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Lyr Req: Dublin Town

09 Sep 00 - 10:49 PM (#294356)
Subject: Lyrics for 'Dublin Town'
From: GUEST,ryoder

Does anyone know the lyrics to the jig "Dublin Town"? One verse starts out "I would be goin' to Dublin Town, If I had new shoes and a velvet gown." Thanks.


10 Sep 00 - 06:39 PM (#294738)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics for 'Dublin Town'
From: Noreen

refresh


19 Apr 11 - 10:48 AM (#3138228)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: MartinRyan

refresh


19 Apr 11 - 10:54 AM (#3138234)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: Thompson

Never heard of this song (and I'm a Dubliner), but it's quoted here as:

I would be going to Dublin town
If I had new shoes and a velvet gown
But since I have neither I'll drive me pigs
And fill my day gaily with songs and jigs

(Can't find any more of it on a search for "going to" and "dublin town" on Google.)


19 Apr 11 - 11:14 AM (#3138249)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: MartinRyan

Thompson

Nor do I, another Dub, remember hearing it. Your sample has a whiff of a dandling song/nursery rhyme about it?

Regards


11 Nov 11 - 10:36 AM (#3254961)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: GUEST,Roskolnikov

The above lyrics come from the John Thompson first grade piano book. I don't know if there are any others.


20 Jun 21 - 02:30 PM (#4110782)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: GUEST,slopezian

Yes. It is in the Thompson book, and my granddaughter is playing the song, and would like more verses to sing along. Since there may not be any, we grandparents may have to create!


20 Jun 21 - 03:16 PM (#4110785)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: Steve Gardham

Perhaps inspired by the well-known old rhyme:

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town,
Some in rags and some in jags and one in a velvet gown.