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09 Feb 01 - 01:08 PM (#394302) Subject: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: GUEST,Dave in Nfld I am looking for the song "Goodbye Johnny Dear" It was recorded by the SEAN O'Neal Band. Thanks |
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09 Feb 01 - 02:25 PM (#394326) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: bill\sables Would that be Goodbye Johnny dear when you're (something something) Don't forget your dear old mother (something) Send a letter every day (something) And don't forget whe're ere you go that you're an Irishman |
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09 Feb 01 - 06:09 PM (#394547) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: Quincy This is a the first verse of the song according to Barnbrack (as I hear them!) It's twenty years ago today, I grasped my mother's hand She kissed and blessed her only son, going to a foreign land. She clasped me to her loving breast, she knew I had to go. And I could hear her gentle voice, the words were sweet and low. O goodbye Johnny dear, and when you're far away, Don't forget your dear old mother, far across the say (sea) Write a letter now and then and do the best you can And don't forget where'er you roam, that you're an Irish man. Somebody's bound to come up with the rest of the lyrics. best wishes, Yvonne |
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10 Feb 01 - 09:57 AM (#394935) Subject: Lyr Add: GOODBYE JOHNNY DEAR (Johnny Patterson) From: Brakn Just twenty years ago today I grasped my mother's hand She kissed and blessed her only son Going to a foreign land The neighbours took me from her breast And told her I must go Yet I could hear my mother's voice Though her words were faint and low Chorus O goodbye Johnny dear, and when you're far away, Don't forget your dear old mother, far across the say (sea) Write a letter now and then and send her all you can And don't forget where e'er you roam, that you're an Irish man. We sailed away from Queenstown, That is the Cove of Cork A very pleasant voyage we had And soon were in New York I had plenty of friends to meet me there And work I got next day But with all the hospitality I could hear my mother say One day a letter came to me From far across the sea It came from dear old Ireland It was addressed to me And after I had opened it Sure this is what I read My dear old John, I'm sorry to say That your poor old mother's dead Written by Johnny Patterson |
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19 Oct 10 - 01:05 PM (#3010803) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: GUEST,DONEGAL JOE BGS 3RD COUSIN Think the last verse goes..... One day a letter came for me. It came from Ireland. The postmark showed it came from home. 'Twas not my mother's hand. 'Twas Father Dan who wrote to tell me she had passed away, Though up in heaven I still could hear my mother's sweet voice say— (Chorus) Goodbye, Johnny dear, etc. Hope this helps. |
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01 Feb 20 - 01:02 AM (#4031473) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: Jim Dixon A recording by the McNulty Family from 1939, which you can hear at the Internet Archive, has this last verse, offering a somewhat happier ending than the versions posted above: Well, now I'm rich in worldly goods, but in the mind of me, A longing and a yearning grows for friends across the sea; So back I'll go to Ireland, that isle so green and fair, But sure I'll miss my mother's voice and the words she told me there: CHORUS |
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01 Feb 20 - 05:51 AM (#4031500) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: GUEST,jim bainbridge I first heard this played on the box & sung by a man in a pub in Killarney in 1964. He matched it with a similar tear-jerker @Eileen Alannah' and a waltz version of the 'Rocks of Bawn'- I've sung it to waltz time ever since. It was the real thing, sentimental or not & in a different class to most of what now passes for folk music.... |
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02 Feb 20 - 09:52 AM (#4031762) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Johnny Dear From: GUEST,Starship https://www.itma.ie/inishowen/song/goodbye_johnny_kathleen_mcgonigle |