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Thread #124280 Message #4205808
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Jul-24 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: Thoughts on Si Kahn's songs
Subject: ADD: The Didin Didin (Si Kahn)
Scots fiddler Phoebe Rees has a new video of the Si Kahn song set in Dublin, "The Didin Didin." I can't understand all the lyrics, but it's an interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHQTpjhY7vw
When I was a young girl I used to go around With older girls who’d tell me ‘Bout days in Dublin Town How they did the didin didin They did the didin down They did the didin didin All over Dublin town
So my friend Mary Reilly And her friend Sally Brown Took the train from Sligo And went to Dublin Town To do the didin didin To do the didin down To do the didin didin All over Dublin town
The taps ran with Guinness The ale was always brown My heart flowed with forgiveness All over Dublin Town And we did the didin didin We did the didin down We did the didn didn All over Dublin Town
We sang “Kathleen Mavourneen” “The Star of the County Down” We sang until the morning Flowed through Dublin Town Doing the didin didin Doing the didin down Doing the didin didin All over Dublin town
Young girls take warning The years are soon flown Put away your apron Go to Dublin town And do the didin didin Do the didin down Do the didin didin All over Dublin town
Doing the didin didin Doing the didin down Doing the didin didin All over Dublin town