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Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can (C O'Connor)

29 May 01 - 04:01 PM (#472500)
Subject: dan your man or catch me if you can
From: GUEST

i was wondering if anyone knows the lyrics and chords to the song, Dan your man, aka Catch me if you can. the only part i know is "catch me if you can me name is dan sure i'm your man thanks


29 May 01 - 05:24 PM (#472557)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: dan your man or catch me if y
From: Quincy

Know the one but can't find the lyrics on the net!!!

From memory it's something like......
I'm a ?
From ?
I've got money and acres of land
I'm looking for a honey, with a bit of money
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan and I'm yer man.

Chorus
And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna at the end of the year
I'm off for the bit of craic, the women and the beer!
I'm awful shifty for a man of fifty,
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan and I'm yer man!

I've got a brother, he's in the Gadai
I've got an uncle, he's up there in the Dall
He's quite a charmer, he's a mighty farmer
Catch me if you can me name is Dan and I'm yer man.

Chorus

Now to conclude and finish my story.
If there's a young one, looking for a man,
Take the bus from Barna, down to Lisdoonvarna
Catch me if you can etc......

Chorus

someone will fill in the "irish words" in the first line!
best wishes, Yvonne


29 May 01 - 05:29 PM (#472563)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: dan your man or catch me if y
From: MudGuard

This is what I have transcribed for this song from the CD "Irish Songs You Know And Love", this song is sung by Hugo Duncan on this CD
The red parts are wrong or I am not sure about it
Now I'm a-parting
From toll a wild thing
I've got money
And I've a wee bit of land
And I'm looking for a honey
With a bit of money
Ah catch me if you can,
My name is Dan
Sure I'm your man.
I like the caley
And the stacks of barley
I like the waltzes
And my jigs and the reels
I like the swinging
When big Tom is singing

And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna
At the end of the year
I'm off for a bit of craic
The odd woman and the bear
And I'm off this shifting
For a lad of fifty

I've got a brother
He's in the Garda
I got an uncle
He's way up there in the Dail
He's quite a charmer
He's a mighty big farmer

Now to conclude
And to finish my story
If there's a young one
Out there looking for a man
Get the bus from Barna
Down to Lisdoonvarna


29 May 01 - 06:29 PM (#472610)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: dan your man or catch me if y
From: Brakn

I'm a podjean, from Tullawodgean
or I'm a culchie from Tullawulchie)
I've got money and acres of land
And I'm looking for a honey, with a bit of money
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan
Sure I'm your man.

I like the ceili, the Stack of Barley
I like the waltzes, the oul jigs and the reels
I like the swinging, when Big Tom is singing
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan
Sure I'm your man.

And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna
At the end of the year
I'm off for a bit of craic
The women and the beer
And I'm awful shifty
For a lad of fifty
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan
Sure I'm your man.


30 May 01 - 05:18 AM (#472879)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: dan your man or catch me if y
From: MudGuard

Super, one more song to take off my "incomplete lyrics" list!

MudGuard


30 May 01 - 08:42 AM (#472934)
Subject: Chords Add: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
From: ScottyG

The correct title is CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and Brakn is closest to getting the words "right." I haven't heard the song in probably 15 years, but I remember that Brendan Shine recorded it. You can find the song on at least one of his albums (The Brendan Shine Collection). Here's a website to check out.

www.irishmusicmail.com/acatalog/irishmusicmail__Brendan_Shine_702.html

I think the chords go something like this:

       C                  F
I'm a podjean, from Tullawodgean
(or I'm a culchie from Tullawulchie)
C D D7 G
I've got money and a - a -cres of land
G7 C F
And I'm looking for a honey, with a bit of money
C G7
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan
C
Sure I'm your man.
G G7
And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna
C G C
At the end of the year
C
I'm off for a bit of craic
D7 G7
The women and the beer
C
And I'm awful shifty
F
For a lad of fifty
C G
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan
C
Sure I'm your man.
I'm not at my piano, so the above chords are off the top of my head. I think they're pretty close, though.

