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Old Irish Song
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| dick greenhaus | 18 Jul 99 - 09:20 PM | |
| Pete Curry | 18 Jul 99 - 07:33 PM | |
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Subject: RE: Old Irish Song From: Date: 19 Jul 99 - 11:33 PM Dear Mr. Greenhaus: I can't thank you enough for your kind assistance! I've been looking for info on this song for decades. Sincerely, Pete Curry |
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Subject: RE: Old Irish Song From: dick greenhaus Date: 18 Jul 99 - 09:20 PM It's called The Kerry Recruit, and it's in DigiTrad. Try a search for recruit. |
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Subject: Old Irish Song From: Pete Curry Date: 18 Jul 99 - 07:33 PM My great-great grandmother from Ireland taught my father a song that went: "The first thing they gave me was an old rusty gun/With a place for my finger and a place for my thumb; The next thing they gave me was an old blue coat/ with twenty brass buttons buttoned up to my throat; Thenthey sent me off to war where I never was before/and they shot me in the hind and they shot me in the fore" etc. Does anyone know anything about this song? Have you ever seen the text or heard a recording of it? Any help will be much app |
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