Tune Req: paddy and the rope

Subject: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: ossonflags
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 03:16 AM

I have the words to this song about the two Irishmen who go into a church and steal a rope. Does any one know who has recorded it?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: rich-joy
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 03:29 AM

Tim Hart (& Maddy Prior) - on "Folk Songs of Olde Englande" - hmmmm ... was it Volume 1 or 2 though?!



Cheers! R-J

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: Scrump
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 04:10 AM

It was on Vol 2 ("Paddy Stole The Rope") - must be still available on CD

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: GUEST,HughM
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 07:54 AM

I've heard Sean Cannon sing it, but whether he recorded it I don't know.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Oct 06 - 09:15 AM

The words are in the Digital Tradition HOW PADDY STOLE THE ROPE and there have been two previous threads, but no mention of any recordings apart from Tim and Maddy

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: Gurney
Date: 01 Nov 06 - 03:55 AM

I know it, having learned it from Sean Cannon. He sang it a lot when he lived in Coventry, so there would be the place to ask if you are in the UK.

I used to be able to labouriously work out the dots, and if no-one can come up with a recording, I will try to remember how. But don't hold your breath.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 01 Nov 06 - 09:38 AM

See thread Stealing ropes! for the original tune, transcribed to abc from Fred Albert and Frank Egerton's published music. Whether Hart & Prior or Cannon sang it to its own tune or to another, I don't know.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: ossonflags
Date: 06 Nov 06 - 10:33 AM

Thanks to all, I have the tune now.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: paddy and the rope
From: GUEST,Dazbo
Date: 06 Nov 06 - 10:43 AM

Folk Songs of Old England Vols 1 and 2 were available recently as a double CD (with Summer Solstice). They may still be available.