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Thread #1563 Message #1597510
Posted By: Cluin
04-Nov-05 - 03:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Killybegs (The Chieftains)
Subject: RE: Chieftans- Killybegs
Just to add a couple details...
Killybegs
written by Jimmy Ibbotson & Paddy Moloney
recorded on The Chieftains Another Country 1992
by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & The Chieftains with Jerry Douglas on dobro, Roy Huskey on bass, Bela Fleck on banjo and Sam Bush on mandolin
lead vocal by Jimmy Ibbotson
Second verse I hear as:
The banter of my uncle and my daughters filled the air
And the Donegallers next to us were glad that we were there
I was kind of quiet, listening at the window ledge
For the music of the harbour, the birds of Killybegs
third verse as:
Down the coast not far was Galway planned, the Joyce and Connemara
After supper and a sleep, we would be going there tomorrow
I worried if my words would `ere sung by Irishmen
Or rot here on the docks, like the fish of Killybegs
fourth verse:
I couldn't quite believe it for it sounded rather strange
The instruments were different and the key it had been changed
I reached to turn the volume up, then teetered on my legs
A girl from Tipperary sang my song in Killybegs