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06 Nov 03 - 04:56 PM (#1049487) Subject: Tune Req: The 200-year-old alcoholic From: Turlough I first heard this song in a pub somewhere in Ireland (I really forgot where it was, I must be getting old myself!) Because this is a great forum, I was able to find the lyrics in some old thread. Now I'm still looking for the tune (if somebody would have it in MIDI, that would be great...) T. |
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10 Dec 03 - 01:12 AM (#1069015) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The 200-year-old alcoholic From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull fersh |
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10 Dec 03 - 08:32 AM (#1069251) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The 200-year-old alcoholic From: Rapparee The song was recorded by Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy on "The Makem and Clancy Concert" (Shanachie 52003). It's attributed to Liam Clancy, but I'd check on that. |
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10 Dec 03 - 08:48 AM (#1069263) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The 200-year-old alcoholic From: GUEST,J Hale Hey: I believe this is the only song Liam Clancy ever penned and published on an album himself (strange song to do it with); mostly he just rearranged traditional stuff with his Brothers . He does the song with southern dialect, which he probably picked on his 1950s Southern song search with Diane Hamilton from which an album resulted on Tradtion Records. His old side kick Tommy Makem has the lyrics on his site: http://www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/twohundred.html Liam has disappeared of late after brother Bobby's death --- anybody seen him out there? Enjoy the Holidays All J H http://www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/twohundred.html |
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10 Dec 03 - 10:12 AM (#1069350) Subject: Lyr Add: The 200 From: Sorcha Since links tend to disappear..... THE TWO-HUNDRED YEAR OLD ALCOHOLIC When I was eighty I started smoking Took to drinking at eighty-five At ninety I started courting Thank God that I was alive Ninety-five saw me in business Determined to rake in a pile At a hundred I made my first million And I started living in style Chorus: Oh, it's never too late to start living To get out and have some fun The sun will be just as shiny in the morning As the first day the world begun Well I moved to an uptown penthouse Used fifties to light my cigars Developed a taste for fine champagne Drove fast I-talian cars But the doctor he give me a warning And a lecture on right and wrong If I didn't give up my sinful ways I couldn't live very long But I said to him... Now I'm a two-hundred year old alcoholic And the nicotine's caught up on me But worst of all in this morning's mail Got a suit for paternity But I'm not really unhappy 'Cause maybe I'll have me a son And his morning's will be just as shiny As the first day the world begun -Words and music by Liam Clancy http://www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/twohundred.html |