Subject: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin Ryan Date: 25 Mar 97 - 10:40 AM Anyone know a shanty with Irish references and chorus lines of "All down me Billy" and "All down Billy O'Shea"? May be Haul or Fall, for that matter Regards |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Barry Finn Date: 25 Mar 97 - 08:19 PM Can you supply more info, it looks like it would be Haul instead of All & with the 2 refrains it would probly be a halyard shanty, but Billy is very uncommon in the chourses of shanties, a few Billy Boy or Billy Reily & last names (instead of nicknames) are even more uncommon (Billy Reily), but O'Shea I've never heard, I just looked through Hugill & Doeflinger & couldn't find anything close, maybe you've got something that's been written recently. Post more info if you can & if you find it, post it, it sounds like it could by an interesting shanty. Good Luck. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin Ryan Date: 27 Mar 97 - 05:39 AM Barry Its a long story! At a seminar (singing/drinking weekend, in fact) in Donegal last weekend, a man called Dan Milner sang this shanty at three in the morning.I'd never heard it so had a chat.It turned out he had heard a fragment years ago and been chasing it ever since. He had in despair written a few verses himself, for a recording project he was involved in. The same afternoon, in a fringe session in a(nother) pub, a collector called Tom Munnelly sang a complete version of the same song!Chorus was definitely "Fall down..." except in the final verse which has "Farewell....". He had a vague recolection of learning it many years ago - hadn't sung it for twenty years! Coincidence is a nasty thing - I suspect there's a link neither is conscious of! Anyway, I'll follow up the Dublin end here. This thread is really to see if there is any more floating about in the ether. As to whetherr its old or recent - its hard to tell. Got a nice swing and shape to it. There are specific Dublin references in both versions - but obviously there could be other localised versions of it. Tune vaguely familiar. Regards
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Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin Ryan Date: 27 Mar 97 - 05:55 AM I should have mentioned that Milner (who published an excellent songbook called "A Bonny Bunch of Roses" some years ago) was on a flying visit from the States! Regards |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Barry Finn Date: 27 Mar 97 - 06:47 AM Hi Martin, I"ll be keeping a sharp weather eye on this shanty, I have a high regard for Dan, who I've run into at a few singing sessions at Mystic Shanty Festival, along with his wife, Bonny, who also is a nice singer. I'll be running across Dan again in early June, maybe I can carry this on then, if I find out more. Good Luck. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Louis Killen (killen@tscnet.com) Date: 17 Apr 97 - 01:10 AM Gentlemen, I see Dan has stirred up a large dose of conciousness. I joined him recording that shanty just before he went to Donnegal. Martin's right about the power of ideas floating in the ether. A case of "think it and and it shall emerge" version of "Build it and they shall come". Dan and I will be singing it together at Mystic and at a concert we're doing for NY Pinewoods F/M Club on July 12. Hope to see you there Brian - and Martin, good luck on the Dublin end. Yours Aye! Louis Killen |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: dick greenhaus Date: 17 Apr 97 - 09:45 AM Welcome aboard, Louis! Good to hear from you . |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Louis Killen Date: 18 Apr 97 - 01:26 PM Your welcome, Dick. Great expansion of DT. Thanks and keep up the good work. |
Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY O'SHEA (shanty) From: Martin Ryan Date: 21 Apr 97 - 07:19 AM Here's the words as heard from Tom Munnelly:
We all got drunk in Dublin City.
We lay ourselves down on Rogerson's Quay. Fall...
We are no sailors, Captain dear,
The Captain said, "I've a cure for that,
He sent him up to the topmast yard.
We wrapped him up in the canvas sail.
Over the side and down he goes.
