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23 Aug 97 - 11:40 PM (#11102) Subject: Tandragee/by the hush From: dennis can anyone provide lyrics for "Boys of Tandragee" and/or "by the Hush". thanks dennis |
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24 Aug 97 - 01:24 AM (#11106) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Alison Hi Dennis, Can't help you on the lyrics, (my Irish lyrics site is playing hard to get at the moment. It is spelt Tandragee, (a small town not too far from Belfast, and the home of Tayto Castle, where they make Tayto cheese and onion crisps...........sorry I digress.....but they are good crisps!!) Slainte Alison |
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24 Aug 97 - 05:51 PM (#11131) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: dick greenhaus By the Hush is in the database, under that name. Or search for Hush |
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25 Aug 97 - 10:35 AM (#11175) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Jon W. In America, would you call those Tayto chips? |
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25 Aug 97 - 07:51 PM (#11219) Subject: Lyr Add: THE ROLLICKING BOYS AROUND TANDRAGEE ^^ From: bigj THE ROLLICKING BOYS AROUND TANDRAGEE Good luck to all here now barring the cat That sits in the corner there smelling a rat O wheesht your philandering girls and behave And saving you presence, I'll chant you a stave I come from the land where the pritties grow big And the boys neat and handy can swirl in a jig And the girls they would charm your heart for to see Those darling colleens around Tandragee Chorus So here's to the boys who are happy and gay Singing and dancing and tearing away Rollicksome, frollicksome, frisky and free We're the rollicking boys around Tandragee No doubt you have heard of Killarney I'm sure And sweet Innishowen for a drop of the pure Dublin's the place for the strawberry beds And Donnybrook Fair for the cracking of heads Have you e'er seen an Irishman dancing palltog How he faces his partner and turns up his brog (brogue) He shakes at the buckle and bends at the knee They're wonderful dancers in Tandragee Now the oul jaunting car is an elegant joult And Derry's a place that is famed for a hoult Among the green bushes that grow in Tyrone And the County Fermanagh for muscle and bone But for feasting and dancing and fun at the fair Sure there's no one can match with the Rakes of Kildare Green Erin's my country, the gem of the sea But the gem of oul Ireland is Tandragee O where is the man, either Christian or Turk Could equal the bold Robert Emmett or Burke O where is the lawyer can speak up like Dan The devil another, bad luck to the one. And where is the singer can sing like Tom Moore Whose melodies charm all dull care from your door But we'll beat them all yet boys, and that you will see For we're raring fine fellows round Tandragee. From Paddy Tunney's book 'The Stone Fiddle' where he says that he learned the song from his Uncle Mick. Paddy sings it on the Topic LP 'A Wild Bees Nest' 12T139 ^^ |
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25 Aug 97 - 07:52 PM (#11220) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: alison Hi Yes. I know they have a web site and you can order them for America. Unfortunately you can't get them sent to Australia. I'm starting to get a craving, (must get my dad to bring some over when he comes to visit.)......... Slainte Alison |
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25 Aug 97 - 08:05 PM (#11221) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: bigj I forgot, for recorded versions of 'By the Hush' see Irish & British Songs of the Ottawa Valley by the wonderful singer O.J.Abbott on Folkways FM 4051 its also on the compilation LP Far Canadian Fields LEE 4057. Or more recent versions are on recordings by De Danann 'Anthem' Dara 013 or Frank Harte's 'Daybreak and a Candle End' Faetain SPIN 995 |
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26 Aug 97 - 01:26 PM (#11254) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Jon W. Another recording of By the Hush is on the "Journey Home" CD by The Woods Tea Co. It's nearly the same as the DT version. |
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26 Aug 97 - 04:38 PM (#11272) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: LaMarca My favorite version of "By the Hush" was recorded by Paul Brady on a compilation album called "The Gathering". He slowed the tempo down from the Canadian version, and threw the tune into a more minor/modal setting, making the song much more haunting than the rather up-tempo Canadian versions. I think De Dannaan covered Brady's version. Ian Robb and Margaret Christl recorded the Ottawa Valley version on a Folk-Legacy album, too. |
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26 Aug 97 - 07:53 PM (#11297) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: bigj Yup, LaMarca you're right, Brady did record it and the De Danann was a cover - both of them calling the song 'Paddy's Lamentation' though. I still reckon O.J. Abbott's is the best thogh! |
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28 Aug 97 - 11:11 PM (#11448) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: dennis Thanks to all. By the way, if you haven't heard the earthy Rosin White sing them, you should. She gave me the fire to do'em. |
