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Subject: Lyr Req:'Wrap It Up' by 4 Men & a Dog From: Mbo Date: 28 Sep 99 - 02:56 PM I just heard a recording of "Wrap It Up" by Four Men And A Dog. It rocked! I was wondering if anyone has the lyrics to the song. Thanks! -Mbo |
Subject: Lyr Add: WRAP IT UP (from Four Men and a Dog) From: John Wood Date: 30 Sep 99 - 07:13 PM WRAP IT UP. (Words: Neil Johnston, Music: Arty McGlynn)
Now, listen. you people better take this down:
Hear me talking.
Now the fiddle's fine and dandy. It's the voice of Irish folk.
He's the diddly-dee director.
In the pub and at the party, I'm the session's heart and soul.
You're paying
Hope this helps! Greetings, John. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: gnu Date: 28 Aug 13 - 07:46 PM Just for fun, given an ongoing thread, refresh. This is one tune I never did master before that fateful snowstorm. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: GUEST,kenny Date: 29 Aug 13 - 03:58 AM The funniest bit for me in the "4 Men and a Dog" recording was Gino shouting on the "play out" at the end. Listen for : "any chance of a Comhaltas Tour ?","big money on the Comhaltas tour", "no green jacket for me, havenae one tae fit ye". Great Belfast humour. Gino's possibly not a great fan of CCE. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: keberoxu Date: 07 Jan 17 - 02:30 PM I ought to have put the link on THIS thread in the first place. This is the recording they speak of, right down to the "play out" described in GUEST kenny's post. studio recording, Wrap It Up is there a live and in concert performance of this thing? It must be a hoot. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: keberoxu Date: 08 Jan 17 - 11:37 AM Gino Lupari, I've never been in a position to see him live. There are a few videos about that give you a short glimpse of what he is and does onstage. There was a very entertaining few minutes of him, with backup musicians (post-Four Men and a Dog) in a festival appearance somewhere. With his band, he did the darndest medley I've yet to hear, as it went through: That's Amore Tipping it up w' Nancy Hoochie Coochie Man Who else would link those three songs together? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: Steve Shaw Date: 08 Jan 17 - 12:25 PM That album (Barking Mad) was a gem. Some great songs and some incredibly fleet-footed tune-playing, and of course Gerry O'Connor's brilliant tenor banjo. We saw them twice, once in Bude and once just up the road in Kilkhampton, in that early manifestation. Years later we saw Gino again in Exeter, with Ron Kavana, Brian O'Neill and the piper Tomas Lynch. We really had thought it might be the start of a new supergroup but nothing came of that lineup. Ron was our very favourite in those days and we saw him a number of times in the early-mid-90s. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: leeneia Date: 09 Jan 17 - 10:27 AM Thanks for the link, keberoxu. I enjoyed it. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: keberoxu Date: 10 Jan 17 - 01:22 PM It seems that Wrap It Up was written to be sung by Gino Lupari, although the writers were other people. The Belfast Telegraph identifies lyric author Neil Johnston as a Belfast Telegraph journalist, actually, rather than a member of the band; he is deceased now. Arty McGlynn had a lot to do with the production of the album "Barking Mad" which is something like twenty-five years ago now, but he was not a band member either, although he set Neil Johnston's lyric to music. And then there is Mick Daly. The Belfast Telegraph is one of several sources which report that the "Dog," in Four Men & a Dog, refers to musician Mick Daly; the Telegraph goes on to say that in his native Cork, Daly was/is affectionately known as "the black dog," and that is how the band arrived at the name. I am not as certain, as I ought to be, that Mick Daly is one of the band members on the album "Barking Mad," but I presume he is, that being the band's debut recording, right? Anyhow, Daly was not long with Four Men & a Dog, ironically, he was one of the first to disappear from the lineup. Since then, Four Men & a Dog have had reunion concerts and appearances, however I don't know if Mick Daly was present for those. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: keberoxu Date: 11 Jan 17 - 12:30 PM Gino Lupari in 2008 |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wrap It Up (Four Men & a Dog) From: Manitas_at_home Date: 12 Jan 17 - 07:41 AM I was under the impression that Four Men and a Dog was a jocular reference to Paul McCartney's Wings. |
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