Kill Kelly (sp?) song...
John J. Wegis
Kill Kelly? It is a song taken from a series of letters from an Irish
potato farmer written to his son in America during the 1800's.
I believe that "Kill Kelly" is the name of the town in Ireland.
Thanks,
John Wegis
daniel r. reitman, attorney to be
we...@constitution.ucr.edu (John J. Wegis) writes:
>I was wondering if anyone knows the words and guitar chords for the song
>Kill Kelly? It is a song taken from a series of letters from an Irish
>potato farmer written to his son in America during the 1800's.
>I believe that "Kill Kelly" is the name of the town in Ireland.
"Kilkelly", by Peter & Steve Jones, and already recorded quite extensively.
It's in Rise Up Singing.
Daniel Reitman
"[Insured's claim of] [p]racticing dentistry in Klamath Falls on a regular
basis and continuing to live or dwell with his daughter in Eugene stretches
credulity. The two cities are 173 miles apart and are separated by a high
mountain range." Schenen v. North-West Ins. Co., 258 Or. 559, 563, 484 P.2d
836, 838 (1971).
And you thought you'd heard some fishy stories?
Dexter Medley
>I was wondering if anyone knows the words and guitar chords for the song
>Kill Kelly? It is a song taken from a series of letters from an Irish
>potato farmer written to his son in America during the 1800's.
>I believe that "Kill Kelly" is the name of the town in Ireland.
I believe that's "Kilkelly", by Danny Doyle, recorded on his albums
and covered by others. I've never seen a tablature, though.
Craig Cockburn
we...@constitution.ucr.edu "John J. Wegis" writes:
> I believe that "Kill Kelly" is the name of the town in Ireland.
>
It's "Kilkelly" and it's in the Digital Tradition
--
Craig Cockburn (pronounced "coburn"), Edinburgh, Scotland
Sgri\obh thugam 'sa Ga\idhlig ma 'se do thoil e.
Evelyn Gordon
Another great song that can be found in _Rise Up Singing_. (Only words
and chords, no tab, no standard music notation: find the tune from the
list of recordings they provide or from a friend.) I'd have to check the
book for authorship, although Danny Doyle seems like as good a name as any;
I heard it sung by either Tommy Makem or the Clancy Brothers, I think,
one year at the Hudson River Revival festival.
I'm going to include the words (if i can remember them), but I'm curious
about what people feel is appropriate in terms of requests for words in
this group? Should I really say, "This is available in this song-book,
if you want chords and stuff you should post your request to alt.guitar.tab
or rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature and not bother people in this group!"?
My recollection of the words is as follows. E-mail me if you want chords
as this is already absurdly long and with neither guitar nor cheat-sheet
I'd probably get them wrong anyway (basic chords are Em, C, D, G).
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John
Your good friend the schoolmaster, Pat McNamara's so good as to write
these words down
Your brothers have all gone to find work in England, the house is so
empty and sad
The crop of potatoes is sorely infected, a third to a half of them bad
And your sister Bridget and Patrick O'Donnell are going to be married
in June
Your mother says not to work on the railroad, and be sure to come on home
soon.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 70, dear and loving son John
Hello to your missus and to your four children, may they grow healthy and
strong
Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble, I guess that he never will learn
Because of the dampness there's no turf to speak of, and now we have
nothing to burn
And Bridget is happy you've named a child for her, you know she's got six
of her own
You say you found work but you don't say what kind, Oh when will you be
coming home?
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 80, dear Michael and John, my sons
I'm sorry to give you the very sad news that your dear old mother passed on
We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly, your brothers and Bridget
were there
You don't have to worry, she died very quickly, remember her in your prayers
And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning, with money he's sure
to buy land
For the crop has been poor and the people are selling at any price that
they can.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 90, my dear and loving son John
I guess that I must be close on to eighty, it's thirty years since you've
gone
Because of all of the money you've sent me, I'm still living out on my own
Michael has built himself a fine house, and Bridget's daughters are grown
And thank you for sending your family picture, they're lovely young women
and men
You say that you might even come for a visit, what joy to see you again.
Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 92, my dear brother John
I'm sorry that I didn't write sooner to tell you that father passed on
He was living with Bridget, she says he was cheerful and healthy right
down to the end
You should have seen him playing with the grandchildren of Pat McNamara,
your friend
We buried him alongside of mother, down at the Kilkelly churchyard
He was a strong and a feisty old man, considering his life was so hard
And it's funny the way that he kept talking of you, he called for you at
the end
Oh why don't you think about coming to visit? We'd love to see you again.
Any typos/errors are, of course, my responsibility. Enjoy!
evelyn
evgo...@u.washington.edu
edw...@earlham.edu
It's in Rise Up Singing. It's called Killkelly Ireland and I can get
the words/chords for you, but you should by the book, good stuff
there...
ed
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writes:
>I was wondering if anyone knows the words and guitar chords for the song
>Kill Kelly? It is a song taken from a series of letters from an Irish
>potato farmer written to his son in America during the 1800's.
>
>I believe that "Kill Kelly" is the name of the town in Ireland.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Wegis
>
>(we...@consitution.ucr.edu)
Craig Cockburn
entr...@access1.digex.net "Dexter Medley" writes:
> I believe that's "Kilkelly", by Danny Doyle, recorded on his albums
> and covered by others. I've never seen a tablature, though.
>
It's also on Bringing it all back home, an excellent double album
tracing the development of Irish music and its influence on early
rock. Has many major names on it, including (I think) Mary Black, Hothouse
Flowers, The Pogues etc. The album came out in 1991 and was published
by the BBC and RTE. Absolutely mandatory material!
Craig
Grnlinnet
Cockburn) writes:
>It's also on Bringing it all back home, an excellent double album
>tracing the development of Irish music and its influence on early
>rock.
Also on "Killkelley" an album sold by Green Linnet Records.
e-mail grnl...@aol.com for free catalog, other info, orders, etc.
dick bomser
Craig Cockburn
grnl...@aol.com "Grnlinnet" writes:
The name of the tune is "Kilkelly"