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MY FATHER'S GUN (Joe English) Come, listen now, I'll tell you how I came to leave Killarney, O, I'm one of the boys that fears no noise, And me name is Paddy Kearney, O; My father's name it was the same And my grandfather before him, O! He carried this gun in " '98," When the green flag floated o'er him, O. CHO: Then, O, what fun to see them run, And to leave a name in story, O! With my father's gun I'll follow the drum, And fight my way to glory, O. When my father died, to his bedside He called meself, so clever, O! Says he, "My son, now take this gun, And guard it well forever, O;" But the dirty laws soon clapped their paws on me, The dirty blaggards, O! So faix one day, I sailed away To the land of Yankee Doodle, O! When the rebels raised a hubbaboo, And of Sumter took possession, O, Instead of our flag, they raised a rag- The standard of secession, O; It's then I joined the "69th," My father's gun to shoulder, O! For meself, you know, can slather the foe- A divil a one is boulder, O! I 'listed then with Meagher's men, The rebel spalpeens shooting, O, In the bould brigade I'm Sergeant made, So here I'm back recruiting, O; Then boys step out, the foe to rout; I'll lead you on to glory, O, And if you're kilt, and your blood is spilt, Your name will live in story, O! Yet another example of Joe English's enthusiasm (expressed with his typical humo r) for the Irish in the Union war effort. This recruiting song, also from the ab ove mentioned songster, was written to an old jig called "Paddy's Wedding." Find ing the melody was the difficult part of putting this one together, taking nearl y a year, though I was eventually steered in the direction of a book called "Old Irish Folk Music," compiled by P.W. Joyce, Dublin, 1909, which carried the tune . We are fortunate that Joyce, and a few others like him, traveled through Irela nd from the mid-nineteenth century onward, collecting any kind of folk music the y could find. He had several books of Irish music published, and I believe this one to have been one of his last. recorded by DAVID KINCAID on THE IRISH VOLUNTEER -SONGS OF THE IRISH UNION SOLDI ER 1861-65, All songs traditional, arranged by David Kincaid; Copyright (c) 1995 by Haunted Field Music (BMI), except "Free And Green" composed by Carl Funk and David Kincaid; which is Copyright (c) 1980 by Haunted Field Music/Guemes Music (BMI). @Irish @soldier filename[ FATHRGUN XX |
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