23 Jul 22 - 06:35 PM (#4148165) Subject: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,Rightlawd Evening all! im looking to find out who wrote the song 'Smuggling the tin' its on Liam Weldons 'Dark horse on the wind' album, i've seen in the notes that the song was arranged by Liam so i imagine he must of picked it up somewhere? any help is appreciated. Thanks, |
23 Jul 22 - 08:48 PM (#4148180) Subject: ADD: Smuggling the tin From: Joe Offer Note that lyrics are from the thread crosslinked above. SMUGGLING THE TIN
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Liam Weldon recording: https://youtu.be/py5Bs1nA7V8 |
24 Jul 22 - 01:25 AM (#4148189) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,Peter Laban In his sleeve notes Weldon says 'I learned this one from Francie Gavin, a merry little rogue who drowned his sorrows in a sea of porter.' |
24 Jul 22 - 08:59 AM (#4148227) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,Nick Dow My acquaintance Liam Weldon collected this from the Irish Travellers. It's a common song. There are some extra verses not on the album. Most recordings other than Liam's make the mistake of referring to Lying in the straw, in the second verse. It is in fact lining with straw, meaning their shoes or clogs. The missing verses are- Oh pity old Cooley, pity him then, To see his old nose hanging down to his chin! (that's after the mare kicked him) Then finally- Up jumps young Colley and took a wild swing, And clipped the old sergeant right under the chin! By the way, the last verse is- We crossed back the border and blessed the old faith To hell with the black north we're in the free state. The old faith is of course the Catholic faith. The song does not suit me, I would love to sing it otherwise. Liam Weldon was one of nature's gentlemen. |
24 Jul 22 - 05:37 PM (#4148254) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST Thanks! |
25 Jul 22 - 02:29 AM (#4148279) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,Nick Dow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFCTY8kqKfA another verse here. |
05 Aug 22 - 12:39 AM (#4149334) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,jesse What does the verse mean? |
05 Aug 22 - 10:12 AM (#4149380) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,Nick Dow They left the camp to get straw for the horse and had to walk miles to get it, so their heels they were raw. |
05 Aug 22 - 10:19 AM (#4149384) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,Nick Dow By the way, there are two sorts of coloured Gypsy horses. (or any horse really) Piebald or Skewbald. The trotting races are usually done with a light sulky, or exercise cart. Easy to fall off at speed, as I have witnessed more than once. Broken harness to blame. The moral is to get a good English harness if you can find any. |
05 Apr 24 - 09:59 AM (#4200451) Subject: RE: Origins: Smuggling the tin From: GUEST,NorthmanDerry Can anyone tell me what ' toorin-arinan' actually means? I don't think it's Gaeilge, is it a traveller word? |