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16 May 99 - 02:46 AM (#78828) Subject: lyrics for 'Mulroy Bay' From: spburke would appreciate any info on how to find these words. thanks |
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16 May 99 - 10:06 PM (#79024) Subject: RE: lyrics for 'Mulroy Bay' From: dulcimer What was your reference to Offaly as the title of the other post? |
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17 May 99 - 12:12 PM (#79155) Subject: RE: lyrics for 'Mulroy Bay' From: spburke reference to Offaly was an accident as I was also trying to look up words for another song... |
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17 May 99 - 05:07 PM (#79248) Subject: RE: lyrics for 'Mulroy Bay' From: Martin _Ryan Offaly? What was the song? Regards |
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19 May 99 - 10:20 AM (#79800) Subject: RE: lyrics for 'Mulroy Bay' From: spburke The song is called "Mulroy Bay" - starts off something like: The golden sun was setting..... ........................ I often think of Erin and that der land far away,, |
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19 May 99 - 10:52 AM (#79804) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BANKS OF MULROY BAY From: Wolfgang spburke, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ndrose/texts/mccaffertytext.html is the place I copied the below lyrics from with all the remaining ?? may be polished off by somebody else. Though the title is slightly different, it's the same song. I'm not sure, but I might know it from a Moloney CD. Slightly different lyrics, same song. Wolfgang The Banks of Mulroy Bay
When the golden sun was settin far behind the ocean blue
And that (?) so neat and small
I ofttimes dreamt of my mother settin by the cottage door
I am now a lonely exile far from my native home
I have roamed this wide world over (?) rich and grand
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22 May 99 - 08:53 AM (#80727) Subject: RE: lyrics for 'Mulroy Bay' From: spburke Dear Wolfgang, Many thanks - I have most of these basic words but was stuck with a few place names that are mentioned. Thanks for the help. Sean |
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26 May 05 - 06:31 PM (#1493916) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BANKS OF MULROY BAY From: GUEST,Andrew McNulty When the golden sun is setting Far beyond the ocean blue The silvery moon is rising O'er the glittery mountain dew I often think of Éire and my friends so far away And the bonny hills of Fanad on the banks of Mulroy Bay I often see my mother Sitting by her cottage door My sisters & my brothers As they wander 'round the shore On a lovely summer's evening in that dear land far away And the fishing boats at anchor near the banks of Mulroy Bay I may never see my Mary Or the place where I was born I may never see the reapers Mowing down that yellow corn Still I long for dear ol' Fanad where I sported lithe & gay With the boys from Ballanahilling (sp?) on the banks of Mulroy Bay I'm now alonely exile Far from my native home A poor forlorn stranger This wide (wild? )world I must roam Still I'll ne'er forget ol' Ireland on that morning dark & gray When I bade goodbye to Mary on the banks of Mulroy Bay |
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26 May 05 - 10:34 PM (#1494033) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay From: Franz S. This may be thread creep, but Chapel Hill Press has just brought out a book entitled "On the Banks Of Mulroy Bay" by D. K. Wilgus and Eleanor Long-Wilgus (now both deceased). It doesn't contain the song that this thread is about, I don't think. It deals with songs and stories about the assassination of the Third Earl of Leitrim in 1878. For a scholarly book it's a pretty good read. Someday I'll go there. |
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30 Mar 07 - 02:18 AM (#2011450) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay From: GUEST,Someone who lived on Mulroy Bay Well done on the Lyrics above. John Kerr used to do a great version of this, God rest him - it always had the people up waltzing around the Milford Inn anyway! Anyway, just to clarify this line: quote: With the boys from Ballanahilling (sp?) on the banks of Mulroy Bay The place is called Ballyheerin (pronounced Bal-ee-hear-in). It's a small village on the Fanad Peninsula in Donegal, which is on Mulroy Bay. Hope that helps someone!! |
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12 Feb 08 - 07:21 PM (#2260890) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay From: GUEST,Guest I remember hearing years ago that the words were written by Hugh Friel, who hailed from Arraheera near the lighthouse at Fanad Head. He was the teacher in Kerrykeel school. I don't know anything about the tune. |
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25 Jan 09 - 06:22 PM (#2549089) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay From: GUEST the above song was composed by master hugh friel who was from ballyheerin. |
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05 Sep 09 - 04:11 PM (#2716944) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay (Hugh Friel) From: GUEST,Bridget Carr Its the boys from ballyheerin on the banks of mulroy bay |
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24 Feb 10 - 10:04 PM (#2849445) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay (Hugh Friel) From: GUEST,joe i'd like to hear this song |
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24 Feb 10 - 10:08 PM (#2849449) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay (Hugh Friel) From: GUEST,999 You can hear it here for a buck. |
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01 Oct 15 - 03:25 PM (#3741159) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay (Hugh Friel) From: GUEST,Andrew McNulty Thanks much for the Ballyheerin clarification. Many listenings, could not unravel what I was hearing. |
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02 Oct 15 - 10:05 AM (#3741315) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Banks of Mulroy Bay (Hugh Friel) From: GUEST,leeneia You can hear it and read it at the Irish Traditional Music Archive, and it doesn't even cost a buck. http://www.itma.ie/inishowen/song/mulroy_bay_phil_doherty It's fun to note the differences between what the man is singing and the lyrics before your eyes. |