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Thread #35648 Message #487501
Posted By: GUEST,Terry Blankenship
19-Jun-01 - 11:11 PM
Thread Name: Help: History of 'Shane Crossagh'
Subject: Shane Crossagh
We use to play this song in our old band "The Gabriel Hounds". It is a very good song. Our guitar player Karl found it. It on the new " Changeling - The Hidden World" Cd. It was originally going to be on "The Gabriel Hounds" new Cd. I remember him saying he found it in a book somewhere and that it originally had many more verses. I am not sure where he got the chords and melody for it. I made up my bouzouki part to compliment what he was already doing on the guitar. He was pretty sure no one else had recorded it before. I was wondering if any of you are familar with this song (possibly under another title). I'd love to see the complete source lyrics and melody for it.
SHANE CROSSAGH
IT'S UP THE HEATHERY MOUNTAIN AND DOWN THE ROCKY GLEN SQUIRE STAPLES HAS GONE HUNTING SHANE CROSSAGH AND HIS MEN WITH FORTY MOUNTED YOEMEN, THAT GALLOPED IN A STREAM THEY SWEAR THE GIN THE GALLOWS WORK WHEN THEY COME BACK AGAIN
SHANE CROSSAGH WAS A PLOUGHBOY THAT PLOUGHED IN BALLYNASCREEN AND NOW HE IS AN OUTLAW FOR THE WEARING OF THE GREEN TWAS IN THE SPARIN MOUNTAINS FAR, FAR FROM BALLYNASCREEN THEY SET THE BLOODHOUNDS ON HIS TRACK FOR THE WEARING OF THE GREEN
THEN UP SPOKE TORNS THE FARMER, WE HAVE HIM NOW I KNOW THE BLOODHOUNDS ARE UPON HIS TRACK, HIS BACK TO THE RIVER ROE THE MAN HE MUST BE WEARY, A LONG CHASE IT HAS BEEN FOR THREE LONG DAYS AND FASTING, SINCE HE LEFT BALLYNASCREEN
SHANE CROSSAGH HAD A WOLF DOG THAT NE'ER PARTED HIM AND AS THE HOUNDS THEY ALL RAN ROUND HE PULLED THEM LIMB FROM LIMB TWAS THEN UP SPOKE THE OUTLAW, AS TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW MY GALLANT HOUND WE'LL BOTH GO FREE IF WE CAN LEAP THE ROE
THEN UP THE HOUND HE GAVE A BOUNCE, CROSSAGH NOW I KNOW THEN WITH A SHOUT THEY BOTH JUMPED OUT AND LEAPED THE RIVER ROE NOW MARK ME SQUIRE STAPLES IF YOU COME BACK AGAIN YOU WELL MAY WISH THE RIVER ROE TWEEN CROSSAGH AND HIS MEN
WELL THE FEENEY BRIDGE WAS BROKEN AND ON THE SEARCH WAS SEEN FOR THEM A FEARFUL TOKEN, A BUNCH OF HOLLY GREEN TWAS THEN CRIED SQUIRE STAPLES, CROSSAGH LET ME LIVE AND FOR YOUR HOUNDS A THOUSAND POUNDS IN YELLOW GOLD I'LL GIVE
TIS BOUND IS SQUIRE STAPLES YOU'LL FIND HIM IN THE GLEN HIS FORTY YOEMEN TAKEN BY SEVEN GALLENT MEN SEVEN GALLANT OUTLAWS, SEVEN GALLANT MEN AND WITH DESPAIR THEY TORE THEIR HAIR AND SHANE WENT FREE AGAIN
IT'S UP THE HEATHERY MOUNTAIN AND DOWN THE ROCKY GLEN SQUIRE STAPLES HAS GONE HUNTING SHANE CROSSAGH AND HIS MEN WITH FORTY MOUNTED YOEMEN THAT GALLOPED IN A STREAM THEY SWEAR THE GIN THE GALLOWS WORK WHEN THEY COME BACK AGAIN