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Thread #110977   Message #4048609
Posted By: Steve Gardham
26-Apr-20 - 09:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: McNulty Family songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: McNulty Family songs
I notice on the list the title 'The Little House under the Hill' which can be found online as an Irish Jig. I only ever heard it sung by one person, a fried of mine from Limerick who I used to be in a ceili band with.

I can't remember if she sang any more than the one verse as her husband played the jig anyway.

Hey for it, ho for it , hey for it still,
hey for the little house under the hill,
If I had my way now as I have the will,
I'd fly to the little house under the hill.

Somewhat oddly I came across the following song in a 1669 English book.

Oh! the little house that lies under the hill,
Oh! The little house that lies under the hill,
There's ale and tobacco and wenches at will,
Oh! The little house that lies under the hill.

Related? Not necessarily, but interesting.