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21 Oct 05 - 11:58 PM (#1588177) Subject: Lyr Req: The Galway Rover: Confusing lyrics From: ElwynnMaxon The first two lines of the last verse of this Pete St. John song reads: The Curlew is calling, a shy form(Fawn)is prancing, The ferns on them bulbing by the thousand gentle eyes. Is this correct? If so can anyone explain what it means. Thanks E. M. |
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22 Oct 05 - 12:14 AM (#1588183) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Galway Rover: Confusing lyrics From: Celtaddict The curlew is calling, The shy fawn is prancing, The ferns on Ben Bulben hide a thousand gentle eyes. Ben Bulben is a mountain [ben] in Ireland. |
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22 Oct 05 - 04:17 AM (#1588268) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Galway Rover: Confusing lyrics From: Joe Offer Does this link (click) work? It leads to a photo of Ben Bulben, a mountain (1,730 feet [527 m]) in County Sligo in the West of Ireland that is steeped in folklore. Yeats wrote of the mountain, and is buried not far from it. I went to his grave, and got a good view of the mountain from there. -Joe Offer- |
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22 Oct 05 - 10:38 AM (#1588405) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Galway Rover: Confusing lyrics From: ElwynnMaxon Thank you Celtaddict and Joe. I got those lines off what was supposed to be a Pete St. John lyric site. I knew they just couldn't be correct. E. M. |
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22 Oct 05 - 09:05 PM (#1588707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Galway Rover: Confusing lyrics From: The Fooles Troupe Now if it read "The ferns on them bulGing by the thousand gentle eyes" I'm sure there are enough fertile minds here to do something with that... |
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23 Oct 05 - 02:12 AM (#1588823) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Galway Rover: Confusing lyrics From: Ebbie hahhaha I love mondegreens. |