Lyr Req: From Galway to Dublin (Dan Sullivan's...)

Subject: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 15 Aug 15 - 11:53 AM

I'd like to get the text of the recitation and singing in Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band recording FROM GALWAY TO DUBLIN. Thank you. Roberto

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST,#
Date: 15 Aug 15 - 10:23 PM

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

I'll look around the www tomorrow. (I take it that's the thing you want?)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 16 Aug 15 - 01:30 AM

Yes, that's it. Thank you very much.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 16 Aug 15 - 04:58 PM

my only refresh - waiting...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 16 Aug 15 - 09:29 PM

I tried, Roberto. I speak English, but I can't understand it either.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 17 Aug 15 - 02:25 PM

Thank you All the same, leeneia. R

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 17 Aug 15 - 05:21 PM

Not sure I'd call it a recitation, he calls the names of the stations between Galway and Dublin and adds a little comment with each one: Oranmore, here we are in the fine town where they train the militia- Athenry-Ah, here's a fine little town me lads... and so on. Nothing too exciting really.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 18 Aug 15 - 12:16 AM

but there is also a stanza he sings...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 18 Aug 15 - 12:20 AM

Could you please Peter Laban tell me what he says in the stanza he sings?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Aug 15 - 04:33 AM

Napoleon had an army of a hundred thousand men
he walked them up the Hill of Down
and marched them down again...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 18 Aug 15 - 04:40 AM

It's a variant/play on the Grand Old Duke of York:

Oh, The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.

And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: Roberto
Date: 18 Aug 15 - 11:20 AM

Thank you very much, Peter Laban. R

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 18 Aug 15 - 12:08 PM

I did only give you half of it (in the guest post) and then quoted the Grand Old Duke (from its Wikipage). But that's not exactly what he did on the Hill of Down there. Not a million miles off bu still.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dan Sullivan's From Galway to Dublin
From: GUEST,Henrik Norbeck
Date: 19 Oct 19 - 10:34 AM

Here are the complete lyrics for the stanza sung on the Dan Sullivan's Shamrock band recording of "From Galway to Dublin":

Napoleon had an army of a hundred thousand men,
He marched them up the hill of Down, he marched them down again.
When they were up, when they were up, on that I'll bet a crown,
Napoleon marched them up the hill, who was it marched them down?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: From Galway to Dublin (Dan Sullivan's...)
From: Roberto
Date: 09 Sep 21 - 08:09 AM

Thanks a lot!