Alison - Here's the culprit's addition to last-year's thread - maybe someone can do a blue clicky thing to send people to the entire thread, I enjoyed re-reading it.

Subject: RE: Favorite Celtic songs for singing From: steve t Date: 01-Sep-98 - 10:49 AM

It is a common misconception that there exist happy Celtic songs. For example, many people will steadfastly maintain that there is NO FOURTH VERSE to Star of the County Down:

So here I stand with my hat in hand, while my heart knows deep, dark blight For my Irish lass, curse her heart of brass! tripped and died in the bar last night Still her ghost doth say: twill soon be our wedding day, but I'll sadly call whiskey my bride And in far off lands, sure I'll ring my hands, drain a glass and shout, Christ, I tried!