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Thread #166587   Message #4019103
Posted By: GUEST
14-Nov-19 - 10:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Juice of the Barley Dubliners' Lyrics
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juice of the Barley Dubliners' Lyrics
That's it!—with a few 2 cents. Thanks very much.

mbó (cow) is pronounced "bo". My Irish dictionary omits the "m", but it might be a grammar thing.

I would sub "bastoon" (drunken bastard. See also "The Red Knickers") for "gossoon" (a boy/youth)

"Next Sunday the priest called me out from the altar
Sayin' 'Boy you'll wind up with your neck in a halter
And you'll dance the fine jig between Heaven and Hell'
Sure his words they did frighten me, truth for to tell."

"The very next Sunday as day it did break,
I went up to the vestry the pledge for to take
What did I see, but the priests in a bunch
Sitting snug round the fire drinking tumblers of punch."