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28 Jul 97 - 07:12 AM (#9661) Subject: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: I have been unable to find the lyrics for this song. It is about County Mayo. The first verse goes something like this. Far away from the land of the shamrock and heather In search of a living as exiles we roam. But whenever we chance to assemble together, We think of the land where we once had a home. Thanks in advance, Noel P Browne. |
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30 Jul 97 - 07:59 PM (#9895) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY MAYO From: Frank Maher fmaher@nfld.com Here are the rest of the verses:
These homes are destroyed and our soil confiscated
Long years have since passed with our hearts full of sorrow
The days of our childhood it's now we regret them
Ballinrobe to Killalla, from Swinford to Balla
From Galway to Dublin from Derry to Kerry
So boys get together in all kinds of weather
That’s as close as I can come to it!
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31 Jul 97 - 04:26 AM (#9921) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY MAYO From: Bobby O'Brien Margo, the "girl from Donegal" recorded a different verse than the Galway to Dublin one, in her 1970 hit single of this tune: The forth and 5th verses are:
From historic Killala, from Swinford to Ballagh,
Baugh, Ballina, Ballinrobe and Bahola, |
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11 Jun 00 - 09:25 PM (#241233) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: Brakn Is there is another version that mentions Michael Davitt? |
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11 Jun 00 - 10:55 PM (#241274) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: GUEST,Joerg Can anybody tell me what the 'White Feather' means? Joerg |
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12 Jun 00 - 01:05 PM (#241509) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: GUEST,Mrr Is this also the same one about Monsignor Horan dadum dum didum, (dum dum dum) County Mayo? |
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12 Jun 00 - 01:18 PM (#241519) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: Fiolar Two things: The original "Girl from Donegal" was Bridey Gallagher and this was practically her theme song. To show the white feather means "to show cowardice." Apparently this arose from the "sport" of cockfighting when a bird with white feathers was not regarded as a true fighting cock. The phrase came into popularity in the first World War when groups of "ladies" used to present a white feather to men who were apparently fit but did not wear uniform. Mike. |
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12 Jun 00 - 02:40 PM (#241550) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: Fiolar As an addition to my earlier note, check out the marvellous 1939 movie "The Four Feathers" based on the book by AEW Mason. Mike. |
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12 Jun 00 - 02:47 PM (#241554) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: MartinRyan Brakn Are you thinbking of THIS ONE ? Regards |
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12 Jun 00 - 11:37 PM (#241809) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: GUEST,Joerg Thank you Mike - I know 'The Four Feathers'. That's what made me wonder about their meaning all those years. Joerg |
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20 Jun 00 - 08:02 PM (#245148) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: Brakn No Martin, that's not the one. I sing the Boy's from the Co.Mayo and when I was in a pub a couple of weeks ago a guy, aged 83, sang a different version that I've never heard or seen in print. |
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06 Sep 06 - 12:44 PM (#1828512) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: GUEST,Sarah Does anyone know the play: The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy? One of the characters sings a different version of this song and I wonder, if this exists or if they changed the text by purpose. The text in the play goes like this: Far away from the land of the shamrock and heather, In search of a living, as exiles we roam, But whenever we chance to assemble together, We think of the land where we once had a home. Has anybody heard it like this before? Sarah
