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01 Apr 99 - 12:43 PM (#67321) Subject: Phil the Fluther's Music From: Musicman I'm needing the song Phil the Fluther's ball for my work, and have found the words in the database. But, I have no idea how the song goes. Can anyone help me with a midi file or music or something so I can learn this silly song. Thanks, Musicman |
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02 Apr 99 - 01:04 AM (#67501) Subject: RE: Phil the Fluther's Music From: alison Hi Paul, do it for you later.... slainte alison |
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02 Apr 99 - 01:47 AM (#67506) Subject: Tune/Chords Add: PHIL THE FLUTHER'S BALL From: alison Here you go Paul, I've sent you an email of a MIDI with the accompaniment.....
Click to PlayABC format: X:1
and here are the guitar chords..... (possibly a bit more complicated than necessary.. but that's what's in the book)
Have you (C)heard of Phil the Fluther, of the (F)town of Bally(Em)muck?
With the (C)toot of the flute, And the (F)twiddle of the (C)fiddle, O; Slainte alison |
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02 Apr 99 - 05:20 AM (#67523) Subject: RE: Phil the Fluther's Music From: Musicman thanks alison,,,, Paul |
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02 Apr 99 - 06:22 PM (#67678) Subject: RE: Phil the Fluther's Music From: Mick Lowe Paul, If you need the music try here Irish@Prof Cheers Mick |
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10 Mar 00 - 10:34 AM (#193020) Subject: Lyr Add: PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL (Percy French) From: Alice I have the first verse and the chorus in a songbook for Phil The Fluter's Ball. I don't have the rest of the words, although I have a recording of the song... so fast a little hard to catch all the words accurately. Can someone provide the rest of the verses, please?
alice flynn
PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL
Have you heard of Phil the Fluter, of the town of Ballymuck?
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10 Mar 00 - 11:16 AM (#193047) Subject: Lyr Add: PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL (From Two Ronnies) From: Melbert There was Jean there was June there was Janet there was Jenifer and Jane and Joyce and Jaqueline and Juliet and Joan. There was Lily who was silly, there was Bessy who was messy There was Annie with her Grannie, and Fannie on her own! And they all stood around looking rather inefectual their feet close together and their bottoms to the wall. Some were thick, and some were intellectual, while some were fairly sexual and others weren't at all There was Clair there was Chris there was Connie and Clarissa Cecelia and Charity and Caroline and Kate. There was shrinking little violet who doesn't want to marry yet and Podgy little Harriet who can't afford to wait! Clarissa, you could kiss her. You could meddle with Melissa and vanessa you could press her and caress against the wall. You could have fun with Nicola, but if you tried to tickle her you'd end up with Virginia who wouldn't do at all.
There was Thora, Nora, Dora, Cora, Flora and Feclicity From the Two Ronnies (Barker and Corbett) |
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10 Mar 00 - 12:46 PM (#193094) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: Alice OK, I DID check the database (DT) and didn't find it... too bad I didn't type in "Fluther" instead of Fluter.... the dialect words in the copy I have don't carry over into the title. Now if I had only checked the list of all the titles under "P" instead of searching on [Phil the Fluter].... alice |
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10 Mar 00 - 01:21 PM (#193106) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: MMario heeHEE! I searched on phil ball..... |
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10 Mar 00 - 01:28 PM (#193111) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: Alice you got me there, Mario, I would not have thought of that. I considered that I was doing a thorough job by seaching both the DT and forum before starting a thread, and a passing thought was to search phil flut, but I figured, what the hey, if Phil the Fluter didn't come up, then....
