

|> > I seem to remember it was Matt McGinn, but I could be wrong.
|> >
|> > Paul Magnussen
|> Then again, didn't Loretta Lynn record a song by that title? Wasn't Shel
|> Silverstein the writer? Kind of a rebuttal to 'Stand by your Man'.
|> Definitely out of place for Nashville in the late 60's. Dave Marsh had an
|> interesting piece on this once.
|>
|> O.K., so this got off the folk track, but thought I'd wade in w/ my .02 worth.
|>
|> Hasta,
|>
|> david
|>
|> --
|> ->:)
|> David Orange
|> Send Email to: ora...@nevada.edu
|> ********************

Yes, Loretta Lynn did record a song called "The Pill" -
supposedly, a lot of radio stations wouldn't play it.

Hers included the lines:

There's gonna be some changes made
Right here on nursery hill
You've set this hen for your last time
Cause now I've got the pill.

Clisby