Lyr Req/Add: Barney Hare / Barney O'Hare

Subject: words to barney hare from the county clare
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Date: 06 Mar 99 - 11:14 AM

Has anybody got the words to barney hare from the county clare?

Subject: Lyr Add: BARNEY O'HARE
From: Frank Maher
Date: 06 Mar 99 - 01:26 PM

BARNEY O'HARE

Ara, sure my name is Barney. From old Ireland I came from.
I left my home in the county Clare, and I landed here this mornin'.
Now I just have what brought me here, and a couple of shillings over,
And now I'm on to look out for a job. I'm an Irish cattle drover.

I'm Barney O'Hare from the county Clare. I'm an Irish cattle drover.
I'm not so green as what you think, although I'm newly over.

When first I landed on Broadway, I thought I was in danger,
Till a traffic cop he spotted me, and saw I was a stranger.
Says he, "How are you, Barney boy, and when did you come over?"
Says I, "I'm on to look out for a job. I'm an Irish cattle drover."

One morning bright 'twas my delight, to look 5th Avenue over,
When a maid so sweet, and dressed so neat, says, "Barney, look me over.
You look so pat in your Donegal hat." Says I, "I beg your pardon.
You may really think that you're in for a drink, but I haven't got a farthin'."

I've seen the lights on Broadway. I've seen the golden west.
I've been to California, Colorado and the rest;
But of all the places that I've been, there's one I have a yearnin'.
It's the harvest fair. I'd be surely there, to bid them top of the mornin'.

I work all day on the Great White Way. I'm as lonesome as can be;
For the crowds go by, and they shout, "aye, aye." I'm on the force, you see;
But I miss the harvest days of home, among the Irish clover,
Too a tone of the sea, for a wee cup of tea, and the life of a cattle drover.

I'm Barney O'Hare etc.,

Taken from a very old record. Hope I got all the words right.

Subject: Lyr Add: BARNEY HARE
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 12:29 PM

This may well be related to the above song, but the lyrics are quite different.

Finbar & Eddie Furey sing BARNEY HARE on their album "Dawning of the Day," 1972, reissued 1992. Brendan Moriarty also sings it on "The Bogman's Pipe," from Owl Records. The lyrics below are copied from the Owl Records website.

BARNEY HARE

CHORUS: Oh, I'm Barney Hare from the County Clare. In Ireland I was born-o.
I pawned my coat to pay the boat, and I landed here this morning.

Sure when I landed on the quay, I found myself in danger.
Some boys began to follow me, for they knew I was a stranger.
Says one of them, "Give me that stick." From me he tried to snatch it,
So I brought it down upon his crown, with a blow that made him scratch it. CHORUS

Though I'm Barney Hare from the County Clare, I am not such a big fool, sir.
You may think my manners strange and quare, though in youth I went to school, sir.
Let any man just try a trick on Barney Hare from Clare-o,
Sure I'd give him a wallop from this ould stick that would make him blink and stare-o. CHORUS

I walked in peace and quietness till I came to the big church steeple,
Says a fellow to me, "Keep in your feet and don't be tripping the people."
Says I, "My man, give me none of your buck." Says he, "Give me none of your blarney."
I gave him a clout on the flat of the snout. Says I, "Remember Barney." CHORUS

Sure 'tis I can dance an Irish reel, or a job of journey work, sir.
I have got a heart as true as steel. Sure I bate the fiercest Turk, sir.
In the market square or at the fair, all the latest songs I sing, sir,
For I'm Barney Hare from County Clare, who can make the rafters ring, sir. CHORUS