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19 Mar 07 - 08:16 AM (#2000936) Subject: Lyr Req: The Seven Irish Boys From: GUEST,essteess Anyone have, or know where one can get, the lyrics to "The Seven Irish Boys," as sung by Tony Small with the trio Aengus? |
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19 Mar 07 - 03:05 PM (#2001305) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Seven Irish Boys From: GUEST Don't know Tony Small ot Aengus. Do you mean 'Seven Irishmen'?Group of Irish immigrants in New York are made drunk by an officer recruiting soldiers - possibly fror the Spanish American war. Starts All you who love the shamrock green attend both young and old, I feel it is my duty these lines for to unfold Concerning those brave emigrants who lately sailed away To join their friends and relatives all in Americay. If it is' I'll post it. Jim Carroll |
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19 Mar 07 - 03:33 PM (#2001347) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Seven Irish Boys From: GUEST,essteess Thanks for the reply, Jim. I believe the plot/theme is the same to both songs, but the version I was looking for starts out very differently than what you posted, I'm afraid. I reckon I can hunker down and try to transcribe the words off of the album, but although Tony Small has a fine voice his phrasing and articulation aren't the clearest to my ears. |
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19 Mar 07 - 03:56 PM (#2001371) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Seven Irish Boys From: Peace There is mention of "Seven Irish Boys" Go to Download Liner Notes and see page 3 of 8. Just a paragraph about it. It's a pdf and I don't know how to copy that stuff. |
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19 Mar 07 - 05:08 PM (#2001415) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Seven Irish Boys From: GUEST,essteess Hey that's it! Tony Small uses a different tune (which I prefer to the one on the recording you linked me to), but those are the lyrics, dead one. Many thanks! |
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24 Mar 07 - 01:48 AM (#2005593) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Seven Irish Boys From: Jim Dixon THE SEVEN IRISH BOYS appears on Dick Cameron's album "Irish Folk Songs and Ballads," Smithsonian Folkways #FW-03516_109. You can hear a sound sample on this page, from which I transcribed this much:
One of those damn Yankee dogs they happened for to meet. He promised them employment in a brickyard near the town, And then he did induce them all their names for to give down. He brought them to an alehouse where they got drinks galore.... |