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Thread #71441   Message #3822718
Posted By: Felipa
25-Nov-16 - 05:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whack Fol the Diddle (Peadar Kearney)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whack Fol the Diddle (Peadar Kearney)
I remembered hearing Liam Clancy sing Whack Fol the Diddle on an early Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem lp, so I looked online, and I see that you can listen on youtube to the song as sung by Clancys and Makem, and read a nasty discussion in the comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CySri9RAuQ

Whack Fol The Diddle
Peadar Kearney

I'll sing you a song of peace and love
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
To the land that rules all lands above
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
May peace and plenty be her share
Who kept our homes from want and care
Ah, but God bless England did our prayer
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
So we say "Hip Hooray!"
Come and listen while we pray
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

When we were savage fierce and wild
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
She came like a mother to her child
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
She gently raised us from the slime
and kept our hands from hellish crime
And she sent us to Heaven in her own good time
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
So we say "Hip Hooray!"
Come and listen while we pray
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Our fathers oft were naughty boys
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
For pikes and guns are dangerous toys
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
From Baile Atha Buidhe to Peter's Hill [? Mudcat database has Bearna Baol to Bunker Hill]
They made ould England cry her fill
Ah, but ould Brittania loves us still
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
So we say "Hip Hooray!"
Come and listen while we pray
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Oh, Irishmen forget the past
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
And think of the day that's coming fast
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
When we will all be civilized
Neat and clean and well advised
Oh, won't Mother England be surprised?
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
So we say "Hip Hooray!"
Come and listen while we pray
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day

Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day
So we say "Hip Hooray!"
Come and listen while we pray
Whack fol the diddle fol the di dol day