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THE MAGPIE 2 (C)For if (C)I were a king Sure, I would make you a queen I would (Bflat)roll you in my arms Where the (F)meadows they are green Yes, I'd (C)roll you in my heart's content I will (F)sit you (C)down to (F)rest Long(C)sides me Irish (G)colleen In the (C)mag(F)pie's (C)nest cho: (Mouth music at a little quicker pace) (Am)Skiddly-idle-daddle-diddle-(G)didle-dadle-dum Di-(Bflat)didle-dadle-dum-daddle-(F)diddle-didle-dum Skiddly-(C)idle-daddle-(F)diddle-(C)dadle-diddle-didle-(F)dum I will (C)L'ave you down to (G)rest (G7)in the (C)mag(F)pies's (C)nest For the magpie's nest It is a cottage neat and clean It stands 'longside the Shannon Where the meadows they are green But I never met a colleen With such beauties blest Like the little Irish fairy In the magpie's nest For I have wandered all through Kerry I have wandered all through Clare From Dublin down to Galway From there to God knows where But I never met a colleen With such beauties blest Like the little Irish fairy In the magpie's nest note: In Peter Kennedy's book "Folksongs of Britain and Ireland" there's a tune called the "Magpie's Nest". He classifies it as a "song of seduction". XX note: A less bawdy version of the Cuckoo's Nest RG @Irish @seduction @bird filename[ MAGPIE XX OCT98 |
The Magpie 2 (noted by Peter Kennedy and S. O'Boyle from Annie Jane Kelly at Keady, Armagh, in 1952, as The Magpie's Nest. The tune is a variant of The Cuckoo's Nest Midi made from notation in Kennedy's Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland, 1975.) |
