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Thread #9673   Message #665054
Posted By: GUEST,Declan
08-Mar-02 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Dives & Lazarus + Brigg Fair
Subject: RE: Dives & Lazarus/Brigg fair etc
Some more verses for the version that Steve Parke's mentions above :

Oh the first thing that he called for was a bottle of Charteusium,
Glory hallelujah, hi-ro-jerum.
But old nick told him it wasn't a hotelium.
Glory hallelujah, hi-ro-jerum.

Oh the first thing that he called for was a whiskey and a sodium,
Glory hallelujah, hi-ro-jerum.
But old nick told him to shovel on the coalium.
Glory hallelujah, hi-ro-jerum.

The moral of the story is that riches are no jokium,
Glory hallelujah, hi-ro-jerum,
We'll all go to heaven 'cause we're all stony brokium;
Glory hallelujah, hi-ro-jerum.

I've heard this sung by (at least) two great Irish traditional singers Dick Hogan from County Tipperary and Barry Gleeson from Dublin (who has recorded a slightly different version of it on CD. I can't remember the title off hand but I can get details if anyone is interested). Barry's brother is Brendan Gleeson the actor (who is also a fine fiddle player).