Four Irish Songs (!)

Subject: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Jim Thornton
Date: 18 Jan 98 - 03:02 PM

I'm looking for the lyrics/music to a few Irish songs. If anyone can help I'd be eternaly grateful (well certainly for a few weeks anyway). The titles are (I think):-

1. The Pride of Petrivore (Or Eileen Og).
2. The (something possibly boats) of Killibegs (Not the boys)
3. Dublin in my tears.
and 4. a song that has the line in it (Not the title):- Where the strawberry beds sweep down to the Liffey.

Please....

Subject: Lyr Add: PRIDE OF PETROVAR^^^
From: judy
Date: 19 Jan 98 - 01:48 AM

Typed out and taught to me by Janet Cornwall. (Thanks Janet)

Eileen Oge
(The Pride of Petravore)
Lyrics by Percy French (1854-1920)

Eileen Oge! an' that the darlin's name is;
Through the Barony her features they were famous;
If we loved her, who is there to blame us,
For wasn't she the Pride of Petravore?

But her beauty made us all so shy,
Not a man could look her in the eye,
Boys, O boys! sure that's the reason why
We're mournin' for the Pride of Petravore.
Chorus


Chorus:
Eileen Oge! me heart is growin' grey
Ever since the day you wandered far away;
Eileen Oge! there's good fish in the say (sea)
But there's no one like the Pride of Petravore.


Friday at the fair of Ballintubber,
Eileen met McGrath the cattle jobber,
I'd like to se me mark upon the robber,
For he stole away the Pride of Petravore.

He never seem'd to see the girl at all,
Even when she ogled him underneath her shawl,
Looking big and masterful when she was lookin' small,
Most provoking for the Pride of Petravore.
(Chorus)


So it went as it was in the beginning,
Eileen Oge was set upon the winning;
Bigt McGrath contentedly was grinning,
Being courted by the Pride of Petravore.

Sez he "I know a girl that could knock you into fits,"
At that, Eileen nearly lost her wits.
The upshot of the ruction was that now the robber sits
With his arm around the Pride of Petravore.
(Chorus)


Boys, O boys! with fate 'tis hard to grapple,
Of my eye 'tis Eileen was the apple,
And now to see her walkin' to the Chapel
Wid the hardest featured man in Petravore.

Now boys this is all I have to say:
When you do your courtin' make no display,
If you want them to run after you just walk the other way,
For they're mostly like the Pride of Petravore.


Oge=young (Tune learned from Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker)

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Wolfgang Hell
Date: 19 Jan 98 - 04:07 AM

Hi Jim,
the last request is called "The Ferryman" and can be found with music on this German site.
Wolfgang

Subject: Tune Add: EILEEN OGE
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 19 Jan 98 - 08:54 AM

G'day,
Here's the tune to Eileen Oge:-

MIDI file: EILEENOG.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: Eileen Oge
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Key: F
Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
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End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the January 15 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:Eileen Oge
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:F
D3EF3G|A3/2B/2A3/2G/2FD2z|C3DE3/2E/2EF|G3/2A/2G3/2F/2EC2z|
D3EF3G|A3/2B/2A3/2G/2F3/2D/2F3/2G/2|A3/2A/2A3/2A/2A3/2F/2G3/2E/2|
D6z2|d2d2d2d2|c3/2A/2F3/2G/2A4|B2E2E2G2|G3/2F/2D3/2D/2D4|
d2d2d2d2|c3/2A/2F3/2G/2A2A3/2A/2|D3/2A/2A3/2A/2A3/2G/2E3/2F/2|
D6z2|d2d2d3d|c3/2A/2FGA4|A3/2E/2E3/2E/2E3G|
GFDDD3z|d2d2d3d|c3/2A/2F3/2G/2A2AA|D3/2A/2A3/2A/2A3/2G/2E3/2F/2|
D31/4||

Subject: Chords Add: EILEEN OGE
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 19 Jan 98 - 08:56 AM

And here's how the chords fit the words:-

A NATION ONCE AGAIN

 Dm 
Eileen Oge! an' that the darlin's name is;
   C  
Through the Barony her features they were famous;
Dm    
If we loved her, who is there to blame us,
                    A7            Dm 
For wasn't she the Pride of Petravore?

 Bb             F  
But her beauty made us all so shy,
 Gm    A7        Dm  
Not a man could look her in the eye,
 Bb                  F                A7 
Boys, O boys! sure that's the reason why
       Dm                A7           Dm 
We're mournin' for the Pride of Petravore.

     Bb             F 
    Eileen Oge! me heart is growin' grey
    Gm              A7      Dm  
    Ever since the day you wandered far away;
     Bb                  F 
    Eileen Oge! there's good fish in the say (sea)
                Dm                A7           Dm 
    But there's no one like the Pride of Petravore.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 19 Jan 98 - 09:01 AM

Well of course the title's really Eileen Oge. Ya gotta watch that copy&paste!!

