31 Dec 96 - 12:34 AM (#978) Subject: lyric request: dear old donegal From: lizpotas@umd.umich.edu Perhaps someone may be able to help: I am searching for the song "Dear Old Donegal." Thank you for any help you may be able to provide! I can be e-mailed at lizpotas@umd.umich.edu Messages from multiple threads combined. |
31 Dec 96 - 09:21 AM (#981) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL (sung by Bing Crosby) From: Ralph Butts My original was from Bing Crosby, but he didn't sing it all. I compiled this version from several sources. ...Tiger DEAR OLD DONEGAL -- Bing Crosby
It seems like only yesterday, I sailed from out of Cork.
And, now, I'm going back again to dear old Erin's isle.
CHORUS: "Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy, and here is your sister Kate,
They'll give the party when I go home. They'll come from near and far.
The dancers will reel the whole night long. Such fun as never seen. REPEAT CHORUS |
31 Dec 96 - 08:54 PM (#992) Subject: RE: lyric request: dear old donegal From: dick greenhaus Hi- and thanx! |
01 Jan 97 - 07:09 PM (#1013) Subject: Dear Old Donegal - PART II From: Thank you kind people for the help on the lyrics to this song. Now perhaps someone can help with the arrangement, or where to find the sheet music. The song seems hard to come by! Thanks! |
11 Jan 97 - 10:46 PM (#1274) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal - PART II From: Rodney Rawlings The version I knew said "for near a mile with Irish jaunting cars; and the whiskey flowed [note past tense] like buttermilk to fill our hearts with joy, and the piper played an Irish reel to greet a Yankee boy." Then follows a list of Irish names that I remember vaguely: "There came Branigan, Flanigan, Milligan, Gilligan, Duffy, McDuffy, ... Malone ... Dooley, O'Dooley, Muldoney, ... Pokerty, Hokerty, Rafferty, Lafferty, ..., ..., McGinniss, McGinn." Something like that! |
24 Jul 97 - 03:40 AM (#9460) Subject: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: ferrara In the late 50's (yes!) I learned a bouncy Irish-American song called "Dear Old Donegal." I remember about half of it, including the following bit:
It seems like only yesterday I sailed from out of Cork
And now that I'm going back again to dear old Erin's isle,
Shake hands with your brother Mike, me boy, and here is your sister Kate, |
24 Jul 97 - 04:38 PM (#9511) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: earl.dandy@cableol.co.uk Forgive any mispellings (I am remembering a version sung by Bing Crosby that my parents had when I was a kid), but:
There came - I believe the song then ended with "Pat O'Brien was late!" |
24 Jul 97 - 04:41 PM (#9512) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: earl.dandy@cableol.co.uk The missing verse goes something like
Tomorrow off to church I'll go and wedded I will be |
24 Jul 97 - 04:45 PM (#9513) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: earl.dandy@cableol.co.uk I've remembered the verse missing from the end of your version and before the last one (the one I posted a minute ago)!
They gave a party when I came back and they came from near and far [Instrumental break, then "Tomorrow off to church ...] |
24 Jul 97 - 06:00 PM (#9520) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL (sung by Bing Crosby) From: Ralph Butts I remember Bing's version with the names, but there's still another verse (I'll try to figure out where to put that last one). Here's what I have...Tiger DEAR OLD DONEGAL
It seems like only yesterday, I sailed from out of Cork.
And, now, I'm going back again to dear old Erin's isle.
CHORUS: "Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy, and here is your sister Kate,
They'll give the party when I go home. They'll come from near and far.
The dancers will reel the whole night long. Such fun as never seen. CHORUS |
24 Jul 97 - 09:13 PM (#9537) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: Ferrara Thank you, thank you to all of you. A few years back, I sang the fragment I know at a St Patrick's Day open mike. Folks loved it, and it was so frustrating not to be able to find my original source (Everybody's Favorite Book of Irish Songs, or some such.) I never dreamed there were so many verses. Does anyone know who wrote the song or when? I assumed it was probably written for the pop market. |
15 Oct 98 - 10:51 PM (#41897) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL (Steve Graham) From: John in Brisbane Here is a compilation of the lyrics submitted above, plus some minor variations from the printed word.
DEAR OLD DONEGAL
Copyright 1942 - Steve Graham
It seems like only yesterday, I sailed from out of Cork.
CHORUS
They'll give the party when I go home. They'll come from near and far. "Pat O'Brien was late!"
Additional Verse
Tomorrow off to church I'll go And wedded I will be
Regards |
17 Oct 98 - 04:15 AM (#42042) Subject: Tune Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL From: Joe Offer Here's the tune, as you might remember Bing Crosby singing it. The "patter" at the end is the part with all the names that goes after the second verse. Then finish it all up with the chorus ("Shake hands with your Uncle Mike...."). -Joe Offer- MIDI file: DEAROL~1.MID Timebase: 192 Name: Dear Old Donegal This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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17 Oct 98 - 05:20 PM (#42098) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca I think there is another tune by this name. I seem to remember Ryan's Fancy singing it on an 8-track I once had. It was slow, like a lament, and the only words I can remember was a line ending "And when I die, my bones will lie/In Dear Old Donegal." And "Farewell, farewell sweet [something] town, once more I bid adieu". I assumed that the song was Irish. |
18 Oct 98 - 01:51 AM (#42164) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: Jennifer Burdoo A few months ago I was browsing in a children's bookstore and found Dear Old Donegal in the form of a picturebook. All the lyrics, with colorful and sometimes humorous illustrations. It struck me as a great gift for my own little brother, who loves picture books and Irish singing (at least when I do it). :) This might be worth checking out if you have kids who share the hobby. This thread suggested to me I should go back to the store and look the book up -- I'll see if I can find the title, author and other stuff and post it here for anyone who's interested. Jennifer |
18 Oct 98 - 03:27 AM (#42171) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL (Additional verse) From: cleod My version has an slightly different verses -- the first two verses are almost the same as the ones John posted, but the chorus starts "Shake hands with your uncle Mike me boy, and shake hands with your sister Kate". Then the verse that starts with "They'll give the party when I go home". The name roster changes a bit at the end. It's "Kelly, O'Kelly, Shapiro, McGuin
Final stanza: From: Ireland's Greatest Hits (CD) sung by Dennis Day. |
21 Oct 98 - 02:03 AM (#42620) Subject: RE: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American): lyrics? From: John in Brisbane I see that the DT already has a parody of this song, in the form of a song written by Alan Sherman called "Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max".
