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08 Mar 15 - 09:42 AM (#3692345) Subject: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST,George Henderson Anybody know the origins of this song? |
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08 Mar 15 - 09:55 AM (#3692346) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST,# http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/t/tinkerman.html Lotsa info at that excellent site. |
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08 Mar 15 - 09:55 AM (#3692347) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Vic Smith The Tinkerman's Daughter words and music Michael McConnell (brother of Cathal) The small birds were lining the bleak autumn branches Preparing to fly to a far sunny shore When the tinkers made camp at a bend in the river Returning from the horse fair in Ballinsloe Now the harvest being o'er the farmer went walkin Along the Faele River that borders his land And 'twas there he first saw her twixt firelight and water The tinkerman's daughter, the red-headed Ann. Next morning he rose from a night without resting He went straight to the tinker and made himself known And at a pub in Listowell they worked out a bargain To the tinker a pony, to the daughter a home Where the trees cast their shadows along the Faele River The tinker and the farmer they inspected the land And a white gelding pony was the price they agreed on For the tinkerman's daughter, the red-headed Ann. Now the wedding soon o'er the tinkers departed They were eager to travel on south down the road But the sound of the iron-shod wheels crunch on gravel Was as bitter to her as the way she'd been sold But she tried hard to please him she did all his bidding She slept in his bed and she worked on the land But the walls of that cabin pressed tighter and tighter Around the tinkerman's daughter, the red-headed Ann. Now as white as the hands of a priest or the hangman The snow spread it's blanket the next Christmas round And the tinkerman's daughter slipped out from her bedside Turned her back to the land and her face to the town And it's said someone saw her at dusk that same evening She was making her way out by Lyreacrompane And that was the last that the settled folk saw her The tinkerman's daughter, the red-headed Ann. When the north Kerry hills cut the Faele at Listowell At a farm on its banks lives a bitter old man And he swears by the shotgun he keeps by his bedside That he'll kill any tinker that camps on his land And yet, when he hears iron-shod wheels crunch on gravel Or a horse in the shafts of a bright caravan His day's work tormented, his night's sleep demented By the tinkerman's daughter, the red-headed Ann |
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08 Mar 15 - 09:56 AM (#3692348) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST Yes, thank you. |
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08 Mar 15 - 09:57 AM (#3692349) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: RTim "The Tinkermans Daughter " - by Sigerson Clifford Tim Radford |
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08 Mar 15 - 10:03 AM (#3692351) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Vic Smith Mickey McConnell's website |
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08 Mar 15 - 10:53 AM (#3692360) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Steve Gardham An awesome song. One of my favourites, especially performed by Sherburn & Bartley. |
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09 Mar 15 - 05:10 AM (#3692527) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Keith A of Hertford A beautifully told story, sad though it is. I hope she finds happiness, and the farmer too. |
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09 Mar 15 - 06:15 AM (#3692540) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST,jim bainbridge About 20 years ago, I once heard Micky McConnell interviewed on Radio Kerrys excellent 'Kingdom Ceili' programme. He said he was driving home from playing somewhere and when on the way home, he & his wife were passing through the small village of Lyracrumpane. His wife said 'bet you couldn't get that into a song'- if you know the words of this song, you'll know that he did... |
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09 Mar 15 - 06:44 AM (#3692548) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: FreddyHeadey KAoA - A happy ending!? Surely not! link to the original poem : http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10690#3608647 and much more to read there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are there too many threads on this? |
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09 Mar 15 - 11:11 AM (#3692615) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Keith A of Hertford A perfect storm of a tragedy Freddy. The song at least allows us to hope for better. |
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09 Mar 15 - 07:27 PM (#3692728) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST,Chordstrangler aka MickeyMacConnell Thanks for the interest in this old chestnut. I'm delighted it is still remembered after all these years. Yes, it is true I wrote it as a bet as a result of a wifely challenge all those years ago and, of course, the content is pillaged from a Sigerson Clifford poem. However, the entire story was a bit heavyweight in my humble opinion and I took the easy way out by refusing to go down the road of childbirth between the wheels of a cart followed by cold blooded murder, guilt ridden suicide and, to cap it all, ghostly manifestation . Like, dammit, there is only so much an audience can be expected to stand. Thanks for the interest and keeping the song alive...Mickey |
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10 Mar 15 - 04:28 AM (#3692774) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Keith A of Hertford Thanks for the song. A resident at White Horse Hertford, Sue Bembridge, sometimes does it. Not often enough for me. |
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10 Mar 15 - 12:26 PM (#3692873) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST,Pat Ryan Cilla Fisher did a brilliant version . |
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11 Apr 22 - 04:15 PM (#4138785) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: Joe Offer Joe - check here http://www.mickeymacconnell.com/Lyrics%20The%20Tinkerman's%20Daughter.htm |
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12 Apr 22 - 05:35 AM (#4138840) Subject: RE: Origins: Tinkerman's daughter From: GUEST Niamh Parsons : https://youtu.be/_h6eDDOvKUQ |