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29 Aug 97 - 08:31 PM (#11522) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: bigj If only you'd mentioned Roisin before now - she recorded 'By the Hush' on 'The First of My Rambles' a cassette for John Howson's Veteran Tapes label in 1992; the serial No is VT 126 and John has a website at VETERAN@compuserve.com |
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29 May 00 - 10:58 PM (#235661) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Alice Just to revive this old thread with more info on recordings, John Moulden has a tape on his Ulstersongs website of "The Tunney Family", recorded in 1952. On it, Michael Gallagher sings "Tundaragee". |
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30 May 00 - 01:00 PM (#235893) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: GUEST,dick greenhaus Alison-- CAMSCO does ship to OZ. We have a couple of customers there. |
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30 May 00 - 06:00 PM (#235980) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Sandy Paton Ian Robb sings "By the Hush" wonderfully well on his Folk-Legacy CD (with Margaret Christl and Grit Laskin) titled The Barley Grain for Me (CD-62) - all English-language traditional songs collected in Canada. The version is the one Edith Fowke collected from O. J. Abbott in the Ottawa Valley. Sandy |
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07 Sep 09 - 06:01 PM (#2718372) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: GUEST Rosie Stewart (from --sorry not 100% myself-- co. Fermanagh or Leitrim etc!!??) was the first one I heard sing The Boys of Tandragee. I think the name of that first CD of hers is called Farewell to ______ (Dang, I have it on the shelf, I'll get it if anybody wants) ... It was a year after when I heard Roisín White's. Good girls! doin the Boys of Tandragee. |
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07 Sep 09 - 06:13 PM (#2718381) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Kampervan Rosie Stewart's CD 'Adieu to Lovely Garrison' does indeed include the song 'Tandragee' which she got from the singing of Paddy Tunney. Fabulous version from a fantastic singer. |
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08 Sep 09 - 07:19 AM (#2718748) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: ard mhacha Two for the price of one, Tommy Makem singing The dalin` men from Crossmaglen and Tandragee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb28nr074D0 |
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19 Feb 20 - 08:19 PM (#4035113) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: Catamariner Tunney wrote in The Stone Fiddle that in Rollicking Boys Around Tandragee, ".. a good-humoured swipe is made at quite a few sacred cows.... 'That', he [the singer] maintained, 'is the satire to slay all stage-Irishmen!'" People frequently don't "get" why this is so satirical. Here's the story: I met a teacher at the Sean-nós NW Traditional Irish Festival in April 2019, and wound up taking a class with him afterward. Tandragee is one of the song examples he gave of a modern (post 1800) ballad composed to annoy and satirize a particular group. Tandragee (formerly known as Tanderagee) was in the old days famous in Ireland for having very straight-laced attitudes toward things like singing and dancing, not to mention pubs (this was back in the mid-late 1800s). So the song was composed to annoy the heck out of the straight-laced citizenry of Tandragee; it's not just "stage Irishmen" who would be slain by the level of satire. |
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19 Feb 20 - 08:29 PM (#4035115) Subject: RE: tandaragee/by the hush From: GUEST,meself Here's O. J. Abbot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SmC30bt4A I really prefer that to the versions that turn it into a dirge, which takes away from the wonderful black humour. |
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21 Feb 20 - 06:45 AM (#4035367) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tandragee + By the Hush From: GUEST listen to Paddy Tunney- good advice at any time! mentioning 'Tanderagee' by The Hush' is a bit like when I was asked to play 'Sally Gardens' by Sharon Shannon? We can just hope that people will want to dig a bit deeper- I've no idea if the Hush credit their sources, but that could be helpful in deepening knowledge of source singers? |
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21 Feb 20 - 10:14 PM (#4035454) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tandragee + By the Hush From: michaelr Guest, that's hilarious. Intentional or not? |
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22 Feb 20 - 04:02 AM (#4035464) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tandragee + By the Hush From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Sssshhhh! ?? |
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23 Feb 20 - 06:13 AM (#4035617) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tandragee + By the Hush From: GUEST,patriot (irish) Guest of Feb 20 makes a good point- what's so funny about it? |
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23 Feb 20 - 02:53 PM (#4035712) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tandragee + By the Hush From: meself Huh? |