Hi, Ringo - can you tell us anything else about the song? Is it folk, pop, or what? Know any fragments of the lyrics? Where did you hear it?

The more you can tell us about a song, the easier it is for us to help you find it.

Actually, I found information about it here (click). And then I looked a little farther, and I found Teresa Doyle's Dance to your Daddy...on the shelf behind me. Lyrics coming up in a few minutes, but no chords.

-Joe Offer-

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Teresa Doyle / Canada / Home by Barna This is a spooky song about walking home late at night with creatures like swooghs, fairies and banshees hiding in the dark. A swoogh is an imaginary spirit that looks like a headless sheep or a little cloud. It has the power to transport people from place to place, but it never hurts anyone. Legend has it that if you roll down the top of your boots you will be protected against the swoogh. The Celts (pronounced Kelts) are an ancient people whose culture and language spread through much of Western Europe, especially Ireland, Wales and Scotland. The Celts have a tradition of myths and stories that have lasted for generations. The misty hills and craggy rocks of the Irish landscape are the perfect setting for mysterious and magical tales. This is an old Celtic song that survives in Eastern Canada. Many Celtic people moved from Ireland and Scotland to Canada a long time ago. They brought their music with them, and people there still sing old Irish and Scottish songs. Songs like this have been passed down from generation to generation. Someday, you might sing it to your children! One of the traditional instruments used in this song is called a bodhran (BOW-rahn), a Celtic drum that you hold in one hand and hit with a stick.