Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the Old County Down From: GUEST Date: 14 Dec 10 - 07:02 PM I WAS LOOKING FOR THE LYRICS TO "LITTLE TOWN IN THE OLD COUNTY DOWN" AND WAS THRILLED WHEN BRAKN CAME UP WTH THE WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO SING THIS LITTLE GEM TO MY GRANDCHILDREN. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, GERI GEE |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Gulliver Date: 04 Feb 09 - 03:30 PM According to this site, http://nfo.net/cal/ts10.html#Sanders , Monte Carlo was his real name. He was the husband of Alma Sanders, who seems to have been prolific from about 1917 on. Among other "Irish"-related songs they composed were: "Dinny Danny; The Irish Yacki Hula" "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone" "Every Tear Is a Smile in an Irishman's Heart" "By the waters of Killarney" "Just a bit of Irish lace" "Two Blue Eyes, One Little Green Isle" "My Home in the County Mayo" "The Hills of Connemara" "The Old Wooden Bridge in Athlone" Monte Carlo also wrote the complete musical score for the motion picture, "Ireland Today". He was born in Skamlingsbanke, Gravenstein, Denmark, July 14, 1883 and came to the US in 1906. Biography here: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music-search/music-songs-composers%20-%200175. "That Tumble-down Shack in Athlone" is on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P10l41kxdoc, along with comments from the grand-daughter of Alma Sanders and Monte Carlo. Don |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Jim Dixon Date: 04 Feb 09 - 09:56 AM The National Library of Australia shows a copyright date of 1920 for LITTLE TOWN IN THE OULD COUNTY DOWN, words by Richard W Pascoe, music by Monte Carlo and Alma M Sanders. Sheet music is not viewable online. The British Library lists these songs written, or co-written by Monte Carlo: INDIA, 1917 THE WILD IRISH ROSE THAT GOD GAVE ME, 1917 WHEN THE CANDLELIGHT GOES FLICK FLICK FLICKER, 1917 I WONDER IF THE SAME MOON SHINES IN IRELAND TO-NIGHT, 1919 I'M SNEAKIN' TO PEEK IN PEKIN, 1919 MILESTONES OF LIFE, 1919 SWEET LAVENDER AND LACE, 1919 BY THE WATERS OF KILLARNEY, 1924 I'M BACK IN MY TUMBLE DOWN SHACK, 1932 TWO BLUE EYES AND ONE LITTLE GREEN ISLE, 1939 PRETTY MARY ANN MCCANN, 1943 YOU'RE MY EXTRA CUP OF COFFEE, 1943 YOU'VE GOT YOUR DADDY'S FIGHTING HEART, 1943 LOUISIANA LADY, 1947 None of these library records was of any help in identifying "Monte Carlo" (assuming it's a pen name). |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Gulliver Date: 02 Feb 09 - 08:46 PM There's an mp3 of John McCormack singing it (1921) at http://www.archive.org/details/JohnMcCormack , also on YouTube. I would have thought it was older than 1921. It was my granny's favourite song, and I had the impression she learned it in her youth - she was born around 1880. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: MartinRyan Date: 02 Feb 09 - 04:06 AM Not Alcott, perhaps. There's an oblique reference HERE Regards |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: MartinRyan Date: 02 Feb 09 - 03:18 AM I think "Monte Carlo" was a pen-name for ... was it Chauncey Alcott? Regards |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Feb 09 - 01:01 AM WorldCat.org shows a copyright date of 1921 for LITTLE TOWN IN THE OULD COUNTY DOWN by Monte Carlo, Alma M Sanders, and Richard W Pascoe. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: GUEST,leadsinger_99 Date: 31 Jan 09 - 01:24 PM Does anyone know the author and publication date of this swong? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Brakn Date: 28 Sep 00 - 04:18 PM Happy to help, Robby. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Robby Date: 28 Sep 00 - 09:04 AM Brakn, my apologies for the mis-spelling of your name. Sorry about that. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: Robby Date: 28 Sep 00 - 09:02 AM Brackn, thank you for the lyrics. My 91-year old father has been humming this song, but he couldn't remember the words. As a boy, he remembers his grandparents, who came from Ireland shortly after the end of the American Civil War, singing this song. This should make him happy. |
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE TOWN IN THE OLD COUNTY DOWN From: Brakn Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:49 AM I'm sure this has been posted before somewhere.
Sure if I had the wings of a swallow |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Town in the old County Down From: MartinRyan Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:08 AM This one turns up in some Irish American songbooks. If nobody turns up a set of words, I may be able to lay hold of one. Regards |
Subject: Little Town in the old County Down From: Robby Date: 28 Sep 00 - 07:57 AM I have looked for the lyrics to this song in these web sites: (1) the DT; (2) Lyrics World; (3) Cantaria; (4) Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America; (5) Irish Ballads (celtic-otter); (6) Irish Folk Song Lyrics; (7) Irish Music; (8) Lyrics Galore--Gaelic Folk Song Lyrics; (9) the Tommy Makem Home Page; (10) The Ballad Archive; and (11) the John McCormack Home Page. So far my efforts to obtain the lyrics has been unsuccessful. Can any 'Catter help me out on this? |
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