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From:
Date: 20 Jan 98 - 01:59 PM

Thanks (loads!) for all your help. Alan, Wolfgang and Judy. I had an idea Oge (Og) meant something like the American Jr. but the peoples names I have seen it in didn't have the 'e' on the end.

I'm in the process of learning the Irish language, but it seems a long (difficult) process.

Alan I didn't quite follow the ref. to A NATION ONCE AGAIN, surely these aren't the same tunes?

Jim Thornton. (No conection with sweet sixteen)

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 20 Jan 98 - 07:51 PM

Jim,
The reference to 'A Nation' was a phurphy (Aussie slang) resulting from an incomplete copy&paste.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Murray
Date: 21 Jan 98 - 03:52 AM

About "Oge"--the proper Irish is OG, with an acute accent on the O [I can't figure out how to reproduce that]--and it's pronounced to rhyme with "rogue", the acute = long vowel [the Irish call it "fada", "long"]. Percy French is just spelling it phonetically so that layabouts like the English can pronounce it properly. One of the troubles with Irish songs [and Scots too, come to that] is that there is often great discrepancy in the transliteration from the original, result being that you get umpteen very strange titles from one Irish one.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Bruce O.
Date: 21 Jan 98 - 09:17 AM

Murray, I just had a big to-do about Gaelic accents and was told you put a / after a letter to indicate an accent. Oge, incidently is 'young'. Drumion Down Oge is an Irish tune 'Young brown cow'.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Bruce O.
Date: 21 Jan 98 - 09:23 AM

If you take Derry Down to be Gaelic it's Brown Oak. Derry (daire) (or Londonderry as the English renamed it somewhere around 1625) was named from the oaks that grew there.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: steve
Date: 13 Feb 99 - 11:13 AM

Thank you for this great site!!I found most the songs my father and family use to sing. Thanks again Great database.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: Brakn
Date: 13 Feb 99 - 09:06 PM

See the thread Saturday night in Dublin.

Regards Mick Bracken

Subject: Lyr Add: THE FERRYMAN (Pete St John)^^^
From: Brakn
Date: 13 Feb 99 - 09:12 PM

THE FERRYMAN

Well the little boats are gone from the crest of Anna Liffey
And the ferrymen are standing on the quay
The Dublin docks are dyin' and the way of life is gone
And Molly it was part of you and me

Where the strawberry beds sweep down to the Liffey
You'll kiss away the worries from my brow
I love you well today, I'll love you more tomorrow
If you ever loved me Molly, love me now.

It was the only job I knew. It was hard but never lonely
The Liffey ferry made a man of me.
And it's gone without a whisper and half forgotten even now
Sure it's over Molly over can't you see.

Where the strawberry beds sweep down to the Liffey
You'll kiss away the worries from my brow
I love you well today, I'll love you more tomorrow
If you ever loved me Molly, love me now.

And now I'll spin the yarns, and I'll spend my days a talkin'
And I'll hear them whisper Michael's on the dole
My Molly we're still living, my darling we're still young
The river never owned my heart and soul.

Where the strawberry beds sweep down to the Liffey
You'll kiss away the worries from my brow
I love you well today, I'll love you more tomorrow
If you ever loved me Molly, love me now.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 3-Jun-02.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: steven s
Date: 28 Feb 99 - 10:06 PM

I'm looking for the the lyrics to, West country lady, sung by ryan's fancy..Thanks for any help..

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 28 Feb 99 - 10:39 PM

I have no idea what the tune is for "The Ferrymen" but as I read the words my mind supplied the tune "Darling Nelly Gray" which isn't even Irish, but which may well have Irish roots. --seed

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From:
Date: 01 Mar 99 - 07:31 PM

I have the lyrics to West Country Lady somewhere. If and when I find them I will post them. I think I have that Ryan's Fancy LP.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From:
Date: 04 Mar 99 - 04:03 PM

The song about Killybegs *might* be one recorded on one of the Chieftains' albums, Another Country, but I can't lay my hands on it right now.

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From:
Date: 23 Mar 99 - 12:11 AM

found this site while trying to find lyrics to "eilleen og."i'm not sure if this is true and would welcome any input. my aunt from co. cavan told me yrs. ago that the pedravor in percy french's song referred to my gr. grandfather, peter mcgovern, also known as pedravor or "peter of the road." he was from glangevlin i think, so i'm wondering if this is true and did anyone else ever hear this? he lived about 1860's i think. maryann

Subject: RE: Four Irish Songs (!)
From:
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 11:41 PM

I think anon. (2 notes above) might be correct about the reference to Killybegs. This is the title of the song, which appears on "Another Country", a great CD, one of the earlier collaborations between the Chieftains and American musicians. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band figures prominently on this album, and in fact the song is sung by Jimmy Ibbotson, with credits to both he and Paddy Moloney.