Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)

Subject: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: GUEST,T.Mooney
Date: 19 Jun 04 - 07:31 AM

I have recently been hearing this "new" song on Radio (RTE) mainly and would like to get the lyric to pass on to an entertainer friend. Can anyone help? It must be too "young" to appear yet, in the DT section.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jun 04 - 08:09 AM

Is This It?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 19 Jun 04 - 09:51 AM

See also this recent thread: Lyr Req: The Langer

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: MARINER
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 07:51 AM

The Langer is a very funny song, but if you haven't got a Cork accent, forget it. It just doesn't work with any other accent.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: GUEST,T.Mooney
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 12:18 PM

Many thanks Malcolm and Mariner and , especially, Guest.
Fortunately my entertainer friend does speak gaelic and knows the Cork "Dialect" quite well.
Thanks again.
T.M.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Jun 04 - 05:07 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: GUEST,Ronn of Chicago
Date: 02 Jul 04 - 01:01 AM

THE LANGER (full version, six minutes long!)

Have you seen the old man,
The drunken auld lout,
Rourin' and bawlin' and spillin' his stout,
And in everyone's business,
You'll foresee his snout,
Down in Cork, he'd be known as a LANGER!
A langer .... a langer ....
In Cork, he'd be known as a LANGER!

And our hero, Roy Keane,
Footballer supreme,
The finest this country,
And Man-U's ever seen,
And we'd have won the World Cup,
But Mick McCarthy fouled up,
Roy was dead right to call him a LANGER!
A Langer .... a Langer ....
Roy was dead right to call him a LANGER!

And Johnny and Mick,
Have a Honda Civic,
With spotlamps and spoilers,
And loud rock music,
Ah, but don't they look nice,
Them big fffff .... furry dice,
Won't they ever stop acting de LANGER?
De langer .... de langer .....
Won't they ever stop acting the LANGER?

(Irish bit, no translation available)
Mise phleidce nach roinn,
Ag ghlanadh tríd a thoinn,
Níor gálainn ag éinne,
Nach riseach ag féin,
Már go fomhlíoch sairbhíin,
Ag gramadach fíor grinn,
Í gortaigh gan dabht, sé an LANGER!
An Langer ... an langer ....
I gortaigh gan dabht, sé an LANGER!

From Mitchelstown to Cape Clear,
You'll be welcome down here,
For there's plenty of scenery,
Music and beer,
(Spoken) But avoid the rugby weekend in Kinsale,
Cos every year without fail,
The town gets infested with LANGERS!
Langers .... langers ....
The town gets infested with LANGERS!

(George)
In Two thousand and five,
Culture will thrive,
All along the green banks of the Lee (oh, good man George!)
But no matter what,
If you arrive on a yacht,
(Spoken) We'll tolerate absolutely nobody acting the LANGER! (Certainly not in Crosshaven!)
Langer .... langer ....
There'll be nobody acting the LANGER.

George Bush and his biys,
Oh, they'd make your blood boil,
Would they give the Iraqi people back their soil?
Ah, but all of us know,
All he wants is their oil,
Oh Lord, he's a fir-ocious LANGER!
Langer .... Langer ....
Oh Lord, he's a fir-ocious LANGER!

So three cheers for Roy Keane,
He's back wearing the green,
Ah what more could you ask him to do?
So forget all the press,
And the whole bloody mess,
They're only a big shower of LANGERS!
Langers .... Langers ....
Yeer only a big shower of LANGERS!!!

So there was me song,
It didn't keep you too long,
For now ye all know one word of Cork shlang,
And while there's meat on me bones,
I hope i'll never be known,
As a typical, home-grown Cork LANGER!
Langer .... Langer ....
As a typical home-grown Cork LANGER,

Langer .... Langer ....
As a typical home-grown Cork LANGER!!!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The 'Langer' Song (Riordan?)
From: GUEST,Learaí na Láibe
Date: 02 Jul 04 - 05:58 PM

The Irish language verse given above is a bit garbled. Here's a more correct version. Might still have some mistakes though. It's based on
Jim Dixon's version in a previous thread but with a few spelling alterations.

Féach an pleidhce amach romhainn, [Look at the messer in front of us,]
ag bladairt trína thóin. [talking through his ass,]
Níl Gaolainn ag éinne, [Nobody can speak Irish,]
dár leis, ach é féin. [in his opinion, but himself.]
Tá aige foghraíocht sár-bhinn, [He's got perfect pronunciation,]
's gramadach fíor-chruinn. [and perfectly accurate grammar.]
I gCorcaigh, gan dabht, 'sé an langer! [In Cork, without a doubt, he's a langer.]
An langer! An langer!
I gCorcaigh, gan dabht, 'sé an langer!

It's about a pompous Irish speaker who considers his command of the language superior to others.