Lyr Req: Peggy Lettermore (from Dubliners)

Subject: help with irish folksong
From: Johan
Date: 04 Nov 97 - 05:17 AM

Looking for the lyric to a song called Peggy Lettermore Dubliners have recorded it a few times. The hard thing is , it's in gealic. I am also interested in reels and hornpipes for tin whisle

Subject: RE: help with irish folksong
From: Wolfgang Hell
Date: 04 Nov 97 - 05:30 AM

Johan,

Peggy Lettermore has been discussed recently in this forum. Go to Forum Search (above the threads), enter "lettermore" under "subject" and you'll find the lyrics and some more information.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: help with irish folksong
From: Benjamin Bodhra/nai
Date: 04 Nov 97 - 05:41 PM

And if you want reels and hornpipes check out the web-wide ABC index at:

http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/index/wwabc.html

This lists all available ABC format tunes, 1000's of reels and lots of hornpipes (and jigs, double jigs, barn dances, set dances, polkas, marches etc)

Sla/n

Benjamin

Subject: RE: help with irish folksong
From: alison
Date: 04 Nov 97 - 07:43 PM

hi

Do a search for Richards tune book, (http://leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTunebk/tunename.html)

You should find more than enough thunes to keep you busy for years.

Slainte

alison

Subject: RE: help with irish folksong
From: Johan
Date: 05 Nov 97 - 03:52 AM

1000 thanx for all help Hope to be able to repay you all some day

Slainte

Johan

Subject: RE: help with irish folksong
From: leprechaun
Date: 05 Nov 97 - 12:05 PM

In a Dubliners Album jacket, or possibly a song book I can't find right now was a note about how Peggy Lettermore is adjusted for different cities. i.e.- In Dublin it's ...She is the belle of Dublin City; in Belfast, ...she is the belle of Belfast City; ...she is the belle of Tipperary...and so on. It's a children's song, like for skipping rope.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peggy Lettermore (from Dubliners)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Aug 11 - 07:26 PM

See this thread: Lyr Req: Peggy Lettermore. It has the Irish lyrics (Peigí Leitir Móir) as well as an English translation.