The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #43124   Message #857134
Posted By: HuwG
02-Jan-03 - 07:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Seven Drunken Nights
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Seven Drunken Nights
The usual method, when performing live for radio or TV, or when the audience is likely to be offended, is to replace the last verse (involving the rolling pin, sausage, helmeted thermometer or whatever) with:

As I came home on a Sunday night,
As drunk as drunk could be,
I saw my wife inside the bed,
And this she said to me ...


And then play out with the Greek song, "Never on a Sunday". I have heard the Dubliners, and my friend Sean Wood and his now-defunct group, "Banshee", adopt this method. It is awkward if playing a guitar in concert tuning (this song is normally accompanied on a bouzouki), and I have yet to crack it properly, but you can manufacture something with F, Gm and D7.