Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'

Subject: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From:
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 02:24 PM

The 1995 Australian film Sirens, with Hugh Grant, Elle McPhearson and Sam Neill, had a few folk songs in it. One of them is Mari's Wedding ("Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel and toe for toe"), but the other one is the one I want, and I didn't recognise it. The only bit of the lyrics they sang in the film went something like this: "She is special, she is pretty, she is the girl from (someplace)" and then there was another line which I can't remember. It was a nice tune, and I've been singing it for weeks since we rented the video, but I feel kind of silly singing just the one line over and over again. I watched the credits, but they didn't credit Mari's Wedding and I didn't see anything that would have fit this tune for a title either. Help! Lyrics and music would be wonderful, but even if I just got a title, I'd probably be able to track it down. Does anyone know this tune?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From: Midchuck
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 03:02 PM

I'm sorry, but I saw that film a couple of times and didn't really pay much attention to the music. It's strange....

Peter.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From: Wesley S
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 03:13 PM

I know the song is on the Van Morrison and the Chieftains recording. The title escapes me right now. As a matter of fact both of those songs are on that CD.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From: Wesley S
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 03:21 PM

"I'll tell me Ma" is the title of the song and "Irish Heartbeat" is the name of the CD by Van and the Chieftains.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 04:08 PM

Oddly enough, I don't remember anything about the music in that film either, and I've seen it twice, too...  There is a version of "I'll tell me Ma" in the Database:  Click Here.

Malcolm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From: Snuffy
Date: 10 Nov 00 - 04:51 PM

There are also six scottish versions of the song in the DT under the title of "The Wind, The Wind"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song from film 'Sirens'
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 11 Nov 00 - 10:29 AM

The words are in the Digital Tradition. Search for [Belfast City] including the brackets, to signify that those words must occur as just that phrase.

Dave Oesterreich