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Thread #113233   Message #2677029
Posted By: GUEST,Ryan
10-Jul-09 - 07:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Auld Tambourine (from Foster & Allen)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Auld Tambourine (from Foster & Allen)
Way too late but I was looking to refresh my mind of the lyrics of the above song and I can help you with the words your missing.

2. Now I marched with the (Wrenboys) on many's the night,
Their torches a-blazing, a glorious sight;
And bright were their colours, (the orange white and green)
And they marched to the roll of my ould tambourine.


4. I drank with the tinkers at (Cahermee Fair)
And I danced with the duchess in lovely Adare,

The orange, white and green are the colours of the local wren boys from where this song originated

Cahermee fair is a big horse fair held in buttevant around this time every year


There is also another verse to this song, a more localised version and that is the verse I was struggling with:

But I think it goes something like this and as verse 6:

It was festival time in the town of Athea
And my auld tamborine they asked me to play,
But I ran away with the festival queen,
And played her back to Askeaton on my auld tamborine,
Ah, my ould tambourine, ah, my ould tambourine,
And I played her back to Askeaton on my ould tambourine.