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05 Nov 96 - 04:59 PM (#266) Subject: need help irish traditional lyrics From: dennis (bd9459@usma1.usma.edu) looking for lyrics to the following songs as heard by celtic thunder: "muskery sportsmen", "best years of their lives", and "Fenbola, Gem of the Roe " Not sure if these titles are exactly right but they are close. thanks. |
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05 Nov 96 - 08:24 PM (#275) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: dick greenhaus The sportsman you're looking for is Bold Thady Quill. I'm not familiar with the others. But I'll look. |
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27 Dec 96 - 08:13 AM (#909) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: Ralph Butts I've got 5 verses of Bold Thady Quill, 3 from the Clancy Brothers. Let me know if you still need them. I'm also trying to translate "muskery" - I once thought it was "most scary". Ralph Butts |
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27 Dec 96 - 07:29 PM (#936) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: dick greenhaus Hi- muskery=muscary= (maybe?) muscular fakelore at its finest. Anyone else have any info or reasonable sounding guesses, dive in! |
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31 Dec 96 - 11:25 PM (#996) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: Jack Hickman Hi All I think the Muskery referred to is a parish or townland near County Cork in Ireland. I recall reading somewhere that Thady Quill was a real person, well known in that part of the country. Possibly someone from Ireland would be more familiar with Muskery. Jack Hickman |
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02 Jan 97 - 05:22 AM (#1024) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: cpw@giga.com.pl Hi Everyone, Not from Ireland but from Poland, but I think I can help you with this sportsman. 1. This song was written in the early part of 20th century and is originated in County Cork. 2. The bould Thady Quill is rumoured to have lived in the Mushra Mountains near Macroom, Co. Cork. 3. Muskerry (!) is a part of Mushra Mountains. These places can be found on my road map of Ireland. Bye Folks !
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02 Jan 97 - 10:44 PM (#1048) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: dick greenhaus Hi- Sounds convincing. thanx! |
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08 Jan 97 - 08:09 AM (#1201) Subject: Lyr Add: BOLD THADY QUILL (Clancy Brothers) From: Ralph Butts Here's what I have of Bold Thady Quill. Town names have been checked, 'cept I'm still not sure about "Muskerry". I'll find out, though. The Clancys do verses 1, 3 and 5 on their "Irish Drinking Songs" album. .....Tiger BOLD THADY QUILL -- Clancy Brothers Ye maids of Dunhallow, who're anxious for courtin', A word of advice I will give unto ye: Proceed to Banteer, to the athletic sportin', And hand in your names to the club committee. And never commence any sketch on your program, 'Til a carriage you see flyin' over the hill, Right on through the valleys and glens of Kilcorney With our own darlin' sportsman, the bold Thady Quill. CHORUS: For ramblin', for rovin', for football, or courtin', For drinkin' black porter as fast as you fill, In all your days rovin', you'll find none so jovial, As our Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill. Thady was famous in many other places; At the athletic meeting held out in Cloghroe He won the long jump without throwing off his braces, Goin' fifty-four feet every sweep he would throw. At the pullin' o' the weight there was a Dublin man foremost, But Thady outreached and exceeded him still, And around the whole field rang the wild ringing chorus: "Here's luck to our hero, the bold Thady Quill!" CHORUS At the great hurlin' match between Cork and Tipperary, 'Twas played in the park by the banks of the Lee. Our own darlin' lads were afraid of bein' beaten, So they sent for bold Thady to Ballynagree. He hurled that ball right and left in their faces, And showed the Tipperary men action and skill. If they touched on his lines he would certainly brain 'em, And the papers were full of the praise of Thad Quill. CHORUS In the year ninety-one, before Parnell was taken, Thad was outrageously breaking the peace. He got a light sentence for causin' commotion, And six months hard labor for beatin' police. But in spite of coercion he's still agitatin'. Ev'ry drop of his life's blood he's willing to spill, To gain for old Ireland complete liberation, "Till then, there's no rest for me" says bold Thady Quill. CHORUS At the Cork exhibition there was a fair lady, Whose fortune exceeded a million or more. But a bad constitution had ruined her completely, And medical treatment had failed o'er and o'er. "Oh, mother," said she: "Sure, I know what will ease me, And cure this disease which will certainly kill. Give over your doctors and medical treatments, I'd rather one squeeze out of bold Thady Quill." CHORUS |
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13 Jan 97 - 04:33 AM (#1299) Subject: Lyr Add: FINOLA THE GEM OF THE ROE From: Martin Ryan Words and air of "FINOLA THE GEM OF THE ROE" are in Sam Henry's "Songs of the People" book. Mind you, I've never heard it sung. In the land of O'Cahan where bleak mountains rise O'er whose brown ridgy tops now the dusky cloud flies Deep sunk in a valley a wild flower did grow And her name was Finola, the gem of the Roe. (x2) From the island of Islay appeared in our view A youth clad in tartan, as strange as ‘tis true With a star on his breast and unstrung was his bow And he sighed for Finola the gem of the Roe. (x2) No more up the streamlets her maidens shall hie For wan the cold cheek and bedimmed the blue eye In silent affliction our sorrows shall flow Since gone is Finola, the gem of the Roe. (x2) Very odd song. Henry has "FINVOLA" - probably a mistranscription of "FIONNUALA"? Any Scottish links? |
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27 Jan 97 - 09:54 AM (#1656) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: Anne Cormack The Gem of the Roe is a song sung regularly at our local folk club by a very good traditional Irish singer. The name actually is FINVOLA and the chorus goes: The gem of the Roe, the gem of the Roe, And her name is Finvola, the gem of the Roe. (substitute the last line of each verse). I'll try to source the tune for you if I can. There are obvious Scottish connections since Finvola falls in love with a lad from Islay, an island in the Hebrides. |
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28 Jan 97 - 07:47 AM (#1679) Subject: RE: need help irish traditional lyrics From: dennis thanks for all the great info on the songs. time to get to work on them. |
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30 Aug 16 - 10:44 PM (#3807673) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bold Thady Quill + Finola the Gem of,,, From: GUEST,Art Does anyone know how "Cloghroe" is pronounced? |
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31 Aug 16 - 04:03 AM (#3807699) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bold Thady Quill + Finola the Gem of,,, From: GUEST,Martin Ryan The version given at the link below is near enough for a country job, as we say: Click here So - start to say the word "clot", cut off the t, add "row" as in a boat - and keep the stress on the second syllable! Simples! Regards |
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31 Aug 16 - 04:58 AM (#3807701) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bold Thady Quill + Finola the Gem of,,, From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Incidentally, the placename also occurs in "Down Erin's Lovely Lee": Click here Regards |
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31 Aug 16 - 08:24 AM (#3807725) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bold Thady Quill + Finola the Gem of,,, From: clueless don The original post also asked about "The best years of their lives", which I believe was an original song written by Terry Winch of Celtic Thunder. It's on one of their albums. Don |
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02 Sep 16 - 09:15 AM (#3808063) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bold Thady Quill + Finola the Gem of,,, From: clueless don One other comment: When I used to hear Celtic Thunder do Bold Thady Quill (this was a long time ago), they sang the chorus slightly differently (I think it was Jesse doing the lead singing) CHORUS: For ramblin', for rovin', for football and courtin', For drainin' the bowl just as fast as you fill, In all your days rovin', you'll find none so jovial, As the Muskerry sportsman, the bold Thady Quill. Don |