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06 Sep 99 - 11:30 AM (#111851) Subject: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: Mike Clelland! Hello... My Grandfather would, at any family/drinking gathering would sing PADDY McGINTY'S GOAT. He had a beautiful Scottish brogue that made the old song especially wonderful. The lyrics are on this site, but there was a few funny lines involving a GERMAN SUBMARINE that Grandpa Bob would sing that I can't locate- or remember. Does anyone out there have any insight to these lost lyrics? I would love to re-discover this small but important part of my family tradition. Many thanks, Mike Clelland! mikec@tetonvalley.net |
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06 Sep 99 - 01:22 PM (#111875) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: archivist there's some alternative words at the thread M'ginty's goat but I don't think the thread has that verse. Try scanning it yourself, however. |
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06 Sep 99 - 04:11 PM (#111907) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: bill\sables It could be Off the West coast of Ireland one morning there was seen As plain as a pikestaff a German Submarine I can't remember the next two lines
He jumped from the harbour as frisky as a whale |
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06 Sep 99 - 08:15 PM (#111964) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: Frank Maher Off the west coast of Ireland, one morning there was seen, As plain as any pikestaff, a German submarine. The coast guard Mahoney fell over in a fit. Said Paddy McGinty's goat, "It's time for me to do my bit." He dived into the water as frisky as a whale, Swam around the U-boat wagging his little tail. He up with his horn and he stuck it in the boat, And sent the Huns to Helgoland, did Paddy McGinty’s goat...
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07 Sep 99 - 12:41 AM (#112030) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: SpitWhistle Has anyone gpt an ABC for this tune? ... the usual sources don't pan out. |
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07 Sep 99 - 04:24 AM (#112053) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: alison Hi, Here's an earlier thread with the tune in MIDI and ABC.... let me know if you need a GIF. Paddy McGinty's Goat same thread as Archivist suggested above..... slainte alison |
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08 Sep 99 - 04:09 AM (#112372) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat- Lost lyrics! From: Bob Bolton G'day all, This ditty seems to have attracted many new sets of words over the years. I have a (Dover~?) collection of early American sheet music (possibly a collection of "Irish" ... mostly written in America by music industry types of suspiciously middle European surnames) which has a version that seems to have 3 or 4 different sets of lyrics, all strung together into one long, rambling song. This includes the WWI lyrics with the German submarine. The tune was well known among "Bush" musicians all this century and my group "Backblocks" plays a locally collected (but pretty familiar) version in one of our dance sets. So far no one has been game to sing their way through the full set of lyrics at the same time ... I think the dancers might revolt! Regards, Bob Bolton |
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07 Dec 05 - 05:11 PM (#1622191) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,robinandmarian@escape-art.co.uk Does anyone have sheet music for this song? My Mum requested it for her funeral (she died age 95) and we'd like to play the tune without lyrics at the crematorium. Thanks in advance Marian |
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08 Dec 05 - 02:19 AM (#1622485) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: EBarnacle You can start with the melody of Dixie and work from there. |
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26 Jan 06 - 05:24 PM (#1656198) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,Kristen As a child, i went to NSW Dept of Sport and Rec camps at Lake Keepit, near Gunedah. We learnt a version of Paddy McGinty's Goat - It had nothing in it about the goat being a Bill or the ladies from town or the race track incident but is obviously based on the traditional song. Paddy McGinty, an Irishman of note, Fell into a fortune and bought himself a goat, Now this very goat it had an appetite, And eary on morning it ate some dynamite, 6 box of matches, a pint of kerosene .... is all i can remeber. It only had 2 or 3 verses. Can anyone help with the rest? |
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29 Mar 06 - 12:24 AM (#1705314) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,. Patty Mc Ginty's goat had a wonderful appetitie one morning for breakfast he ate soem dynamite a small box of matches he swallowed selserile and to wash it all down he had soem karosene i leaarned it that way from my grandma |
