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Thread #59169   Message #943846
Posted By: GUEST,MCP
30-Apr-03 - 05:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Family Ointment
Subject: Tune Add: THE FAMILY OINTMENT
Wolfgang - I have a few minor differences in transcription:

In the chorus I think he sings "hi-diddle daddle-um" (rather than dandilum)

In v4 I think the last line is "She threw away two that they'd the image of him"

And the the last line you've just corrected the typo in is "He's bustin' his sides..." (rather than He pushed at his sides).

I've appended the tune below (something like tune I've heard The Comforts Of Man sung to, I think).

Mick



X: 1
T:The Family Ointment
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=70
S:Willie Clancy - LP: The Minstrel From Clare
K:C
G,/G,/|C> C C D> C D|E> D E C2
w:In a neat lit-tle cot-tage not far from the town
G,|E2 E (F> E) F|G2 G E>
w:There lived a man_ called Mar-cus Brown
E E|G2 G G> G ^G|A> c A D>
w:He was well-to-do, had a neat lit-tle wife
D D|F> E F F> E F|G2 G E>
w:But the want of a fa-mi-ly caused great strife.
"Chorus:"
E D|C> C C D> C D|G> A G E> D C|
w:With me ran-dle-um, fan-dle-um, hi-did-dle-dad-dle-um
C> C C D> C D|F> E D C2||
w:Ran-dle-um, fan-dle-um, hi-did-dle-day.