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14 Jul 15 - 11:04 PM (#3723686) Subject: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr Good new song by Declan O'Rourke; I can't make out all the words. Anyone got them? |
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14 Jul 15 - 11:49 PM (#3723688) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: Joe Offer Can you post what you have so far, Michael? Then we can work on the rest of it together. -Joe- |
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15 Jul 15 - 12:04 AM (#3723690) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr It'll have to be tomorrow... |
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15 Jul 15 - 12:42 AM (#3723695) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: Joe Offer Aw, nitey-night... |
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15 Jul 15 - 07:14 PM (#3723887) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr Here's what I have: In Dublin town one Easter morn a hundred years ago The Rebels led a rising from the city's GPO Brave heroes and their enemies fell, civilians in between And among the dead and fallen were the children of '16 Those children of the tenement slums who daily with their pals A brazen wild brigade sprang up between the two canals With their handcarts over cobblestone they rattled skid (?) and tore (?) Barefooted as they scavenged through the crossfire and the gore A war zone of the capital the bombs and shelling made And snipers' bullets pierced and whipped ???? haze There was fighting from the union to the mill above the green And it made a great excitement for the children of '16 Six days have bid the Rebels pay a grave and bloody toll But through their blood and martyrdom Republic soon was born High aloft its streets and buildings now their names can e'er be seen But still missing from the pages are the children of '16 Nor Pearse, nor Clarke, McDonagh or the Connolly we know Would rest were they remembered on a pedestal alone And are they not the fathers of our nation proud and free And our sisters and our brothers then the children of '16 I'd appreciate any help filling in the missing spots. |
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15 Jul 15 - 11:53 PM (#3723924) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: GUEST,# Line 7 sounds fine as is Line 10 sounds like 'the sulphured (sulfured) April haze' |
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16 Jul 15 - 12:08 AM (#3723926) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr Thanks for that, Guest #. Line 10 makes sense to me, 7 not so much. |
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16 Jul 15 - 12:18 AM (#3723927) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: GUEST,# 'they rattled, skid and tore' is what I'm hearing Michael. Perhaps the confusion is the 'skid' used where North Americans might use skidded (which of course doesn't scan). However, I expect you'll have many UK/Irish ears on it in a few hours so you'll not have long to wait. Darned good song btw. |
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16 Jul 15 - 09:23 AM (#3724013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: GUEST,# When Irish ears are listening . . . |
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16 Jul 15 - 09:06 PM (#3724186) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr The Irish contingent seems not to be interested... |
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16 Jul 15 - 09:27 PM (#3724188) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: GUEST,# Hey, Michael. Maybe tomorrow. Sorry buddy. |
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17 Jul 15 - 01:42 AM (#3724206) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: GUEST,# Might be worth an email to the man himself. declan (at) declanorourke.com |
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18 Jul 15 - 12:52 PM (#3724597) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr Last refresh, then I'm going with what # said. |
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19 Jul 15 - 02:12 AM (#3724690) Subject: Lyr Add: CHILDREN OF '16 (Declan O'Rourke) From: michaelr The Children of `16 (Declan O'Rourke) In Dublin town one Easter morn a hundred years ago The Rebels led a rising from the city's GPO Brave heroes and their enemies fell, civilians in between And among the dead and fallen were the children of '16 Those children of the tenement slums who daily with their pals A brazen wild brigade sprang up between the two canals With their handcarts over cobblestone they rattled, skid and tore Barefooted as they scavenged through the crossfire and the gore A war zone of the capital the bombs and shelling made And snipers' bullets pierced and whipped the sulfured April haze There was fighting from the union to the mill above the green And it made a great excitement for the children of '16 Six days have bid the Rebels pay a grave and bloody toll But through their blood and martyrdom Republic soon was born High aloft its streets and buildings now their names can e'er be seen But still missing from the pages are the children of '16 Nor Pearse, nor Clarke, McDonagh nor the Connolly we know Would rest were they remembered on a pedestal alone And are they not the fathers of our nation proud and free And our sisters and our brothers then the children of '16 |
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19 Jul 15 - 09:08 PM (#3724901) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 From: michaelr Asking our resident Irish again: Where would "the union" and "the mill above the green" have been located? |
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22 Jul 15 - 08:50 PM (#3725534) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 (Declan O'Rourke) From: michaelr bump |
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23 Jul 15 - 03:02 AM (#3725558) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 (Declan O'Rourke) From: MartinRyan Boland's Mill and the South Dublin Union Workhouse were sites in Dublin City occupied by the rebels during the Rising. I'll chase up details later. Regards |
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23 Jul 15 - 08:40 AM (#3725581) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 (Declan O'Rourke) From: MartinRyan For a map of the main sites involved - Click here Regards |
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23 Jul 15 - 03:25 PM (#3725624) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 (Declan O'Rourke) From: michaelr Thank you very much, Martin! |
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30 Sep 16 - 04:05 PM (#3812101) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children of '16 (Declan O'Rourke) From: GUEST Rattled, skid and tore. Meaning. if I can explain.. The old hand carts had wooden wheels with metal outer rims and were fixed very loosly to a metal axle, so they "rasttled" when moved, and "Skid" when moved fast around a bend because of the metal rimmed wheel, and tear or "tore" is a slang verb for run fast or move fast. Example.. He tore down the road at some speed. Hope this helps |