Lyr Add: Murder o' the County Down

Subject: Lyr Add: THE MURDER O' THE COUNTY DOWN (RM Graham)
From: Max Tone
Date: 30 Oct 00 - 09:27 AM

Thyme2dream, Calach et al,

Loose ends tidied up after 3 weeks of fiddling wi' the wurds.
Rob

THE MURDER O' THE COUNTY DOWN.

(Copyright 10/10/00, Rob Maxtone Graham.)


In a bar in a town, in a county down
in the depths o' oor rural shires,
Ye'll hear a chap that's soundin' crap,
like the muckin' o' Geordie's byre.
He'll try tha' singin', but his voice is hingin'.
He cannae remember the tune.
Sae ye heid tae the bar fer anither jar,
as he starts oan the County Down.

Tae Botany Bay or Barlinnie,
Peterheid or Perth's fair town.
He'll hae porrige a' his days in the H-block Maze
fer'th' murder o' the County Down.

As ye do the rounds o' the festival towns,
An' ye session in yer fav'rite bars.
Yer startin' a tune, when intae the room,
comes the boy wha' sings oot his arse.
He stumbles in wi' a crashin' din,
an' ye hope that he winnae sit down.
But he's here tae stay, an' then he says
"I'll gie ye the County Down"

He starts richt away wi' his terrible bray,
an' ye think aboot leavin' soon.
Half the words he missed, 'cos he's three parts pissed,
an' ye ken that yer session's doomed.
Two pipes he's smoked, four joints he's toked,
five pints an' three hash browns!
He lost the tone 'cos he was so stoned,
as he murdered the County Down.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: MMario
Date: 30 Oct 00 - 09:35 AM

*applause*

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: alison
Date: 30 Oct 00 - 11:06 PM

very nice... thanks

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: Thyme2dream
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 12:13 AM

hee hee hee....good job, Sir Tone!:-)
Thyme

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: Jim Krause
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 03:24 PM

I'd like permission to add this to my repertoire, please. It's great, and only too true.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: Max Tone
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 05:42 PM

Thanks, all,
Of course, Soddy, spread the word -- I'm most honoured!
Check out Calach's "Yellow on the Broom" parody thread, also Andy MacKean's "Fields of Athenry", as well as Crawford Howard and Fintan Valaly's "Willie Mcbride" (in the DT - and the song that led to Andy's Athenry, and thence to all the others). Sorry, I ain't worked out how to save multiple Blickies, yet, and my clipboard's got my new one on it! (see below)
Try this new one -- Blicky
Rob

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: Thyme2dream
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 01:20 AM

Soddy, you've proven my point! I had just posted MaxT a bit ago on another thread tellin him that even way out here in "Kansas, America" County Down was overdone...I'm from over Topeka way, and have enjoyed The Euphoria String Band when I've heard you play!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: MURDER o' The COUNTY DOWN
From: Max Tone
Date: 07 Nov 00 - 06:03 PM

OK let's try this blicky bit again.
The new one's here shameless self-promotion!"
Rob