Farewell, farewell, farewell me Billy Any ideas? |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin Ryan Date: 08 May 97 - 06:27 AM In Donegal, Tom Munnelly claimed that a man called Terry Moylan had asked him about this song some months ago and he had dredged it up from his memory. I finally caught up with Terry last night. He says he has been slowly compiling a book of Dublin songs (Yes! a rival to Frank Harte)and remembered hearing Tom singing Billy O'Shea many years ago. In fact, he insists Tom wrote it. The "Rogerson's Quay" reference is to a pub they used to drink in many years ago. Tom, meanwhile, is tolerably vague on this theory. I suspect its true. Regards to all |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Barry Finn Date: 23 Jun 98 - 09:46 PM Martin, any more on this Billy O'Shea from your Dublin end? I mentioned this in another post (star of the county down). I just got the tape of Dan Milner's with it on it, a great song, looking for more too. Turns out Dan's source is a fellow, Shay Walker, who I've played in sessions with for ages, I don't around much anymore but I'll ask him about it when I see him next, if I can remember, I forgot to ask Dan when I saw him this past Mystic & when I picked up his tape it was at festivals end. If I hear I'll post. Barry |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Date: 24 Jun 98 - 12:15 PM Barry No further developments. It looks like Tom Munnelly probably did write it back in the sixties - and Shay Walker or someone else took it to the States. Serendipity brought it all back to Donegal (see above)!
Must get a copy of Dan's tape.
Regards |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin Ryan. Date: 24 Jun 98 - 08:30 PM No idea why my name didn't appear in that last posting! Lest there be any doubt:
Regards Martin Ryan |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Barry Finn Date: 22 Jul 98 - 08:24 PM Martin, just got a copy of a tape Dan sent to Shea Walker (a Dubliner), who Dan had originally heard 1 verse from, Shea's tape has a fellow singing it to Dan as you have it & also stating he hadn't sung it in 20 years. I don't know if this is your same Tom, but he says he has it form a medical photographer Dave Smith who helped run a kitchen club (?) from 1962-1965. That's about it, Shea can't recall where he got the 1 verse from. Barry |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin Ryan. Date: 23 Jul 98 - 08:46 PM The "kitchen club" was probably "The Copper Kitchen" which was a well known folk club in Dublin around that time. Regards |
Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY O'SHEA (shanty) From: Wolfgang Date: 29 Jan 99 - 10:05 AM There's a good reason now to revive this thread: Dan Milner's (and others') CD mentioned above is on sale (sail?) now (see also thread "Mudcat reporting artists"). The lyrics Dan sings on that CD are very different from the lyrics posted here by Martin (and now in the DT-database). Only the first verse and the chorus are close. Here's my far from perfect transcription of what Dan Milner sings. I'd love to see corrections and completions. BILLY O'SHEA
1. Oh, we all got drunk in Dublin City,
Chorus: All down, all down,
2. St. Patrick was a roaming sailor,
3. I'll sing you a song of the Blackball Line, boys,
4. Just take a trip to Liverpool, boys,
5. (Santander Jim?) was a mate for Hell, boys, Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: George Henderson NSC Date: 29 Jan 99 - 11:49 AM I have a recording of this song made around 1984 and sung by Eddie Doyle in the Goílín singing club when that club's home was in the Four Seasons at the top of Capel Street. I will look up the tape tonightt and post his version tomorrow. Strange coincidence - that song is on the same tape as the Pawnbroker's wife which I posted this morning. (It is ahome made tape of live recordings - not a commercial tape. Louis - Nice to see you name around. A long time since we met. Perhaps you could drop me an e-mail and advise your address. My e-mail address is georgehenderson@tinet.ie
