ADD: Leprechaun / Leprehaun (Joyce)

Subject: leprechaun- quick!!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 09 Mar 01 - 08:26 AM

I know there's been a thread on this song before:

In a shady nook one moonlit night
A leprechaun I spied...

but the Supersearch isn't working or something's wrong with my computer! I want to teach this song in two hours to my first graders- can you help me?

Subject: Lyr Add: THE LEPRECHAUN (Robert Dwyer Joyce) ^^^
From: alison
Date: 09 Mar 01 - 08:40 AM

fast enough for you I hope

THE LEPRECHAUN
by

Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830-83)

In a shady nook one moonlit night,
A leprahaun I spied
In scarlet coat and cap of green,
A cruiskeen by his side.
'Twas tick, tack, tick, his hammer went,
Upon a weeny shoe,
And I laughed to think of a purse of gold,
But the fairy was laughing too.

With tip-toe step and beating heart,
Quite softly I drew night.
There was mischief in his merry face,
A twinkle in his eye;
He hammered and sang with tiny voice,
And sipped the mountain dew;
Oh! I laughed to think he was caught at last,
But the fairy was laughing, too.

As quick as thought I grasped the elf,
"Your fairy purse," I cried,
"My purse?" said he, "'tis in her hand,
That lady by your side."
I turned to look, the elf was off,
And what was I to do?
Oh! I laughed to think what a fool I'd been,
And, the fairy was laughing too.

slainte

alison^^^

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: leprechaun- quick!!
From: alison
Date: 09 Mar 01 - 08:46 AM

and in case they ask... a "cruiskeen" is a jug... usually filled with grog.......

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: leprechaun- quick!!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 09 Mar 01 - 12:41 PM

Alison that was WONDERFUL! A million thanks!
After I posted I went right to work teaching the older kids, but I checked the 'cat again as the first graders were lined up outside the door; pressed "print" and away I went.
It's not a song I expect them to be able to sing by heart, but they loved the story. I confess I changed "cruiskeen" to "bottle"!
I then told them how I got the words to the song and where you are and they wanted to know: What time was it when you answered, and what's the weather like?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: leprechaun- quick!!
From: KT
Date: 09 Mar 01 - 01:00 PM

This is wonderful! Thank you! And just in time, too. There'll be many a leprechaun trap in first grade this next week. What is the tune?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: leprechaun- quick!!
From: alison
Date: 10 Mar 01 - 12:14 AM

12.45 am... dark and wet.... lol

glad you got them

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: leprechaun- quick!!
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 10 Mar 01 - 10:38 AM

See also  Lyrics to "The Leprechaun"  and  The fairy was laughing....  Alice Flynn has the music, and at one time put the staff notation on her website.  I made a midi of the melody at the time, and will in due course (if I don't forget) send it to Alan for the Mudcat Midi Pages.  Meanwhile, as a temporary measure, I have put it on the  South Riding Folk Network  website:  Click here to play The Leprechaun

Malcolm