Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife and Danced on Her

Subject: I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave
From: Efatha
Date: 27 Sep 99 - 09:01 PM

I'm trying to find out if there are any lyrics to the song "I buried my wife and danced on her grave", a Celtic/Welsh? tune. If anyone has the chords i could also use them.

Thanks

Scott http://www.efatha.com

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 01:20 AM

The only time I heard this title was at when I went to hear Liam O'Flynn play in the Irish Centre in Sheffield around about 1990 and I can't even remember whether is was a jig, reel or what.

I have just searched at http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html and found "I buried my wife and danced on top of her" but I can not be sure that this is the same tune.

Jon

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: Efatha
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 08:14 AM

Thanks for checking that out, Jon. I will check out the web site.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: Efatha
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 09:51 AM

It is the same tune as " I bury my wife and danced on her." Thanks for your help. The group I play with (efatha.com) is planning on doing this song. Any history you can give to this song or anything else you can tell me would be great. thanks.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 11:25 AM

Efantha, I'm afraid I've told you all I know. It was such a weird title that I rembered Liam O'Flynn mentioning it (I think he used to play it with something with a similar type of name).

If you don't get any responses to the history or other info here, it might be worth asking your question on rec.music.celtic

Jon

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: radriano
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 12:40 PM

I believe the tune is a jig. The title I have is "I Buried my Wife and Danced on her Grave". I have never heard words to the tune but I was wrong one time last year.

Regards,
radriano

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: PJ Curtis.Ireland.
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 02:13 PM

'I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her' is a trad. irish piping Jig(actually a double Jig) associated with Wilie Clancy the late and celebrated west Clare Uilleann Piper. There are no words as this is a Dance music piece. There is also a song called'I Am Streached On Your Grave' from an old poem with music by Philip King. I produced the original song for the debut Scullion album (which was issued back in the early 1980's on the Mulligan label). The LP is now deleted I believe. The song has also been recorded by Sinead O'Connor. Hope this helps. pjc

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: Efatha
Date: 28 Sep 99 - 03:09 PM

Thanks to everyone for their help. I appreciate you.

Efatha

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife And Danced O
From: Martin Jonas
Date: 07 Oct 99 - 02:58 PM

Hah -- I knew I had a recording of this somewhere and on CD as well. A field trip through my record collection (sorry -- old joke pinched from Planxty) brought up an official live recording of Liam O'Flynn playing "I Buried My Wife And Danced On Top Of Her"/"Bimid agol" recorded in 1978 and released in Germany only on a compilation CD on the Wundertute label (CD TUT 72.7478.2 "The Best of the Irish Folk Festival, Vol. 2"). Lovely recording.

Actually, I was positive that I had a version of the tune with lyrics as well, but after extensive search I may have to admit that I may have confused it with "The Frost Is All Over".

Martin

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife and Danced on Her
From: GUEST,jack
Date: 08 May 13 - 08:28 AM

Found this somewhere, dunno if it "fits" by all meanings:

Last week I buried my wife, I bundled her up and took her right out the door,
Up the hill and past the ol' oak, to where I was going to be a burying her, right in the ol' moor.
When I was finished I began a jig right then and there, she never had supported me so much afore.

J

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I Buried My Wife and Danced on Her
From: GUEST,derry
Date: 26 Nov 20 - 01:41 PM

I buried my wife and danced on top of her,
nice and easy I got rid of her,
knocked her down and danced on top of her,
and I'd do it over again.

My father in laws version.so unacceptable now, included by me for histiry to determine.