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Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY O'SHEA (shanty) From: George Henderson Date: 29 Jan 99 - 03:57 PM I have located my recording. It was not on the same tape as advised earlier, nor was it Eddie Doyle, but it was one of goílín fellers. I don't know which one. I didn't know those people well at that time but it wasn't: Luke, Barry, Terry, Gerry, Eddie Frank Harte or Mick. Perhaps Martin may know who he is. The singer had a deep voice reminiscent of Barry Gleeson. Anyway, the version goes as follows; We all got drunk in Dublin City. Fall down, me Billy. We all got drunk and the more the pity. Fall down, Billy O'Shea. We lay ourselves down on Rogerson's Quay. When we woke up, we were out to sea. The captain's name was Michael Flynn, And the bosun carried a belayin' pin. We are no sailors, captain dear, And a bit unhappy to reef or steer. The captain said, "I've a cure for rap, And here for a start is a dose of the clap." He sent him up to the topmast yard. When he hit the deck, he took it hard. Over the side and down below, He's gone to Davy Jones with a stitch through his nose. Farewell, farewell, Farewell, me Billy, For I am bound for Americay. Farewell, Billy O'Shea. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin _Ryan Date: 30 Jan 99 - 07:17 AM George: Eddy seemed the most likely candidate - apart from the deep voice! Could well have been Tom Munelly, whom Terry Moylan claims wrote the song (see earleir in the thread). You might let me hear the tape sometime. Regards p.s. I think Dan "reconstructed" his version from what he could remember of Shay's. The story of the coincidence in Inishowen is perfectly true, by the way. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: George Henderson Date: 30 Jan 99 - 07:23 AM Eddie's a good friend. I'd know his voice anywhere and it wasn't him or Tom. I do not think Tom wrote this but I will ask him the next time I meet him (probably Willie Clancy week. I can,t go to ennistymon this year as I will be in Canada /USA during Whit. If you are going to Inisowen ask him there. He may not tell you if he wrote it but he will definitely tell you if he didn't. I'll ask Dan to ask him as well. I would like to know the source. Regards George |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Liam's Brother Date: 30 Jan 99 - 01:10 PM Hi! Back about 1984, I had a sales job and covered the Northeastern USA & Canada. Every time I would go to Boston, I would look up Shay Walker. Shay is from Dublin. After the session, he and I bought a lagre bag of potato crisp (USA: chips) and went over to the harbor in Boston behind the aquarium. We had been singing and talking about songs all night and continued. Shay asked if I knew "Billy O'Shay." I said no and he continued that he didn't either but that Clive Collins used to sing it when he lived in Boston. (I have never met Clive Collins. He is from Birmingham, England, I believe. He recorded with the Christy Moore band that became Planxty on the LP "Prosperous.") Shay had only the first verse and sang it. I had no tape recorder with me. I liked what I heard and ran the fragment past a lot of people over the years in hopes of getting the rest. I asked Stan Hugill about it the day he came to our plkace for lunch; I asked Frank Harte about one night in London. No luck. After about 12 years, I just gave up and took the little bit I remembered, put an extra chorus to it, made up a few extra verses and added some stock Black Ball couplets to make a complete shanty. The Ballyliffin story is as Martin described it. As a matter of course, I always ran "Billy" past a Dublin singer when I met one. The version George gives above is pretty much the same as the one Tom Munnelly sang for me except for the addition of the "Flynn" couplet and the "clap" couplet which I gather is a corruption of the one Tom sang: "Now," says he, "I've a cure for that." Fall....... "And here for a start is a dose of the cat." Fall....... "Cat" would refer to "cat o' nine tails" or flogging and I think that's more in keeping with meaning of the song than buggery. I am happy through my dogged curiosity and damned good luck (facilitated through the very kind and helpful Martin Ryan) that I was able to help ring "Billy" back from the depths.
