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Thread #7821   Message #47323
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30-Nov-98 - 08:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Kerry Cow (from Maureen O'Hara)
Subject: Lyr. Help Req: A Kerry Cow
I tried to transcribe a song from a CD, but I got some problems.
The chorus is absolutely ununderstandable, I think it could be gaelic.
I wrote down what I think I heard even so it makes no sense to me.
There's also a word in second verse I'm not sure.
Can somebody help?

The singer, btw, is Maureen O'Hara.

Thanks in advance
Andreas


A Kerry Cow

I wish I had a Kerry cow,
A Kerry cow, a kerry cow,
I wish I had a Kerry cow,
And I'd milk it night and morning

Chorus (Curfa ???) [after each verse]
(Oro me yelloch who ???)
(Grawmachree a hillehoo ???)
(Oro me yelloch who ???)
(Stupaka yank ma war hear ???)

[similar to the first verse, repeating the wish two times, then repeating first line]
I wish I had a (rig ???) of turf
And I'd keep it by the fire always

I wish I had a midland pot
A kettle and a saucepan

I wish I had a dandy cap
With four and twenty borders

I wish I had a muslin gown
And I'd give it to my darling

I wish I had a Kerry cow
And Bridget from her father