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Thread #68925 Message #3537106
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Jul-13 - 05:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Daisy Bell (and parodies)
Subject: Lyr Add: DAISY BELL (The McNulty Family)
This isn't really a parody; it uses a completely different tune than the original DAISY BELL. I think the tune is a traditional Irish one, but I don't know its name. You can hear this song at The Internet Archive. It is item #9 on the list on that page. This is my transcription:
DAISY BELL As recorded by the McNulty Family, Decca (USA) 12246B, 9-Dec-1940.
1. I suppose I mustn't tell you but perhaps I might as well: I have a wife and seven children and they all sing "Daisy Bell." My wife begins the chorus and the others follow suit, And the oldest in corner sits and plays it on the flute.
CHORUS: "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do"— Sure that's the tune that drives me mad the whole day through, And every organ grinder and the other bands as well, And the boys and girls across the hills are whistlin' "Daisy Bell."
2. When I come home at dinner time instead of havin' stew, I have to suffer a rehearsal of "A Bicycle for Two." The kids around the table all assemble in a ring, And in forty diff'rent languages they all begin to sing: CHORUS
3. Pete tunes up the fiddle and Eileen begins to dance, And Mickey 'round the table starts to howl and shout and prance, While Ma out in the parlour the melodeon starts to play, And for miles around the hills abound all through the night and day: CHORUS
[The tune they sing this to is not the original DAISY BELL; I suspect it is a traditional Irish tune but I don't quite recognize it.]