Lyr Req: Irish rap

Subject: Irish rap
From: GUEST,chuck
Date: 12 Nov 00 - 05:05 PM

About 8 or 9 years ago in St.Paul, at an Irish bar called the Half-Time Rec, I heard an Irish group perform a spoof on rap music. Can't remember the name of the group or the song, but one of the lines was, "Play Danny Boy, gimme a break!" Any leads? Help me, Obe-Wan K-Mudcat, you're my only help.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish rap
From: Den
Date: 12 Nov 00 - 05:22 PM

Four men and a Dog do a rap thing called Rap it up about their bodhran player. Not sure if this is the same band you saw. Den

Subject: Lyr Add: WRAP IT UP^^
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 09:56 PM

Found at http://ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran/wrap.html:

WRAP IT UP
(Words by Neil Johnston, Music by Arty McGlynn; Dog Music Publishing Ltd.)

Now listen you people
Better take this down:
I'm the Bodhrán player
And I'm back in town.
It's me lays down the rhythm
For the diddely I dil dee
Ain't no Flashy Fiddlers
Any good without me!
I can do it on the Bodhrán,
I can do it on the Bones;
Don't need a fancy drum-kit like
The Rolling Stones.
I'm a raker, I'm a shaker,
I make that white top hum:
The man who puts the Iddery in the
Skiddery I dil dum!

Skiddery I dil dum!

Just set up the liquor,
Make sure there's enough,
Then clear the decks for action
Let me strut my stuff.

Hear me talkin'?
Let's go walkin'!

Now the fiddle's fine and dandy,
It's the voice of Irish folk;
And if you've gotta banjo handy,
He can make the music smoke.
Throw in a melodeon --
You've gotta have a box --
and you've the makings of a session
But it isn't one the rocks
Till the goat skin hero
Hits it with his little rhythm stick:
I'm the man supplies the heartbeat,
I'm the dude that makes it tick!

He's the diddley dee director,
He's the dude that makes it tick!

Hear me talkin'?
Let's go walkin'!

At the pub and at the party,
I'm the session's heart and soul;
Hey, it's me who puts the backbone
Into Irish rock 'n' roll.
You can keep your fiddle player,
Your banjo pickin' man,
But the man who minds the goatskin
Is the leader of the band.
When I hear the reels a rollin'
Then it's time for me to start;
I'm the star of syncopation,
I'm the statesman of the art.
Watch the dancers how they dig it,
They say who's the heavy dude?
He's no moron on the Bodhrán,
He's our Gino be goode!
So I'm giving you the message and
I've got it right perhaps:
The show is never over 'til the fat man raps!

You paying?
I'm staying.

[As recorded by Four Men and A Dog, on "Barking Mad," Green Linnet Records, GLCD 3085.]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish rap
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Nov 00 - 10:20 PM

Also, here is a piece called "Celtic Jihad Rap" by "Master Efenwealt Wystle" (Scott F. Vaughan). It is from a CD called "A Minstrel by Trade and a Fool in My Spare Time." The author says he does not want the song reproduced "electronically" etc.; therefore I did not post the lyrics here.