Regards |
05 Apr 00 - 07:54 AM (#206933) Subject: RE: LYR:? Dear Old Donegal From: Ferrara Hi. I posted "Dear Old Donegal," a few days before St.Patricks Day 99. Can't find it though. I have it typed into my "other" computer, will post it later today. Don't know the other one at all. Dear old Donegal seems to have been an Irish-American music hall song, the fellow who requested it last year said that both his father and grandfather used to sing it. - Rita Ferrara |
09 Apr 00 - 06:35 PM (#209328) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL From: Bill D Hi, this is Rita Ferrara again, using my husband's logon. Here are the words for "Dear Old Donegal." I have a Noteworthy Composer file of the tune I can e-mail to anyone that wants it, or a midi of same. Actually, Bill says I can e-mail the midi to Joe Offer and have it put up on the midi site if you think there would be general interest. DEAR OLD DONEGAL
1
CHORUS: Shake hands with your uncle Mike, me boy, and here is your sister Kate,
PATTER: Meet ... Branigan, Flanagan, Milligan, Gilligan, Duffy, McGuffy, Malachy, Mahone -
2 CHORUS & PATTER |
09 Apr 00 - 07:45 PM (#209360) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DONEGAL (additional verse) From: Snuffy The book I have (Songs and Dances of Ireland)gives slightly different second verse 2 They'll give a party when I go home, they'll come from near and far. They'll line the road for miles and miles with Irish jaunting cars. The spirits will flow and we'll be gay, we'll fill your hearts with joy. The piper will play an Irish reel to greet the Yankee boy. We'll dance and sing the whole night long, such fun as never seen. The lads will be decked in corduroy, the colleens wearin' green. There'll be thousands there that I never saw, I've been so long away, But my mother will introduce them all and this to me will say: Not vastly different. I remember my dad singing this in the 50's - he had a lot of "Oirish" music-hall type songs. About the same time "Song of the Clyde" sung by Kenneth McKellar was a frequent request on BBC Radio programmes, especially "2-Way Family Favourites", which linked up British forces overseas with their familes in the UK. Wassail! V |
28 Nov 04 - 10:49 PM (#1341631) Subject: Not sure if that's all the lyrics! From: GUEST,PLEASE REPLY TO EMAIL -- gbd12400@alltel.net My husband is part Irish, and he was singing some songs that his grandfather taught him when he was young.. his grandfather was part Irish. My husband is 61 and I'm 21, and I was wondering if there was any more to the song "Dear old Donegal", perhaps a verse that began Now tomorrow off to church I go And wedded I will be To my sweet pretty, sweet pretty McGee, Now McGee was true and faithful On a voyage that took so long... And that's all I've got. I need to know the rest of the song to sing to our kids so their great-grandfather and father will always be remembered. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! |
05 Jul 05 - 07:31 PM (#1515577) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: GUEST,yh_smoke Does anyone have the chords for this? |
06 Jul 05 - 02:15 AM (#1515825) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: Kaleea Are you wanting guitar chords? what key do you want? |
06 Feb 09 - 03:03 PM (#2559323) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Dear Old Donegal' From: SINSULL Can anyone recommend a recording of Dear Old Donegal? |
21 Nov 17 - 10:18 AM (#3889603) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: GUEST Tomorrow of to church we'll go and wedded I will be tp my pretty little coleen,sweet Bidfy Mc Gee. Now Biddy wsd true and faithful to her Barney oe'r the sea;do we'll joon the |
21 Nov 17 - 12:21 PM (#3889623) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: leeneia "And wedded I will be To my sweet pretty, sweet pretty McGee," That name may be Magee, which is a nickname for Margaret. I had an aunt whose parents came from Scotland, and she was always called Magee. |
21 Nov 17 - 06:16 PM (#3889669) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: Jim Dixon I posted a version with the Biddy McGee verse in another thread just about a month ago: /thread.cfm?threadid=5047#3884653 |
22 Nov 17 - 02:58 AM (#3889694) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: GUEST,threelegsoman I uploaded this version to YouTube about 8 years ago: Dear Old Donegal (Including lyrics and chords) |
14 Oct 18 - 04:34 PM (#3956646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Donegal (Irish-American) From: Lighter There's no doubt that Steve Graham's song appeared as sheet music "copyright 1942 Leeds Music Corp." (though, oddly, the U.S. "Catalog of Copyright Entries" does not list it until January 25, 1943). So how, in any case, do we explain this, from "The Canadian Forum" of November, *1922,* p. 45 ?: "Dinny was singing an old song.... "Shake hands wid all the neighbours, An' kiss the colleens all; You're as welcome as the flowers in May To dear old Donegal." |