Subject: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Brakn Date: 23 Feb 09 - 09:34 AM A friend has asked me about this song but I can't say that I've ever heard it. Can anyone help? This is all they remember. Gooogle turns up nothing. It was in the springtime when the snow was going and a cold wind blowing, that we laid him down. People crying for a dream was dying And the lights went out in old dublin town. chorus. Oh this old city can be grey or pretty And the river Liffey can be blue or brown. Friends were gathered some with stockings laddered Some with purple cassocks some of great renown. many thanks Michael |
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE DUBLIN MINSTREL (O'Donoghue) From: quokka Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:09 AM I don't know if this is what you're looking for but it's a bit similar... Attributed to O'Donoghue....does anyone have any more info? THE DUBLIN MINSTREL From[C] Dublin[F] streets and roads and down the years Came grea[C]t musicians and balla[G]deers There was a[C] special one, a red-haired[F] minstrel boy And when he[C] passed away, a city[G] mourned its favorite[C] son [Chorus] All[C] around the markets and down the[F] quays The sad[C] news spread to the liber[G]ties The minstrel[C] boy is gone; he'll sing no[F] more, And[G] Luke somehow[C] we know, we'll never see your likes again. He liked to laugh and sing, he loved a jar And his songs rang out in many city bars I walked by the old canal near which he used to live Down Raglan Road I'm sad as he'd so much left to give Now the show is over; the curtain's down A flame no longer burns in Dublin Town While the Liffey flows beneath the Ha'penny Bridge You'll be remembered, Luke, for all your songs and all you did. Cheers, Quokka |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: bubblyrat Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:12 AM There's a very good song about Luke Kelly on the Dubliners 25 years anniversary album. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Jack Campin Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:44 AM "American Pie" has a lot to answer for. If there is any subgenre of folk music which is so uniformly toecurlingly twee as to drive any normal listener out of the room screaming, it's songs memorializing other folk singers. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Jim McLean Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:50 AM Luke Kelly was a very good friend of mine and I'm sure he would be the first to agree with JackCampin. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Brakn Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:59 AM Amen. Does anyone know it? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: MartinRyan Date: 23 Feb 09 - 11:08 AM I agree with Jack's sentiments - but think it's a bit hard on American Pie ! Didn't we have a monumental thread deconstructing that, a long time ago? Regards |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST,Shaneo not logged in Date: 23 Feb 09 - 11:51 AM I'm nearly sure it's called ''Old Dublin Town'' written by Pete St.John and recorded by Patsy Watchorn. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Brakn Date: 23 Feb 09 - 05:08 PM fresh |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Brakn Date: 24 Feb 09 - 11:41 AM last time |
Subject: Lyr Add: LUKE'S SONG (Dublin City Ramblers) From: bill\sables Date: 24 Feb 09 - 03:45 PM LUKE'S SONG As recorded by The Dublin City Ramblers on "Flight of Earls" (1987)
It was in the springtime when the snow was going |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: Brakn Date: 24 Feb 09 - 06:38 PM Thanks for that Bill. Who did it? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST,hg Date: 04 Mar 09 - 09:58 PM What is the tune to Luke Kelly, Bill? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: bill\sables Date: 05 Mar 09 - 05:11 AM Guest hg, you would have to join mudcat so as I can pm you with my phone number and I could sing the tune down the phone, It's the only way I know Bill |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST,send it to harpgirl, bill, I'm not a joiner Date: 05 Mar 09 - 07:41 PM |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: samundcandy Date: 06 Mar 09 - 07:39 AM Patsy Watchorn sang it with the Dublin City Ramblers. You can find it on the album "Flight Of Earls" |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST,Jorrox Date: 06 Mar 09 - 08:09 AM Can I direct anyone with an interest to Liam Clancy's spoken piece 'Luke'. It is on his Yes Those Were The Days double CD. I understand the comments earlier about not paying tribute etc etc, but give this a go. It never fails to move me, sometimes a bit too much. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST,minstrel Date: 12 Nov 10 - 03:10 PM Hi Quokka, Probably a bit late replying to your query but I've only seen it now. My name is Declan O'Donoghue and I wrote The Dublin Minstrel. I am the Irish horse racing correspondent for the Irish Sun. Paddy Reilly first recorded it many moons ago on The Gold And Silver Years and Celtic Collection CD/albums. Some years ago it enjoyed a revival, I think the Dublin City Ramblers were playing it and one night I heard The Dubliners singing it live on the Vincent Browne Radio Show which - a total coincidence I hope - was the last programme Vincent ever did on RTE! Next thing I knew The Dubliners had recorded it on their Live At Vicar Street DVD. Just one correction to the lyrics generally quoted as From Dublin's streets and roads and down the years should read From Dublin's streets and roads all down the years Anyway thanks for the interest. The idea of the song came on the morning I heard on the radio that Luke had died, I was thinking of how the news must have swept across the city and how people would have reacted. Needless to say it's an honour to have a song about Luke recorded at all, let alone by people like Paddy Reilly and of course The Dubliners themselves. Hope this clears up some issues for you. Cheers |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST Date: 06 Aug 18 - 11:21 AM Called "Luke's Song" and is sung by Patsy Watchorn on his album called "The Rare Old Times: The Very Best of Patsy Watchorn." |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST,Jim I Date: 06 Aug 18 - 12:28 PM There are two quite distinct songs being mixed up here. "The Dublin MInstrel" by Declan O'Donogue and "Luke's Song" by possibly Pete St John. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST Date: 29 Jan 21 - 01:50 PM Luke's Song was written by Kilkenny man Ned Egan. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 23 - 11:05 AM Diane I have Luke's Song on the Dublin City Ramblers cd Flight of Earls. I've always liked it. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about Luke Kelly From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 23 - 11:05 AM Diane I have Luke's Song on the Dublin City Ramblers cd Flight of Earls. I've always liked it. |
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