Lyr Req: Tommy Makem song: Monologue

Subject: Lyr Req: Tommy Makham
From: Kev-Lar
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 12:24 PM

I am looking for the Lyrics to a Tommy Makham song Monologue that he performed in 1986 on the reunion Concert where he talks about a drunken friend from Armarh he gets knocked down by a Rolls Royce and reckons his back is broken Tommy recites it just before he does the William Bloat Ballard

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tommy Makham
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 01:17 PM

Tommy Makem's songs are all about. Have you looked into his and the Clancy's discography? Easier search if you spell the name correctly.

Don

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tommy Makham
From: GUEST,Gusty
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 02:11 PM

'Armarh'? 'Ballard'? Is it still talk like a pirate day?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tommy Makham
From: Gavin Paterson
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 02:24 PM

He may played William Bloat on the reunion tour but it isn't on the "Reunion" LP/CD. It is on Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem "In Concert" Columbia circa 1967. But there is no chat leading into the song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tommy Makham
From: goatfell
Date: 04 Dec 09 - 04:34 AM

it is not a song, wiliam bloat is

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tommy Makham
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 04 Dec 09 - 06:12 AM

I assume the monologue is about the man knocked down by a Rolls Royce and claiming that he's so injured he'll never walk again and will be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He says he wants massive financial compensation and will sue the driver for it. Tne driver doesn't believe the man is injured and says that if he does sue and wins his case, he'll have him followed 24 hours a day in order to prove that he is faking his injuries. The man says that's fine - you can follow me straight from the court to Lourdes where he'll witness a miracle......

I heard Dave Allan tell it on one of his television shows.