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30 Jan 00 - 02:06 AM (#170323) Subject: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: GUEST,marysig@yahoo.com does anybody have the words for this Clancy/Makem song? Thanks. |
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30 Jan 00 - 11:13 PM (#170784) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: fulurum are you sure its a Clancy/Makem song? i've been following them for a long time and never heard of it. They do the Ballad of St. Annes reel. could this possibly be what your looking for. |
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31 Jan 00 - 01:28 AM (#170877) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Barbara The one written by Michelle Shocked? |
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31 Jan 00 - 01:53 PM (#171141) Subject: Lyr Add: BRIDIE MURPHY AND THE KAMIKAZE PILOT From: GUEST,katie Tommy Makem recorded this song, but it was only released in Ireland. The title is BRIDIE MURPHY AND THE KAMIKAZE PILOT. Bridie Murphy lived on the Island of Oahu In the Convent of the Holy Cross. Bridie was a nun. she wasn't havin' any fun. She was thinkin' of kissin' it off. "St. Ann, St. Ann won't you send me down a man So I can get the hell out of here. I don't are if he's short or if he's tall or if he's fat, Just as long as he's not queer." Yashihiri Yashimoto was a kamikaze pilot In the land of the rising sun. He climbed into his plane on the 7th of December, Nineteen-forty-one. Then he bombed the Arizona shoutin' "Tora! Tora! Tora!" Then he thought that he would take his own life. Says he, "I'm goin' to kill meself. I'd better try to kill meself." He'd just had a row with his wife. He crashed through the briars and he crashed through the brambles And he crashed through the convent wall, And he landed in the middle of Bridie Murphy's bedroom, And Bridie Murphy started to bawl: "It's a man! It's a man!, St. Ann, St. Ann, I knew you would not let me down! With his lovely little nose and his lovely little chin And his propeller blade swingin' around." Bridie Murphy married Yashihiri Yashimoto And they had a little baby gacon One eye was round and the other eye was slanted So you'd think that he was winkin' when he wasn't
I found a recording here: https://soundcloud.com/weyounvi/bridie-murphy-and-the-kamikaze And a confirmation from Bray Singers' Circle today (16 May 2020): written by Colm Gallagher from Santry, then living in Hawaii! |
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31 Jan 00 - 02:41 PM (#171172) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: fulurum i stand corrected. how long ago was this recorded? what album was it on? |
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15 May 01 - 09:30 PM (#463286) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: CRANKY YANKEE And, What the hell is the melody? |
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15 May 01 - 10:46 PM (#463320) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Charley Noble I'm in awe... |
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15 May 01 - 11:22 PM (#463345) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Murray MacLeod OK, any of you thinking of learning this song (and why would you) let me tell you that unless you have served your apprenticeship singing "The Rocky Road to Dublin", taking only ONE breath per verse, then you haven't a hope of singing this song. Murray |
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15 May 01 - 11:29 PM (#463352) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: BK I get short of breath LISTENING to "The Rocky Road to Dublin." Cheers, BK |
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16 May 01 - 08:07 AM (#463619) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Robby I heard Tommy Makem perform Bridie Murphy at one of Pittsburgh's Irishfests, some years ago. I am quite certain that, while a certain amount of lung capacity is helpful, the tune is not that for "The Rocky Road to Dublin", for which lung capacity is also a plus. Robby |
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16 May 01 - 09:01 AM (#463655) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Murray MacLeod Robby, I wasn't implying that the tune WAS the same, simply that the same breath control would be required. There are a lot of words in there. How about somebody posts the tune? Murray |
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16 May 01 - 01:15 PM (#463929) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Robby Sorry, Murray, Didn't mean to imply that you had made that suggestion. I just tried Rocky Road to Dublin and Bridie Murphy just didn't fit. However, please let me second your suggestion for a postion of the tune. Robby |
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16 May 01 - 02:31 PM (#464012) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Little Hawk And in this thread too, I repeat.... That song is the most godawful piece of tripe I have ever read in my life! I doesn't even scan half-decently. For sheer frigging ignorant know-nothing hillbilly dimwit Ozark-mentality idiocy I have seen nothing to quite equal it, except for a few of Spaw's tales about Cletus and Paw and the Reg boys (and those were supposed to be idiotic). It's this kind of low class, moronic American BS that may have driven some Japanese to consider death preferable to life in postwar Japan. I say: EAT LEADEN DEATH, YANKEE DOGS! TENNO HEIKO BANZAI!!! - LH (Grinning as he pulls the bomb release lever over Pearl...) |
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16 May 01 - 02:48 PM (#464029) Subject: RE: sister ann and the kamikaze pilot From: Little Hawk Phooey. Should have said it doesn't even scan half-decently. - LH |
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08 Nov 14 - 03:08 PM (#3675736) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: GUEST,ray I can sing it for you. |
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08 Nov 14 - 03:27 PM (#3675738) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: GUEST,# http://www.darbyogill.com/SngBridieMurphy.html Song authorship. Short read. Still no answer. |
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08 Nov 14 - 03:50 PM (#3675739) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: MartinRyan Mmmmm.... Should be able to find out... Regards |
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08 Nov 14 - 04:02 PM (#3675741) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: GUEST,# http://www.roguery.com/gurrier/irish_songs/kamikaze.htm At that site it is attributed to Colm Gallagher. I look forward to what you come up with, Martin. |
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09 Nov 14 - 02:39 AM (#3675822) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: GUEST,George henderson Both Pat (the verse) Burke and Barry Gleeson sing this very funny song, but they have more verses. Will try to find a recording and post later. |
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11 Nov 14 - 03:52 PM (#3676505) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: CupOfTea I heard Clancy & Makem do this one on several US tours in the 80s. I remembered it, including melody, when I was searching for an entry for a "Worst Song" Contest. (Columbus Ohio Folk festival) Understanding that it wasn't the worst PLAYING that won, and that the previous year's winning song was Les Barker's parody "Will the Turtle be Unbroken." I knew that parodies were the mainstay, and since I was giving a parody workshop that festival, I wanted something else. I came in second (to a parody, of course) after a couple rounds of elimination boo-offs. I was just as glad to come in second, as the winner gets to wear an enormous rosette (pink white and black with polka dots) that would interfere greatly with holding my autoharp. In an age of aggressive PC, and lots of sensitivity to racial issues, there are a very limited number of places where one can get away with this song- this may be the only place I'll ever sing it. Joanne in Cleveland (St. Ann came through for me in a much less dramatic way) |
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17 Aug 21 - 11:39 PM (#4116933) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: GUEST,Seonaid "Bridey Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot" was written by the late, great Colm Gallagher. |
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22 Apr 24 - 09:27 AM (#4201388) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot From: GUEST |