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Lyr Add: I'll 'Ave Guinness Free (Innesfree parody

11 Mar 02 - 03:17 AM (#666734)
Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL 'AVE GUINNESS FREE (parody)
From: GUEST,Sonja

I'll admit that the "Guiness free" idea is far from original. I saw reference to it in other threads about "Isle of Innisfree." I didn't have anything but that phrase, so I wrote this parody of "My Isle of Innisfree." There are no doubt better parodies of it about, but since I don't know them, 'ere's this 'un.

Sonja

I'LL 'AVE GUINNESS FREE
(Parody of "Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats; Tune: "Dreams of Alwyn"
Parody lyrics by Sonja W. Oates © 2001)

I've met some folks who say that I'm drinker,
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say,
But, sure, body's bound to be drinker
When 'e's got aches and pains and bills to pay.
A precious thing is drinking in an ale house.
It takes yer mind off work and misery,
Especially when somebody buys a round f'r all,
And I'm in 'eav'n, 'cause I'll 'ave Guinness free..

But draughts don't last, too soon ye reach the bottom,
And soon I'm back to stern reality.
But, though the paths to it were thorn'd and winding,
I'd choose to go where I'll 'ave Guinness free.. (Repeat last line)

(Guitar only)

I wonder if man can find in heaven
All the sweet things denied 'im 'ere below.
They say the music there is sung by angels--
Per'aps the ale there also freely flows.
So, when the bonds of this old earth I shrug off,
My dear old pub perhaps I will behold,
The mates I love around the old bar gathered,
With bended elbows singing songs of old.
So to prepare for meeting old St. Peter
I'll go to mass and say my rosary,
So when I take my leave of earthly sorrows
I sure will go where I'll 'ave Guinness free.

Sonja

Redundant line breaks removed. --JoeClone, 21-Mar-03.

11 Mar 02 - 04:10 AM (#666746)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: GUEST,Sonja

Uh-oh. I typed the title correctly in the thread name (except "Guinness" has two "n's"), but I screwed up on the title of the parody. It's "I'll 'Ave Guinness Free," not "Isle Of Guinness Free."

Sonja

11 Mar 02 - 09:18 PM (#667385)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: GUEST,Arjay

Sonja, you ninny! You told me you just wrote that last week--how can you date it "2001?"

Arjay : )

12 Mar 02 - 03:38 PM (#667802)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: Dead Horse

In order to receive back royalties, obviously.

12 Mar 02 - 11:46 PM (#668081)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: GUEST,Sonja

Yeah, right, Horse!

Thanks for noticing that mistake, Arjay. The post where I saw the line about "I will arise and go where there's Guinness free" was from 1998, I think, but I didn't see it until last week. The "2001" was just from force of habit (haven't quite got rid of last year yet), and it should say "2002."

Sonya

17 Mar 03 - 11:34 AM (#911981)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: Genie

Guinness is very refreshing on a day like today. ;-D

17 Mar 03 - 11:35 AM (#911984)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guinness Free'
From: Genie

...but aren't there two "n"s in "Guinness?" (Thread title has only one.)

17 Mar 03 - 11:46 AM (#911993)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: GUEST,Sonja

I mentioned that spelling error above, but since posting the parody I've learned that the "Isle Of Innisfree" song I parodied is not the one based on W. B. Yeats's poem. It's an original composition (words and music) by Richard Farrelly, as pointed out by the author's son Gerard in another thread.

Is it possible for a clone to fix that attribution in the post of the parody above?

SWO

17 Mar 03 - 11:48 AM (#911996)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar

With the day that's in it, a colleague has just sent me an e-mail about the fact that he's joining some others for a Patrick Pearse coffee - the coffee will be not merely free but Gaelic as well!

17 Mar 03 - 11:51 AM (#912003)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'I'll 'Ave Guiness Free'
From: GUEST,Sonja

Is "Gaelic coffee" the same thing as what us Yanks call "Irish coffee?" *G*