Let me know.

ScottyG

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30 May 01 - 08:48 AM (#472943)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: dan your man or catch me if y
From: ScottyG

I tried to position the chords over the words/syllables, but it didn't turn out that way. Sorry for confusion. Better to listen to the song.

ScottyG


19 Jan 08 - 07:51 PM (#2240290)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: dan your man or catch me if y
From: GUEST,Marian

From memory it's something like......
I'm a Páidín
From Tullabhadín
I've got money and acres of land
I'm looking for a honey, with a bit of money
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan sure I'm yer man.

Chorus
And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna at the end of the year
I'm off for the bit of craic, the women and the beer!
I'm awful shifty for a man of fifty,
Catch me if you can, me name is Dan sure I'm yer man!

I've got a brother, he's in the Gardaí
I've got an uncle, he's up there in the Dáil
He's quite a charmer, he's a mighty farmer
Catch me if you can me name is Dan sure I'm yer man.

Chorus

Now to conclude and finish my story.
If there's a young one, looking for a man,
Take the bus from Bearna, down to Lisdoonvarna
Catch me if you can etc......

Chorus


21 Feb 08 - 04:00 PM (#2268852)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req:dan your man or catch me if you can
From: GUEST

Whos the artist that sings it? C Murray x


21 Feb 08 - 05:20 PM (#2268948)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req:dan your man or catch me if you can
From: Shaneo

Brendan Shine had a big hit with it in Ireland back in the 1970s


19 Sep 08 - 01:54 PM (#2445247)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can
From: GUEST,Grainne

The writer of This song is a gug from Galway called Christie O Connor (My grand-uncle)


19 Sep 08 - 01:57 PM (#2445252)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can
From: GUEST,grainne

Soz!!!!!I meant a guy from galway


19 Sep 08 - 03:01 PM (#2445313)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can
From: Brakn

I think the air is the same as an American country called "Turn Out The Light, Love Me Tonight" or something like that.


01 Nov 08 - 07:59 PM (#2482011)
Subject: Lyr Add: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Christie O'Connor)
From: GUEST

I'm a Páidín from Tullabhadín.
I've got money and acres of land.
I'm looking for a honey, with a bit of money.
Catch me if you can; me name is Dan; sure I'm yer man.

I like the ceili, and the Stack of Barley.
I like the waltzes, the oul jigs and the reels.
I like swinging, when Big Tom is singing.
Catch me if you can; me name is Dan; sure I'm your man.

And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna at the end of the year.
I'm off for the bit of craic, the women and the beer!
I'm awful shifty for a man of fifty.
Catch me if you can; me name is Dan; sure I'm yer man!

I've got a brother; he's in the Gardaí.
I've got an uncle; he's up there in the Dáil.
He's quite a charmer, Geez, a mighty farmer.
Catch me if you can; me name is Dan; sure I'm yer man.

Now to conclude and finish my story,
If there's a young one, looking for a man,
Take the bus from Bearna, down to Lisdoonvarna.
Catch me if you can; me name is Dan; sure I'm yer man!

And I'm off to Lisdoonvarna at the end of the year.
I'm off for the bit of craic, the women and the beer!
I'm awful shifty for a man of fifty.
Catch me if you can; me name is Dan; sure I'm yer man!


01 Nov 08 - 08:01 PM (#2482013)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can
From: GUEST

thats the entire song above Brendan Shine is known for singing it in the 70's


03 Oct 10 - 06:15 AM (#2998572)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can (C O'Connor)
From: GUEST

weel im a parting from callawatche


24 Feb 12 - 09:09 AM (#3312658)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Catch Me If You Can (C O'Connor)
From: GUEST

Can any body please email this song to me? I looked everywhere and can't find a download that is working. nettievs@webmail.co.za
Please guys?