Lyr Req/Add: The Spree / Johnny McEldoo^^^

Subject: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics?
From:
Date: 27 Jul 97 - 12:38 AM

I heard this on a Corries album about 30 years ago. It goes In Kirkintilloch there's no pubs and I'm sure you'll wonder why My brother and me we went on a spree and we drank the pubs all dry all dry

Also want word to another Corries song

There was Jonny Macildo and Mgee and Me And a couple or two or three went on a spree one day We had a bob or two which we knew how to blow And the beer and whisky flew to we all felt gay etc

Anybody know the rest?

Subject: RE: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 28 Jul 97 - 12:23 PM

I'd also like to know the lyrics to the first song, but I can help you with the second: Look in the DT for "The Spree" or search for "McEldoo".

Wolfgang

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE SPREE
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 28 Jul 97 - 01:51 PM

Hi-
A note of apology. If you look up The Spree (or Johnny McEldoo) you'll get a garbled version. This was pointed out to me yesterday, and I find that it's because our contributor used angle brackets to identify which half of the tune went with which verses. Angle brackets in HTML identify commands, rather than text. SO, the text for the marked lines doesn't show.

This problem doesn't affect the download versions; just the www search. We'll fix it for the next edition. Meanwhile,

THE SPREE

                G          e
  There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me
            G                                  D7      G
     And a couple or two or three went on a spree one day
  
  We had a bob or two, which we knew how to blew
     And the beer and whiskey flew, and we all felt gay.
         G                                   D7
  We visited McCann's, McEloman's, Salty Dan's
          G                          A7             D7
     We then went into Swann's our stomachs for to pack
  
  We ordered out the feed which indeed we did need
     And we finished it with speed but we still felt slack
      G          e
  Johnny McEldoo turned as blue as the dew
             G                     A7              D7
     And a plate of Irish stew he soon put out of sight
  
  He shouted out encore with a roar for some more
     That he never felt before such a keen appetite
  He ordered eggs and ham, bread and jam, what a cram
     But him we couldn't tram, though we tried our level best
  For everything we brought, cold or hot, mattered not
     It went down him like a shot but he still stood the test
  
  He swallowed tripe and lard by the yard, we were scar'd
     We thought it would go hard when the waiter brought the bill
  We told him to give o'er but he swore he could lower
     Twice as much again and more before he had his fill
  
         G                                             D7
  He nearly soaked a trough full of broth, says McGrawth
              G                          D7            G
     He'll devour the tablecloth if you don't haul him in
  
  When the waiter brought the charge McEldoo felt so large
     He began to scout and barge, and his blood went on fire
  He began to curse and swear, tear his hair in despair
     And to finish the affair, called the shopman a liar
  
  The shopman he threw out and no doubt he did clout
     McEldoo he kicked about like an old football
  Tattered all his clothes, broke his nose, I suppose
     Nearly killed him with a few blows in no time at all
  McEldoo began to howl and to growl, by my soul
     He threw an empty bowl at the shopkeeper's head
  Struck for Mickey Finn, peeled the skin off his chin
     And the ructions did begin, and we all fought and bled
  
  The peelers did arrive, man alive, four or five
     And at us they made a drive for us all to march away
  We paid for all the meat that we ate, set it straight
     And went home to ruminate on the spree that day
  

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Subject: RE: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics?
From: Simon
Date: 30 Jul 97 - 02:18 AM

Thanks Wolfgang and Dick. I've wanted the lyrics for years

Subject: RE: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics?
From: Alison Frane
Date: 30 Jul 97 - 12:38 PM

You know, I was just thinking of that song as I read about misheard lyrics, since I learned it by rote from a friend who had learned it off of a tape (it was a long evening, let me tell, you -- it's not an easy one to memorize -- she refused to write it down on principle) There were some words that she would just slur and admitted that she had no idea what they meant.

The line I was curious about you have exactly as I sing it "Then Johnny McEldoo turned as blue as the dew" whatever that means -- I guess that he sure was hungry.

But are you sure that line a bit further down isn't "He nearly _supped_ a trough full of broth..."?

That's the only discreppancy I saw that in my version actually made more sense

And Thanks -- I've befcome famous for that song among my friends, and have always wondered about some of those words...Of course there's no guarantee any of us is correct, as folk songs go, as was amply illustrated by that other posting.

Alison