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29 Mar 06 - 10:14 AM (#1705630) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes Paddy McGinty's Goat isn't traditional or Irish, it was written by the great Robert P Weston (1878-1936) & Bert Lee (1881-1946) who wrote most of the Music Hall songs remembered today, including 'With Her Head Tucked Underneath her Arm', 'Brown Boots', 'Goodbye-ee', etc, etc, and then moved on into writing for 1920-30s Revue and films. See also lots of other Mudcat threads. |
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31 Jul 07 - 12:01 AM (#2115234) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: Jon Bartlett The last verse, as remembered from the Springfield, Brighton, late sixties: McGinty's goat he had a wondrous appetite One morning for breakfast he ate some dynamite A small box of matches he swallowed all serene And then to wash it down, he drank some kerosene. He sat by the fireside, he didn't give a hang - He swallowed a spark and exploded with a bang. Now if you go to heaven you can bet a dollar note That the angel with the whiskers on is Paddy McGinty's goat. Jon Bartlett |
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31 Jul 07 - 11:09 AM (#2115555) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: goatfell Val Doonigan the man in his rocking chair |
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15 Jan 10 - 08:08 PM (#2813221) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,999 Complete (?) song here. Note: history and musical suggestions to go with the lyrics. |
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16 Jan 10 - 05:52 AM (#2813459) Subject: Lyr Add: PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT From: Don(Wyziwyg)T PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT. Robert P Weston. 1. Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note, Fell in for a fortune, and he bought himself a goat, Says he "Now of goats milk I'm goin' to have my fill" But, when he got the Nanny home, he found it was a Bill. All the young ladies who live in They're all wearing bustles, like their mothers used to do, They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoats, And leave the rest to providence, and Paddy McGinty's goat. 2. Nora McCarthy, the knot was going to tie, She washed out her trousseau, and she hung it out to dry, Along came the goat, and he saw the bits of white, And chewed up all her fol-de-rols, upon her wedding night. "Turn out the light, quick!", she shouted out to Pat, "For, though I'm your bride, sure, I'm not worth lookin' at, I had two of everything, I told you when I wrote, But now I've one of nothing, thanks to Paddy McGinty's goat". 3. Mickey Reilly went to the races th'other day, He won twenty dollars, and he shouted "Hip, Hooray", He held up the note shoutin' "Lookit, what I've got", The goat came up and grabbed at it, and swallowed the bloomin' lot. "He's eaten me banknote" said Mickey, with the hump, The sent for a doctor, and they got a stomach pump, The pumped, and they pumped, for the twenty dollar note, But all they got was ninepence, out of Paddy McGinty's goat. 4. Now Paddy McGinty's goat had a wondrous appetite, And one day for breakfast, he ate some dynamite, A large box of matches, he swallowed all serene, And then went out, and gobbled up a quart of paraffin. He sat by the fireside, he didn't give a hang, He swallowed a spark, and exploded with a bang, And if you ever go to heaven, you can bet a dollar note, That the angel there with the whiskers on, is Paddy McGinty's goat. That's the exact wording from the Val Doonican recording. The submarine verse was, I think, a wartime addition Don T. |
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16 Jan 10 - 08:45 AM (#2813532) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: Snuffy Killaloe |
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18 Jan 10 - 09:18 AM (#2814881) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Thanks Snuffy. I wasn't sure about the spelling of that one. Don T. |
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15 Feb 10 - 04:50 PM (#2840295) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,Heidi P. My mother taught me Paddy McGinty's goat when I was a child. She said that her younger brother had taught it to her when she was a child. There are at least two WWI verses that I know. The first one is: Off the west coast of Ireland, one morning there was seen As sure as a pipestack, a German submarine The coast guard Mahoney, fell over in a fit Twas up to Paddy McGinty's goat to do his very bit He dived in the water as frisky as a whale He swam around the U boat and wagged his little tail Then up with his horns and he got 'em in the bow and sent the Huns to hell-a-go land, did Paddy McGinty's goat The second WWI verse is: The brave Irish lads, the ones that like to dance Adoopted the goat and took him off to France The day that they landed, they heard the bugle blow He ducked his little cranium and ran to meet the foe The Germans retreated and hurridly they spread All holding their noses, they stumbled over dead "Ach" said the Kaiser "There's poison gas afloat" But it was just the awful smell of Paddy McGinty's goat |