Shouldn't there be a way to cross reference titles that have dialect spellings with the regular spelling of a word so people can find it when they spell it "right"? a. |
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10 Mar 00 - 01:36 PM (#193117) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: Alice Hey, Melbert, thanks for the more contemporary sounding additions. |
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10 Mar 00 - 02:09 PM (#193142) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: MMario Alice - never thought you didn't search, sorry if I sounded like was suggesting that... I have found in general that the more "generic" the search, the better. But it seems to take a certain sort of twisted logic to figure out what works best. I seem to have luck with it...(not sure I should admit that) |
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10 Mar 00 - 02:17 PM (#193144) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: dick greenhaus Hi- I'm sorry, but I can't really envision a way to cross-reference all the dialects and alternate spellings with "standard" English. I never would have come up with Fluther for Fluter, although Percy French obviously did. Try searches on "neutral" words--"ball", "Phil" aren't apt to have alternate spellings. |
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20 Mar 05 - 09:28 AM (#1438911) Subject: Lyr Add: PHIL THE FLUTHER'S BALL (Percy French) From: freda underhill my father used to sing bits of this one.. PHIL THE FLUTHER'S BALL (Percy French) Have you heard of Phil the Fluther, of the town of Ballymuck? The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was broke. So he just sent out a notice to his neighbours, one an all As to how he'd like their company that evening at a ball. And when writin' out he was careful to suggest to them, That if they found a hat of his convanient to the dure, The more they put in, whenever he requested them The better would the music be for battherin' the flute. With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle, O; Hopping in the middle, like a herrin' on the griddle, O. Up! down, hands aroun', crossing to the wall. Oh! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. There was Mister Denis Dogherty, who kep' the runnin' dog; There was little crooked Paddy, from the Tiraloughett bog; There was boys from every Barony, and girls from ev'ry "art" And the beautiful Miss Bradys, in a private ass an' cart, And along with them came bouncing Mrs. Cafferty, Little Micky Mulligan was also to the fore, Rose, Suzanne, and Margaret O'Rafferty, The flower of Ardmagullion, and the pride of Pethravore. First, little Micky Mulligan got up to show them how, And then the Widda' Cafferty steps out and makes her bow, I could dance you off your legs, sez she, as sure as you are born, If ye'll only make the piper play, "The hare was in the corn." So Phil plays up to the best of his ability, The lady and the gentleman begin to do their share; Faith, then Mick it's you that has agility, Begorra Mrs. Cafferty, yer leppin' like a hare! Then Phil the Fluther tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat, "I think it's nearly time,'' sez he, "for passin' round the hat.'' So Paddy pass'd the caubeen round, and looking mighty cute. Sez, "Ye've got to pay the piper when he toothers on the flute.'' Then all joined in wid the greatest joviality, Covering the buckle, and the shuffle, and the cut; Jigs were danced, of the very finest quality, But the Widda' bet the company at "handling the fut." William Percy French |
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27 Nov 07 - 03:07 PM (#2203332) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluter's Ball From: Mr Happy Its got almost the same tune as 'Delaney's Donkey' Anyone know which came first? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ofhh30lwQ |
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28 Sep 08 - 12:50 AM (#2451953) Subject: DT Corr??: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Joe Offer I got this from the James N. Healy book, The Songs of Percy French (Ossian Publications, 1996). It's almost the same as what's in the Digital Tradition, but the punctuation in the DT is pretty weird (double apostrophes for quotes, and such). The one major differences between the Healy version and the one in the DT are in the first verse - particularly the third line. Healy: So he sent an invitation to his neighbours, one and all DT: So he just sent out a notice to his neighbours, one an all . Which source is correct? -Joe- PHIL THE FLUTHER'S BALL (Percy French) Have you heard of Phil the Fluther, of the town of Ballymuck? The times were going hard with him, in fact the man was bruk. So he sent an invitation to his neighbours, one and all As to how he'd like their company that evenin' at a ball. And when writin' out he was careful to suggest to them, That if they found a hat of his convanient to the door, The more they put in, whenever he requested them The better would the music be for battherin' the floor. CHORUS With the toot of the flute, and the twiddle of the fiddle-o! Hoppin' in the middle like a herrin' on the griddle-o. Up, down, hands around, crossin' to the wall. Oh! Hadn't we the gaiety at Phil the Fluther's Ball. There was Misther Denis Dogherty, who kep' the runnin' dog; There was little crooked Paddy, from the Tiraloughett bog; There was boys from every Barony, and girls from ev'ry 'art' And the beautiful Miss Bradys, in a private ass an' cart, And along with them came bouncing Mrs. Cafferty, Little Micky Mulligan was also to the fore, Rose, Suzanne, and Margaret O'Rafferty, The flower of Ardmagullion, and the pride of Pethravore. CHORUS First, little Micky Mulligan got up to show them how, And then the Widda' Cafferty steps out and makes her bow, I could dance you off your legs, sez her, 'as sure as you are born, If ye'll only make the piper play, "The hare was in the corn."' So Phil plays up to the best of his ability, The lady and the gentleman begin to do their share; 'Faith then Mick, it's you that has agility: Begorra Mrs. Cafferty, yer leppin' like a hare!' CHORUS Then Phil the Fluther tipped a wink to little Crooked Pat, 'I think it's nearly time,' sez he, 'for passin' round the hat.' So Paddy pass'd the caubeen round, and looking mighty cute Sez, 'Ye've got to pay the piper when he toothers on the flute.' Then all joined in wid the greatest joviality, Covering the buckle, and the shuffle, and the cut; Jigs were danced, of the very finest quality, But the Widda' bet the company at 'handling the fut.' from The Songs of Percy French, James N. Healy (Ossian Publications, 1996). @music @Irish filename[ PHILFLUT TUNE FILE: PHILFLUT CLICK TO PLAY BR |