All the best, |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin _Ryan Date: 01 Feb 99 - 04:12 PM George Once Terry Moylan started the hare, I did of course ask Tom if he was the culprit (note: that should give some of our pedants something to chew on!). As far as I recall, his reaction was "I don't remember! But I don't know where else I might have got it from either!". Regards |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Liam's Brother Date: 01 Feb 99 - 04:39 PM Well George and Martin, if Tom, a full-time folklorist doesn't remember whether he composed it, I think we have to agree that "Billy" certainly has entered tradition. All the nest, Dan |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Date: 01 Feb 99 - 08:13 PM Martin / Dan Looks prety convincing. I said that if Tom wrote this song he wouldn't admit it . If he didn't he would say so. however I will still ask him personally and watch his reactions. Don't either of you say a word to him. regards George. |
Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY O'SHEA (shanty) From: Liam's Brother Date: 05 Feb 99 - 03:41 PM Hi! I received the following by e-mail this afternoon... QUOTE Hello Dan I have just enjoyed listening to your CD, which I have purchased from the Chantey Cabin, England. I sing with my shanty group 'The Harry Brown Shantymen Of Bristol' England. I was particularly interested in the track 'Billy O'Shea' since it is a song we have also recorded on cassette. I collected the words from a Pete MacNab of Cheddar, Somerset, England, who I believe collected it from the Scottish singer Tich Frier, who collected it from an old Dublin seaman. The tune I have is similar to your tune, the first verse being almost identical in stanza. Here are the words I have, if you have any more information on the song I would like to hear from you. FALL DOWN, ME BILLIES 1. Oh, we all got drunk in Dublin City. CHORUS: Fall down, me Billies. We all got drunk and, oh, what a pity! CHORUS: Oh, it's fall down, Billy O'Shea. FULL CHORUS: Fall down, fall down, Fall down, me Billies. Were bound away for Americay. Oh, it's fall down, Billy O'Shea. 2. And we all got drunk on the Rogerson's Quay, And when we awoke, we were all at sea. 3. Oh, we're not sailors, Captain Drew. We come from land and we won't work for you. 4. So we swung him up to the top'sl yard. He hit the deck and he hit it hard. 5. And we wrapped him up in a big white sheet, Threw him overboard for the sharks to eat. 6. Oh, I thought I heard the old man say: "We're bound away for Americay." Pleasant sailing aye UNQUOTE I have invited the originator of this e-mail message to check into this thread. More to come? All the best, Dan Line breaks added. --JoeClone |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Denny Maloy (shylight@hotmail.com) Date: 05 Feb 99 - 05:16 PM I am interested in learning/doing shanty......can someone help? I am Irish by birth and gaelic by hand...I have played guitar for many a year-since I was 13 I believe...unless I got to loud...then it was 14... Lively now....is anyone going to give an old man a hand? |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin _Ryan Date: 05 Feb 99 - 07:20 PM Good man, Dan! Regards |
Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY O'SHEA (shanty) From: Liam's Brother Date: 11 Feb 99 - 01:15 AM This just in from England... QUOTE Dear Dan, I was listening to your CD with Johnny Collins and I read the sleeve notes on Billy O'Shea and your search for the lyrics. I thought you might be interested in the attached version which I have been singing for some time. I sing to more or less the same tune but probably quite a bit quicker. Grae
Billy O' Shea
Well we all got drunk in Dublin City,
Fall down, fall down, me Billy
Well we all got drunk on the Rudyardstone Quay
We are not sailors Captain dear
We hoisted him up to the Tops'l yard
When I gets back to the Rudyardstone Quay
I'll say to her will you marry me
But now I hear the Captain say UNQUOTE George... I have invited the originator to check in on the thread. I believe we have a genuine folk song here.
All the best, |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Graemeknights@yahoo.com Date: 19 Mar 99 - 08:49 PM Billy O'Shea Hi guys may I enter the "Fray" I have followed the thread after E-mailing dan with regard to his recording. I have been singing Billy O'Shea for some years and have a version wich is not made up from couplets of other shanties and was always led to believe it was a Liverpool song (any Liverpudlians will know the name Shea) However I do not hail from Liverpool or Ireland so have no vested interest, BUT it is a damn fine song (if it was written recently, I wish I had written It ! ! ! ) That's my contribution from old Blighty, It hasn't helped but I couldn't help but get involved. Yours Graeme |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Martin _Ryan Date: 20 Mar 99 - 07:07 AM I still haven't seen any evidence that the damn thing goes back beyond about 1965! Regards |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Liam's Brother Date: 21 Mar 99 - 10:05 AM Hi Martin! There was a fellow in Connecticut, an airline pilot as I recall, whose wife disappeared without a trace. Foul play was suspected but the police had a problem in that no body was found. He was convicted in the end, as I recall, based on the fact that he had been observed standing on a bridge over the Housatonic River operating a wood chipper at 3 o'clock in the morning. I think I have those facts mostly correct. As much as I would like to comply with your writ of habeas corpus, as happens with oral history, delivering the body of Billy O'Shea presents some difficulty. I did a concert last night with Bob Conroy and Brian Conway and, as I looked down the list of songs, I was amazed how many of them were only preserved by one chance meeting between between one folk song collector and one singer. A good case in point is "The Leaving of liverpool," a personal favorite of mine and a song now in wide circulation. Despite the variety of textual versions, I know of no other source for this song than Dick Maitland, Bill Doerflinger's informant. Ewan MacColl got the song from Bill's book and recorded the non-rhyming version. Lou Killen, who was in the chorus at the session, started singing it in folk clubs. Luke Kelly got it from Lou; the Clancys from Luke. By the time the Clancys got to Carneige Hall, everything now rhymed but, if my suspicions are correct, if it wasn't for Captain Dick and Bill, there would have been no Leaving of Liverpool for the rest of us. I will call Bill a little later today and ask. My point is, rather than indicate it must be proved that "Billy O'Shea" is a traditional song, it must be proved that "Billy O'Shea" is NOT a traditional song. I haven't seen any evidence of that yet. See you on Tuesday night. I look forward to a pint and a song with you.
