ADD: Dinny the Piper

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Dinny Burns the piper
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 22 Dec 01 - 05:49 PM

Under the title 'Dinny the Piper' it was also done (excellently, I may add) by Andy M. Stewart on 'Dublin Lady' (1987). If I do get to Stony Stratford I'll bring you a cassette!

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Dinny Burns the piper
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 22 Dec 01 - 01:29 PM

See these two earlier discussions:

THE COW ATE THE PIPER
'Milesian' or Militian' in CowAtePiper?

Subject: Dinny Burns the piper
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Dec 01 - 12:59 PM

Who knows the words and music for this song? Noel Murphy used to sing it way back when, and I've never managed to get it together to learn it. WARNING I intend to sing it at Stony Stratford!!!!!!!!!
Failte .....Jock

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: Wolfgang
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 06:05 AM

The question has been answered, but just in case you are looking for more Andy Stewart songs, this Andy Stewart page has several songs, among them the one wanted here.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 03:12 AM

See also these earlier threads:

The Cow Ate The Piper

'Milesian' or Militian' in CowAtePiper?

Malcolm

Subject: Lyr Add: DINNY THE PIPER (from Andy M. Stewart)
From: guinnesschik
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 09:56 PM

Khandu: I tried to find the website for you, but couldn't, so I'll type 'em out the old-fashioned way-one finger at a time.

DINNY THE PIPER

In the year ninety-eight, when our troubles were great,
It was treason to be a militian,
And the black-whiskers said that we'd never forget,
And our history shows there were Hessians.
In these troubled times, oh, it was a great crime,
And murder, it never was riper.
Near the town of Glensheed, not an acre from Meath,
Lived one Dinny Burns, the piper.

Neither wedding nor wake would be worth a shake
If Dinny was not first invited,
For at squeezin' the bags, or emptyin' the kegs,
He astonished as well as delighted.
But, in these times, Dinny could not earn a penny.
Martial law had him stung like a viper,
And it kept him within 'til the bones of his skin
Grinned through the rags of the piper.

Well, one day it did dawn as Dinny crept home,
Back from a fair at Lafangen,
When, what should he see, from the branch of a tree
But the corpse of a Hessian there hanging.
Says Dinny, "These rogues have good boots. I've no brogues."
He took hold of those boots with a gryper,
And the boots were so tight, and he pulled with such might,
Legs and all came away with the piper.

Ah, then Dinny did run, for fear o' bein' hung
Till he came to Tim Haley's cabin.
Says Tim from within, "I can't let ye in.
Ye'll be shot if ye're caught out there rappin'."
So he went to the shed where the cow was in bed.
He begin with a whisp for to wiper.
And they lay down together in seven foot o' heather
And the cow took to huggin' the piper.

Well, the day it did dawn, and Dinny did yawn,
Then he stripped off the boots from the Hessian,
And the legs, by the law, he just left in the straw,
Then he slipped home with his new possessions.
Now breakfast bein' done, Tim sent his young son
To get Dinny up like a lamplighter.
When the legs there he saw, he flew up like a jackdaw
And said, "Daddy, the cow's et the piper!"

"Ah, bad luck to that baste! She'd no musical taste
To eat such a jolly old chanter.
A phad raid a mhic, take a lump of a stick.
Drive her off down the road and we'll canter."
Well, the neighbors were called. Mrs Kennedy bawled.
She began for to humbug and gyper,
And in sorrow they met, and their whistles they wet,
And like devils, lamented the piper.

Then the cow she was drove a mile or two off
Till they came to a fair at Killaly,
And there she was sold for four guineas in gold
To the clerk of the parish, Sean Daly.
Then they went to the tent, where the pennies were spent,
Tim bein' a jolly ol' swiper,
And who should be there, playin' the "Rakes of Kildare"?
Just your bold Dinny Burns, the piper!

Ah, then Tim gave a jolt like a half-drunken colt,
And he stares at the piper like a gamuck.
"I thought, by the powers, for the last eight hours,
You were playin' in the ould cow's stomach!"
Well, when Dinny observed that the Hessians being served
Began just to humbug and gyper,
Oh, in grandeur they met, and their whistles they wet,
And like devils they danced 'round the piper.

I had the wonderful luck to hear this performed live, by Andy M. Stewart himself. What a delight! Enjoy these much! ;-)g'chik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ9zN0aTqCo

Subject: Dinny the Piper
From: khandu
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 08:51 PM

Where can I find lyrics for "Dinny the Piper" by Andy M. Stewart? Looked hither and yon, have found none!>khandu

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: MMario
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 04:28 PM

Áine - I meant that it was being used in a non-literal sense; as there are some people who call all younger males sonny, or those who call all young women "sweetie" or for that matter some women who call everybody "honey" --so instead of just plain "Patrick" it was a more affectionate but not literal term

okay - I just read the lyrics more carefully; it is father and son...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: Áine
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 04:19 PM

Maith thú, a Fhergie! Sin direach é.

And MMario, it means 'Patrick, my son' and not 'Paddy my boy' . . . unless you want to sound silly. ;-)

And Chris -- Sorry I didn't get the PM sooner, or I would have hopped on my broomstick immediately!

Slán, Áine

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: MMario
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 03:43 PM

so it's the equivilant of "Paddy me boy"?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: Clinton Hammond2
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 03:33 PM

COOL!

Thanks Mudcatters!!

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: Fergie
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 03:30 PM

It Means "Patrick my son" Paudraig pronounced paw-rick is a gaelic form of Patrick. a mhic means "my son" but not necessarily in the literal sense more as a term of friendlyness to any male. Ferg

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: SDShad
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 03:29 PM

Dunno, Clinton. I've used my "phone-a-friend" lifeline for it, and PM'ed Aine.

So, how long does a spell of Aine-summoning take to take effect?

Chris

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: Clinton Hammond2
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 03:08 PM

Neat...

But what the hell does it mean?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinny the Piper
From: SDShad
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 01:36 PM

"A phád raig a mhic," according to this blicky. I think the "mhic" is pronounced more like "vhick," but Aine'd be the one to ask about meaning and pronunciation.

Chris

Subject: Dinny the Piper
From: Clinton Hammond2
Date: 14 Jul 00 - 01:33 PM

Actually I'm just looking for 1 line....

'Ah bad luck to that beast, she'd no musical taste to eat such a jolly old chanter
???( A fadra ga vick ) ???, take a lump of a stick, driver her off down the road and we'll canter'

Anyone got a clue???

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