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28 Sep 08 - 05:58 AM (#2452022) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Snuffy The better would the music be for battherin' the
-Joe- |
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28 Sep 08 - 06:02 AM (#2452023) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Jack Campin What did French call the tune? It seems to be a strathspey - quite similar to "The Glasgow Highlanders", "Lord Moira" and "The Lad wi the Plaidie". |
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29 Sep 08 - 01:10 PM (#2453006) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Jim Dixon PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL (note spelling) can be found, without attribution, in Irish Song Book, No. 1. New York: Wehman Bros. 1909, page 113, which is viewable with Google Book Search. Lyrics are identical to the version lately posted by Joe Offer EXCEPT: Verse 1 line 3: he just sent out a notice Verse 1 line 8: battherin' the flure (as already pointed out by Snuffy) Verse 2 line 8: The flower of Adrumgullion (which I suppose is a deliberate mispronunciation) --plus various spelling differences, which I haven't bothered to enumerate. It's the earliest version I can find with Google Book Search, but, I don't have any faith that it's the authoritative original version. |
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29 Sep 08 - 11:03 PM (#2453436) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: GUEST,iancarterb I have somewhere in the rubble TWO versions of PtFB sheet music from the 1940s. One has essentially the same lyrics that Joe Offer shows, and the other was a really lame American pop version with Rudy Vallee attribution. If I can find them I'll post the sorry details. Carter |
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30 Sep 08 - 01:00 AM (#2453487) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Joe Offer Bad or not, I wish I could hear the Rudy Vallee recording. Carter, can you check the more credible sheet music and see if it has "he just sent out a notice" like the Digital Tradition; ir if it has "he sent an invitation" like my Healy version? Thanks. -Joe- |
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30 Sep 08 - 11:35 PM (#2454441) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: GUEST,iancarterb Joe, I hadn't looked at these since I got the boxes of piano bench contents from my mother's stuff. They turn out to be closer than I remembered, and both credit French and both say "just sent out a notice." What I remembered as a debasement of the original turns out to be substituting "broke" for "bruk" and "dancing" for "bathering." That's all! Both in C, guitar chords on the Vallee, otherwise all the same but for the covers (picture of Rudy his, plain on the Keith Prowse and Co version). Carter |
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01 Oct 08 - 06:44 PM (#2455222) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Steve Shaw There's a lovely old version by Peter Dawson. His diction is wonderfully clear and there's a great sense of fun, though his Irish accent doesn't always cut the mustard! |
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06 Jan 09 - 09:48 PM (#2533669) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: GUEST,Aidan - County Derry I found this thread while researching to find the Cavan county location for "Phil the Fluter's Ball" and trying to find the locations mentioned in the song. I was looking for Petravore and as it is also mentioned in "Eileen Og - The Pride of Petravore" this link http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4704 gave me a fantastic pointer to the house of Pether a Bhothar in Corraclassy, Co Cavan. There is another location about a mile east of "Petravore" called Altachullion which I surmise as the garden which produced the "Flower of Ardmagullion". Still looking for "the Tiraloughett bog" although I don't believe there was ever a town of "Balymuck" I have found this a very interesting excercise and may even pay a visit to the area later this year to research further and get some pictures |
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07 Jan 09 - 03:16 AM (#2533743) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: ard mhacha Surely you can look no further for than Brendan O`Dowda as the master of all Percy French songs, no one sings them better. |
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07 Jan 09 - 03:24 AM (#2533744) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: ard mhacha Listen to Brendan O`Dowda singing Phil the fluter`s ball on You Tube, machree01. |
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07 Jan 09 - 08:36 AM (#2533971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: GUEST,machree01 Here is Brendan O'Dowda singing Percy French, Phil The Fluters Ball. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KnsV4CvBBhQ |
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22 Jan 24 - 11:44 AM (#4195953) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Phil the Fluther's Ball (Percy French) From: Stilly River Sage Bringing this to the top - a new member is looking for the pronunciation of some of the words in this song. |