All the best,
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Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Liam's Brother Date: 21 Mar 99 - 10:15 AM Hi Martin! As you know also. Billy O'Shea was buried at sea, further complicating the issue.
All the best, |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: radriano Date: 20 Sep 00 - 06:55 PM This thread started in March of 1997. That's quite a while ago but I was hoping to get Dan (Liam's Brother) to post, if he can remember or dig up the information, the names of the people who e-mailed him versions of Billy O'Shea. I realize it's a long shot but I like to have names for who a version came from or who passed a version on. Also, Graeme posted to the original thread and said he had a version of Billy O'Shea from Liverpool that, in Graeme's words, "..is not made up from couplets of other shanties.." If you're still out there, Graeme, please post your version. Regards to all, Radriano |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 21 Sep 00 - 09:54 AM I sing this myself from time to time and heard it from Johnny Collins. Perhaps he may remember. In his version the whole point of the "Fall Down" chorus is that in the song Billy falls off the yardarm and is killed. The stitch through the nose line is possibly a clue as it was a tradition for a sailmaker sewing a corpse into a hammock for burial at sea to run a needle through the corpses nose (just to make sure!) my $.02 worth |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Liam's Brother Date: 21 Sep 00 - 04:37 PM Sorry, Radriano, I have only what I posted above. My former computer was turned back to my former employer. The Minstrel (above) is entirely correct on both counts. Billy has a hangover, is inexperienced and flys to the deck. If he had any life in him, the stitch would've woke him up.
All the best, |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: radriano Date: 21 Sep 00 - 05:06 PM Thanks for looking into this Dan. I appreciate it. Richard |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: GUEST Date: 30 May 02 - 02:08 PM |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: JenEllen Date: 30 May 02 - 02:17 PM addition/correction to the version that Wolfgang posted: St. Patrick was a Roman sailor He had a pater and a mater lemme see if I can find that version (in a box somehweres) and I'll post in entirety, if memory serves, it isn't like the version Martin posted. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: JenEllen Date: 30 May 02 - 02:40 PM complete correction/additions to Wolfgang's version, (scribbled on a napkin during a shanty-sing, and my penmanship stinks) but the best I could make out was:
Verse 2.
Verse 3.
