Lyr Req: Irish songs

Subject: Irish: Fill in the blanks(lyrics) please
From:
Date: 26 Feb 97 - 09:56 PM

Need some phrases clarified in the following:
BONNY LABOURING BOY
verse 1 /Saying cruel were my parents who"____"
verse 2 /To marry a poor labouring boy"___"
verse 3/I'd sooner live a humble life "____"

See BONNY LABOURING BOY in the DT. --JoeClone, 3-May-03.

FORTY SHADES OF GREEN verse 3/To see again the patching of the straw"___"

See FORTY SHADES OF GREEN in the DT. --JoeClone, 3-May-03.

ISLE OF INNISFREE verse 2/Visiting friends on a Sunday, in around"___"

MY NAME IS DAN verse 1 line 1/ I'm a culchie from"___"

Check out this thread. --JoeClone, 3-May-03.

Subject: RE: Irish: Fill in the blanks(lyrics) please
From: Martin Ryan
Date: 27 Feb 97 - 04:50 AM

Bonny Labouring Boy is in the DT - two versions.

Regards

Subject: RE: Irish: Fill in the blanks(lyrics) please
From: Alison
Date: 03 Mar 97 - 07:02 AM

Forty shades....

To see again the thatching of the straw the women glean,
I'd walk from Cork to Larne to see the forty shades of green.

I'm not sure about your lyrics to Innisfree, the 2nd verse I know goes...

I wander o'er green hills thro' dreamy valleys
And find a peace no other land could know,
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laughing as they flow.
And then into a humble shack I wander
My dear old home, and tenderly behold,
The folks I love around the turf fire gathered
On bended knees their rosary is told.
But dreams don't last tho' dreams are not forgotten
And soon I'm back to stern reality,
But tho' they paved the footways here with gold dust
I still would choose the Isle of Innisfree.

... hope this helps because it's not in the database or in the Irish lyrics site.
Alison

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 3-May-03.