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Lyr Req/Add: The Spree / Johnny McEldoo^^^
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Subject: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics? From: Simon mfs@clear.net.nz Date: 27 Jul 97 - 12:38 AM I heard this on a Corries album about 30 years ago. It goes In Kirkintilloch there's no pubs and I'm sure you'll wonder why My brother and me we went on a spree and we drank the pubs all dry all dry Also want word to another Corries song There was Jonny Macildo and Mgee and Me And a couple or two or three went on a spree one day We had a bob or two which we knew how to blow And the beer and whisky flew to we all felt gay etc Anybody know the rest? |
Subject: RE: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics? From: Wolfgang Date: 28 Jul 97 - 12:23 PM I'd also like to know the lyrics to the first song, but I can help you with the second: Look in the DT for "The Spree" or search for "McEldoo". Wolfgang |
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE SPREE From: dick greenhaus Date: 28 Jul 97 - 01:51 PM Hi- A note of apology. If you look up The Spree (or Johnny McEldoo) you'll get a garbled version. This was pointed out to me yesterday, and I find that it's because our contributor used angle brackets to identify which half of the tune went with which verses. Angle brackets in HTML identify commands, rather than text. SO, the text for the marked lines doesn't show. This problem doesn't affect the download versions; just the www search. We'll fix it for the next edition. Meanwhile, THE SPREE G e@drink filename[ SPREEADO RPf |
Subject: RE: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics? From: Simon Date: 30 Jul 97 - 02:18 AM Thanks Wolfgang and Dick. I've wanted the lyrics for years |
Subject: RE: In Kirkentulluch there'e nae pubs lyrics? From: Alison Frane Date: 30 Jul 97 - 12:38 PM You know, I was just thinking of that song as I read about misheard lyrics, since I learned it by rote from a friend who had learned it off of a tape (it was a long evening, let me tell, you -- it's not an easy one to memorize -- she refused to write it down on principle) There were some words that she would just slur and admitted that she had no idea what they meant. The line I was curious about you have exactly as I sing it "Then Johnny McEldoo turned as blue as the dew" whatever that means -- I guess that he sure was hungry. But are you sure that line a bit further down isn't "He nearly _supped_ a trough full of broth..."? That's the only discreppancy I saw that in my version actually made more sense And Thanks -- I've befcome famous for that song among my friends, and have always wondered about some of those words...Of course there's no guarantee any of us is correct, as folk songs go, as was amply illustrated by that other posting. Alison |
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