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29 Oct 08 - 05:24 AM (#2478808) Subject: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: Jack Blandiver Following the Irish Jaunting Car thread I was reminded of this charming little song, as sung by an old Irish singer in the Durham City Folk Club back in the late 1980s whose name presently escapes me. THE OUTSIDE CAR I was riding out one day in me outside car, When I met Miss Kitty Kay on the road to Mullengar. She was looking so sedate, that I said to her now Kate, would you like take a sate, on me outside car. It's an awkward place to kiss is an outside car, But I tried when she said Yes on the road to Mullengar. And I'll bless the happy day, when the people they do say, There goes Mistress Pat O'Shae on her outside car. ** Just two verse, but so complete a thing as to be quite perfect! If anyone has any other information on this I'd be most interested. Meanwhile, I'll try to find out the name of the singer. |
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30 Oct 08 - 03:03 AM (#2479641) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: Joe Offer What's an outside car? It's also mentioned in Rocky Road to Dublin. Thanks. -Joe- |
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31 Oct 08 - 01:01 AM (#2480535) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: GUEST,Donal As I remember the explanation Joe, it was a horse-drawn vehicle with a row of back-to-back seats running lengthwise down the centre so that the passengers had their backs to each other and faced outwards. |
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31 Oct 08 - 04:59 AM (#2480621) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: Jack Blandiver In the context of the song it was explained simply as an open horse drawn buggy. Looking at the Rocky Road to Dublin I'd say it's a term that might be applied to any open horse-drawn carriage. |
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31 Oct 08 - 06:11 AM (#2480644) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: MartinRyan According to Terence Dolan's Dictionary of Hiberno-English , a jaunting-car was/is a two-wheeled open carriage with a seat for the driver and side-seats for the passengers, either facing each other ('inside jaunting-car') or seated back-to-back ("outside jaunting-car'). So an "outside car" is an abbreviation for an "outside jaunting-car". Regards |
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31 Oct 08 - 06:23 AM (#2480652) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: MartinRyan Outside Inside Regards p.s. Incidentally, note the song references in the first link. |
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31 Oct 08 - 06:48 AM (#2480668) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: Jack Blandiver Excellent, Martin. So outside & inside have nothing to do with covered or uncovered. An awkward place to kiss for sure! I think that picture's pretty amazing too actually, here's a link to it as an entity in itself: Irish Outside Jaunting Car |
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31 Oct 08 - 07:42 AM (#2480709) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: MartinRyan Incidentally, the "Strawberry Beds" mentioned in The Rocky Road Dublin is a placename - it's an area along the River Liffey in Dublin. Amazing rural leftover in an urban jungle. Regards |
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01 Nov 08 - 02:32 AM (#2481419) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Outside Car From: GUEST,Donal Nice to see that my memory wasn't at fault. |
