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Thread #36635   Message #3073234
Posted By: GUEST
12-Jan-11 - 03:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Brothers Malone
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Brothers Malone
I come from Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary and we grew up singing that song with the title:
'The Two Carrick Smashers'

Oh we are the two Carrick Smashers,
We often go out on the mash
We wear no tall hats
Or no shirts to our backs,
And we seldom have got any cash (cash, cash).
We often bring out the new fashion,
While the others, they stick to the old.
Although we are scarce 27
We are daring, quite handsome and bold.
Chorus:
And we'll sing tra la la la as we walk down the street
For style and perfection we nere can be beat,
all the ladies delclare that we are a treat,
We're the two Carrick Smashers
From off Greystone Street.

And we'll dance and we'll sing,
And we don't give a jot, we're a very fine lot,
We're alright when we're tight,
We're jolly fine company.

Last Saturday we were invited, to the Town Hall by two ladies fair,
Their cheeks were in bloom, Like the roses in June,
and we danced to a beautiful air,
We were singin' and dancin' til midnight
Drinkin' whiskey and porter and rum,
And when the dancin' was over
With the quare wans we had lots of fun.
Chorus!
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My Mam and my five sisters and I always sang that at family parties, weddings etc. Mam has passed away now but, I and my five sisters still give a rendition at family gatherings.

Ann Hurley-Lonergan, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.