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Origins: I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore
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Subject: Origins: I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore From: GUEST,Andrew Murphy Date: 13 Mar 14 - 07:26 PM Hi Mudcatters, Ive been looking into this song, I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore. It appears in Popular Songs Of Ireland by T. C. Croker and says the tune is "Mall Brook".
Accorsing to Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 6 The song is formed upon the Scottish ditty :
I'll never get drunk anymore,
And also there is a song by the same title on youtube.com reorded by Riley Puckett.
Question 1: Is the American (Puckett) song derived from the Irish/Scottish versions? Question 2: Does anyone know the tune "Mall Brook"? |
Subject: RE: Origins: I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Date: 14 Mar 14 - 12:23 PM Can't help you with question 2, but I suspect that Mall Brook is a corruption of Mall Rua or the Red Bog. The tune is aka Ta'im In Arrears and is used for several English language songs including The Devil and Bailiff McGlynn and The Wheels of the World. |
Subject: RE: Origins: I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore From: gnu Date: 14 Mar 14 - 01:23 PM Google "Mall Brook" lyrics and this thread is the first ref you get. I didn't look at the other 119 results. |
Subject: RE: Origins: I'll Never Get Drunk Anymore From: GUEST,Andrew Murphy Date: 14 Mar 14 - 08:26 PM from http://www.fresnostate.edu Mall Brook could be Malbrouk, which is the tune to "He's A Jolly Good Fellow" and "We Won't Go Home Til Morning". Further there is a Kerry polka called "We Won't Go Home Til Morning" or "The Jar Of Porter" which is the tune to the Dubliners song Jar Of Porter. Confused |
Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL NEVER GET DRUNK ANY MORE! From: GUEST,Andrew Murphy Date: 14 Mar 14 - 08:27 PM Sorry should have posted lyrics I'LL NEVER GET DRUNK ANY MORE! Tune—"Mall Brook."
One night when I got frisky
Now I'm resolved to try it,
The landlady is unwilling
So by me now take caution,
A man that's fond of boozing, |
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