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06 Sep 06 - 07:54 PM (#1828784) Subject: Lyr Add: THE KILBURN HIGH ROAD (Flogging Molly) From: Peace THE KILBURN HIGH ROAD (as recorded by Flogging Molly) Many's the day I took for granted Breathing the air that silenced some As the North Wind blew With its head of thunder Beating its breast with a war drenched song Bathe awhile, awash in slumber Cry what's left to sleep Where you dream of the love you left forever But pity no more nor grieve For we're the kings of it all For the day we were born Now we're the kings of the Kilburn High Sure we'll always take a drop and we'll never leave a sup Your empty glass is but a tear filled eye We were the kings of the Kilburn High Listen to the sound of dead men dying March as they flee but exiled bound Their ship once sailed no longer anchors For gone is the green And their hallowed ground Toast to tears of times past glories This ageless clock chime stalls Where to kiss the lips of that love forgotten To fly where no others have soared For we're the kings of it all For the day we were born Now we're the kings of the Kilburn High Sure we'll always take a drop and we'll never leave a sup Your empty glass is but a tear filled eye We were the kings of the Kilburn High Toast to tears of times past glories This ageless clock chime stalls Where to kiss the lips of that love forgotten To fly where no others have soared For we're the kings of it all For the day we were born Now we're the kings of the Kilburn High Sure we'll always take a drop and we'll never leave a sup Your empty glass is but a tear filled eye We were the kings of the Kilburn High |
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08 Sep 06 - 08:12 AM (#1829912) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Boys from the County Mayo From: Jim Dixon The lyrics posted by Peace above are the lyrics sung by the band Flogging Molly on their album "Drunken Lullabies," 2002. The song is called THE KILBURN HIGH ROAD, and the band members are credited as authors. (I suspect it's taken from an older, perhaps out-of-copyright source, though.) Aside from the fact that the play perhaps takes its title from this song, I don't see any connection to the song that Sarah requested. |
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21 Jan 07 - 03:42 PM (#1943531) Subject: RE: Lyrics. The boys from the County Mayo. Please From: GUEST,Martin Kavanagh The fiddle player in Flogging Molly was the girlfriend of one of the actors in the original production of "The Kings of the Kilburn...", the lead singer and songwriter of the band read a copy of the script one afternoon and wrote the song as a tribute to the play. |
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22 Jan 07 - 12:36 AM (#1943930) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY MAYO From: Peace THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY MAYO Far away from the land of the Shamrock and heather In search of a living, as exiles we roam But whenever we chance to assemble together We think of the land where we once had a home: But these homes are destroyed and our soil confiscated The hand of the tyrant brought plunder and woe; The fires are now quenched and our hearts desolated In our once happy homes in the County Mayo Long years have now passed since with hearts full of sorrow The of the Shamrock we left far behind; But how we would like to go back there to-morrow; To the scenes of our youth, which we still bear in mind; The days of our childhood, it's now we recall them They cling to our vision wherever we go; And the friends of our youth we will never forget them They too are exiled from the County Mayo From historic Killala, from Swinford to Calla Ballyhaunis and Westport and old Castlebar Kiltimagh and Claremorris, Belmullet and Erris Kilkelly and Knock that's famed near and far; Balla, Ballinrobe, Ballina and Bohola Keeloges and Foxford a few miles below Newport and Cong with old Straide and Manulla Charlestown too, in the County Mayo Then on with the cause 'till our aim is accomplished Those who would fault us are cowardly and mean So stand in the fight 'till the tyrant is vanquished Expelled from our Dear little Island of Green With the foes of our land we have fought a long battle Soon they will get their last death-dealing blow When old Nick has received them, their brains he will rattle For the wrongs they have done to the County Mayo From Galway to Dublin, from Derry to Kerry New York and 'Frisco and Boston also In Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit and Toronto There are stout-hearted men from the County Mayo Now Boys, stick together in all kinds of weather, Never show the white feather wherever ye go. Be like a brother and help one and other, Like the true-hearted men from the County Mayo. |
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11 Nov 08 - 06:24 AM (#2490605) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Boys from the County Mayo From: GUEST,Big Tim Martin, As I think you now know, the song that you gave the link to, 'Banks of the Moy', is actually an old song and couldn't have been written by anybody still alive, Seamus O'Duffy or anyone else. I have a copy of an old ballad sheet which gives the title as 'A New Song on Davitt's Lover's Lover's Lament on His Incarceration from the Banks of the Moy', by Mary Ward. I actually visited the Davitt Museum in Mayo a few years ago and gave them a copy of the ballad sheet. Mary Ward seems to be lost to history. |
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11 Nov 08 - 07:18 AM (#2490647) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Boys from the County Mayo From: MartinRyan BigTim Yep - it was just the only one about Davitt I know! Regards |