Verse 5. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: GUEST,Pete MacNab Macanabba @ AOL.com Date: 30 May 02 - 02:43 PM I have just read this series of discussions on Billy o' Shea and find myself mentioned in it along with a perfect example of the folk process. This song was being sung by Bitter Withy in Edinburgh in the mid sixties and Tich Frier, the lead singer, collected it off an Irish singer, from Dublin who came over to Edinburgh about that time. Tich can't remember his name which doesn't help matters but, whilst making enquiries in Dublin a few years ago it was suggested to me that it might have been a man called Jim Kelly who apparently went to Edinburgh for a while about that time. I have not met him and it may be a complete red herring but I believe he is in his sixties and still living in Dublin. The quay in the song is in the centre of Dublin and now a fashionable wine bar area and is Sir John Rogerstones Quay. I have sung it since the sixties and recorded it for the Festival of the Sea in Bristol with my band of that time 'Whigamaleeries', now known as 'Hen's Teeth' on a tape called Tall Ships. Johnny Collins and Jim Magean heard me sing it at Bromyard a number of years back and had never heard it before. Stan Hugill hadn,t heard it either. Tich says I have altered it by putting the chorus after every verse, I think they only sung it twice. Compare my version to the Harry Browns, who got it off me and to Johnny Collins one. I have spoken to Dan Milner about it. Oh we all got drunk in Dublin City Fall down me Billys We all got drunk and more's the pity Fall down Billy o' Shea Fall down Fall down Fall down me Billies We're bound away for Amerikay And it's fall down Billy O' Shea We all got drunk on John Rogerstones Quay When we awoke we were all at sea Oh we are not sailors Captain, dear We come from land and we won't work here Oh we strung him up from the topsail yard He hit the deckand he hit it hard And we wrapped him up in a big white sheet Threw him overboard for to feed the sharks I thought I heard the old man say We're bound away for Amerikay The last verse was added by myself as a fairly standard shanty finish |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Herga Kitty Date: 30 May 02 - 05:48 PM Since posting to this thread, Graeme Knights has recorded a version with Johnny Collins, Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman singing on the choruses (on his "Echoes from afar" CD.) The song notes say "there have been many discussions as to the origins of this"...... |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Noreen Date: 30 May 02 - 06:22 PM Now all we need is the tune... please? |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Date: 31 May 02 - 08:31 AM All roads lead to Dublin.... Regards p.s. Luke Kelly, of immortal memory, had a brother (still alive) called Jimmy - who sings..... |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: GUEST,vectis Date: 31 May 02 - 09:28 AM I have been hunting for the words ever since I heard it in Devon last year. I "heard" it as Bully O'Shea. Thanks everyone I can cobble together a version that suits me from all these lovely postings. Thant's the folk process for you. |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: Wolfgang Date: 03 Jun 02 - 10:18 AM JenEllen, the corrections are much appreciated. I never was comfortable with my transcription. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: MMario Date: 30 Oct 03 - 11:13 AM tune? (in a postable form) |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: GUEST,MCP Date: 30 Oct 03 - 06:57 PM I'll post the abc later (bedtime now!) Mick |
Subject: Tune Add: BILLY O'SHEA (chantey) From: GUEST,MCP Date: 31 Oct 03 - 08:33 AM Here's the abc as promised. His full text is given above. Mick X: 1 T:Billy O'Shea M:C| L:1/4 Q:2/4=76 S:Graeme Knights CD - Echo From Afar K:D % original in B IIRC D/F/|A A A A| A B A< A| w:Well we all got drunk in Dub-lin Ci-ty A2 B> A|F< A z w:Fall down me Bil-ly A/A/|B d B F/D/|E> F E/D/ w:Well we all got drunk and it's more's the pi-ty B,/A,/|F F E/D/ E|D4|| w:And it's fall down Bil-ly O' Shea A2 B z|A2 B z| A2 B> A|F< A z w:Fall down! Fall down! Fall down me Bil-ly! A|B d (B/A/)F/D/|E F (E/D/) w:We're bound a-way_ for A-mer-i-cay_ B,/A,/|F F E/D/ E|D3|] w:And it's fall down Bil-ly O' Shea |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: GUEST Date: 13 Jun 07 - 07:08 AM I am Billy O'Shea and would like to deny the rumours of my demise. :-) For those looking for the melody, a short sample of Dan Milner's version can be heard at the Amazon page: HERE Billy O'Shea --------------link fixed. JoeClone---------- |
Subject: RE: Shanty: Billy O'Shea From: mick p r.m s.c Date: 13 Jun 07 - 10:10 AM Billy, I am so glad that the reports of your demise were false. Sorry but we have just recorded Billy Oshea and it is on our new CD. Cheers Mick, Naze Shanty Crew. |
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