She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..

Subject: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: berk
Date: 03 May 02 - 08:36 AM

no paint or powder, no none at all...

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 03 May 02 - 08:38 AM

And?

The song is : "The Galway Shawl"

Does that help?

Cheers

Steven

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: DonMeixner
Date: 03 May 02 - 08:45 AM

She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it.

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: masato sakurai
Date: 03 May 02 - 08:58 AM

THE GALWAY SHAWL in the DT.

~Masato

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 03 May 02 - 09:02 AM

Quite so; it can be found through the "Digitrad and Forum Search" on the main Forum page. You don't need to know the title; a search for she wore no jewels, for example, will find it straight away.

There is also a discussion of the song, begun in 1998 and revived a couple of months ago: Anybody know 'Galway Shawl'?

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 03 May 02 - 03:09 PM

I've heard it sung 'No shoes nor stockings on her feet at all.' A one off?
Keith

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: GUEST,Dawley Dave
Date: 07 May 02 - 07:37 AM

nice little parody of same!

She wore some jewels and lots of diamonds
But as for clothing she had bugger all,
But a silky G-string with tassels on it
Leather jackboots, and a rubber shawl

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Mr Red
Date: 07 May 02 - 08:54 PM

Jim Magean reckoned any Irish song with "linnet" in it implied the "linnet" was a republican sympathiser.

FWIW

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 08 May 02 - 03:17 AM

I always imagine the Rev. Ian Paisley singing this:
No jewels--
No costly diamonds--
No paint nor powder--
No surrender!!

Steve

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: alison
Date: 08 May 02 - 04:22 AM

come on Dawley Dave... is there more to the parody????slainte

alison

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: MMario
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 12:42 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 06:42 PM

I've heard it with "no shoes or stockings" often enough.

And here's a verse about a Green Linnet from William Wordsworth:

One have I marked, the happiest guest
In all this covert of the blest:
Hail to Thee, far above the rest
In joy of voice and pinion!
Thou, Linnet! in thy green array,
Presiding Spirit here today,
Dost lead the revels of the May;
And this is thy dominion.

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Noreen
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 07:54 PM

Jim Magean reckoned any Irish song with "linnet" in it implied the "linnet" was a republican sympathiser.
I've never come across that, Mr Red, but I know an irish traditional song called the Green Linnet, where the linnet refers to Napoleon Bonaparte....

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: Mr Red
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 07:59 PM

Well I claim no more than repeating Jim's words but we could quiz him.

Subject: RE: She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds..
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 05 Oct 02 - 08:12 AM

I thinks there's an earlier Jacobite version too, where the Linnet is the King Over the Water.