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26 Feb 12 - 08:11 AM (#3313569) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,Tony Hill The last verse as sung by my parents before WW2 ended:- He dived into the water as frisky as a whale He swam around the submarine and wagged his little tail "Hoch" said the Kaiser "there's poison gas afloat" but 'twas only the effluvia of Paddy McGinty's Goat. |
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07 Feb 17 - 05:11 PM (#3837412) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: AmyLove A variety of verses here. |
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07 Feb 17 - 06:38 PM (#3837429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: Joe_F Ms Boyes: Indeed, if the song had been traditional & Irish, it would not have bothered to mention that McGinty was an Irishman. |
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25 Jan 19 - 06:02 AM (#3973429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,Michelle NSW Sport and Rec. version. Paddy McGinty, an Irishman of note Fell into a fortune and bought himself a goat Now this very goat he had an appetite And early one morning he ate some dynamite One box of matches A quart of kerosene Two pints of petrol The same as gasoline He sat by the fire and didn’t give a hang A great big spark went down his throat And went off with a bang. Now if you go to heaven, I’ll bet you a dollar note That the angel with the whiskers is Paddy McGinty’s goat Oi Paddy McGinty”s goat Oi Paddy McGintys goat. And then there is the song about ‘My Highland Goat’! |
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27 Jan 19 - 02:10 PM (#3973735) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: Mrrzy The Peeler and the Goat is another |
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06 Feb 19 - 08:13 PM (#3975210) Subject: Lyr Add: PADDY McGINTY'S GOAT (from Pat Harrington From: Jim Dixon My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive. I have boldfaced the words that are different from the version posted above by Don(Wyziwyg)T. PADDY McGINTY’S GOAT Words and music by R. P. Weston & Bert Lee. As recorded by Pat Harrington, 1939. 1. Mister Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note, Came into a fortune, and he bought himself a goat. Says he: “Sure, of goat’s milk I mean to have my fill,” But when he brought his Nanny home, he found it was a Bill. And now all the ladies that live in Killaloe, They’re all wearing bustles like their mothers used to do. They each wear a bolster beneath their petticoat, And they leave the rest to providence, and Paddy McGinty’s goat. 2. Mrs. Burke to her daughter said: “Listen, Mary Jane: Who was the old man you were neckin’ in the lane? He had long wiry whiskers all hangin’ from his chin.” “’Twas only Paddy McGinty’s goat,” she answered with a grin. Then she went away from the village in disgrace. She came back with powder and paint upon her face. She’d rings on her fingers and she wore a sable coat. You can bet your life she didn’t get that from Paddy McGinty’s goat. 3. On a horse race bet Reilly; all he had was just a fin. He won fifty [sic] dollars and he said: “Say, this isn’t tin!” He held up his money shoutin’: “Look at what I’ve won!” The goat came up and grabbed at it an’ he started on the run. “Oh, he’s eaten up me ...(?)!” said Mickey with a jump. They ran for the doctor and he brought a stomach pump. Well, they pumped and they pumped for the twenty-dollar note, But he wound up out o’ the money all through Paddy McGinty’s goat. 4. Little Nora McCarthy the knot was goin’ to tie. She washed out her trousseau and she hung it out to dry. The goat came along and he saw the bits of white. He chewed up all her fol-de-rols and on her wedding night. “Oh, turn out the light!” she hollered out to Pat, “For, though I’m your bride, sure, I’m not worth lookin’ at. I had two of ev’rything, and I told you when I wrote, But now I’ve one of nothin’, all through Paddy McGinty’s goat.” |
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29 Jul 19 - 02:12 AM (#4002484) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy McGinty's Goat From: GUEST,Judy Ward Can you tell me who the author was who wrote this poetry and also who wrote Bill McGinty’s Flock? Thanks Judy |