The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #85952   Message #3310493
Posted By: MGM·Lion
18-Feb-12 - 07:46 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Colcannon / The Skillet Pot
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Colcannon / The Skillet Pot
Yes ~ I sing 'claurichaun', you will find if you play Joe's link above. I too learnt it from Tim Lyons, & Dolly McMahon, whose version is pretty well identical.

Joe, thanks for emending name. In fact, it is variously spelt ~ my Californian cousins, incl my grandfather's first cousin, the noted Louis B of MGM [my initials not entirely adventitious, as you see] spell it Mayer. Of course, I never met him; but I do know his nephew Danny Mayer, who used to come over with Judy Garland's annual London season as a dancer, & was one of the crap-game dancers in Guys & Dolls. But I don't think any of us spell it Meyer.

Wish your headache better!

~M~