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Thread #9507   Message #1438974
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Mar-05 - 12:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Barney Hare / Barney O'Hare
Subject: Lyr Add: BARNEY HARE
This may well be related to the above song, but the lyrics are quite different.

Finbar & Eddie Furey sing BARNEY HARE on their album "Dawning of the Day," 1972, reissued 1992. Brendan Moriarty also sings it on "The Bogman's Pipe," from Owl Records. The lyrics below are copied from the Owl Records website.

BARNEY HARE

CHORUS: Oh, I'm Barney Hare from the County Clare. In Ireland I was born-o.
I pawned my coat to pay the boat, and I landed here this morning.

Sure when I landed on the quay, I found myself in danger.
Some boys began to follow me, for they knew I was a stranger.
Says one of them, "Give me that stick." From me he tried to snatch it,
So I brought it down upon his crown, with a blow that made him scratch it. CHORUS

Though I'm Barney Hare from the County Clare, I am not such a big fool, sir.
You may think my manners strange and quare, though in youth I went to school, sir.
Let any man just try a trick on Barney Hare from Clare-o,
Sure I'd give him a wallop from this ould stick that would make him blink and stare-o. CHORUS

I walked in peace and quietness till I came to the big church steeple,
Says a fellow to me, "Keep in your feet and don't be tripping the people."
Says I, "My man, give me none of your buck." Says he, "Give me none of your blarney."
I gave him a clout on the flat of the snout. Says I, "Remember Barney." CHORUS

Sure 'tis I can dance an Irish reel, or a job of journey work, sir.
I have got a heart as true as steel. Sure I bate the fiercest Turk, sir.
In the market square or at the fair, all the latest songs I sing, sir,
For I'm Barney Hare from County Clare, who can make the rafters ring, sir. CHORUS