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30 Mar 03 - 08:04 AM (#921668) Subject: Lyr Req: The day we died for Irland From: Allan Dennehy Here's a real tough one. There's a Dublin singer called Ding Dong Denny O Reilly. He does all his own material, often songs taking the piss out of Republican ballads. Anyway he has a gas song called "The crack we had the day we died for Ireland" I've listened to it many times but can't figure out all the words. Any takers? |
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30 Mar 03 - 10:32 AM (#921740) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Irland From: GUEST,Bimbo I hope someone comes up with the lyrics, Good man Ding Dong "Life should be cherished" Poor old sods - get a life! |
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30 Mar 03 - 03:54 PM (#921961) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: MartinRyan I've never heard it - but I do recall a recitation (by Vincent Caprani?) titled "How Ned the Dancer fought and died for Ireland - and lived to tell the tale!" Regards |
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30 Mar 03 - 06:02 PM (#922025) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: MARINER Ding Dong Denny is ,Ithink, also known as Paul Wonderful, of the skit U2 group "The Joshua Trio" |
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30 Mar 03 - 06:08 PM (#922035) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: MartinRyan By the way, the "Ding Dong Denny" tag is a reference to an ad for sausages! Regards |
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30 Mar 03 - 06:26 PM (#922044) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: McGrath of Harlow No words, but here is a Ding Dong site with pictures and that. |
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31 Mar 03 - 07:55 AM (#922370) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: GUEST,Mikey joe "The rifles all went rat a tat tat The cannons all went BOOM! The craic we had the day we died for Ireland
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31 Mar 03 - 04:46 PM (#922881) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: Allan Dennehy Thanks for all your input, folks. I know it was a long shot. By the way I would strongly recommend his CD to every sick bastard out there with a twisted sense of humour. (Like meself) |
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02 Jul 05 - 02:23 AM (#1514018) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: Matt R I'm looking for the lyrics to this as well |
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02 Jul 05 - 11:07 AM (#1514214) Subject: Lyr Add: CRAIC WE HAD THE DAY WE DIED FOR IRELAND From: Wolfgang One can get the impression that there's someone taking the Irish rebel songs not as serious as others do. The lyrics are from the CD booklet (buy the CD 'Publocked'), the typos and the transcription of the spoken intro are mine. Wolfgang Spoken intro: ...Ballads have been sung since before people wiped their arses and as long as there's rivers, drink, and bloody Brits people will continue to sing them. So sit back and experience that warm feeling deep down you can only get from an Irish ballad or when you're pissing your trousers. THE CRAIC WE HAD THE DAY WE DIED FOR IRELAND (Woodfull, Rooney) One frosty morn a rebel nose did smell the British comin' and Pearse said you must come and fight or else you're a big frilly woman so we went to catch the rebel bus but me ma said hold your whist if you don't ate up your coddle well you'll feel no British fist. Well the bus left oul' Fitz Gibbon Street at the hour of ten past one with the big hand at the ten and the other on me gunon the bus we sang of Eireann of freedom and liberty we sang the soldier's song and stop the bus we want a wee wee... Chorus: Well a rat tat tat tat a rat tat tat tat the drummer he did roll boom boom the cannons they did roar ha ha... the rifles they did go ah the craic we had the day we died for Ireland. Well we lost Rafferty and Hafferty and Clafferty and Pears and Hanrahan and Brennan and the Rasher Clancy's ears we lost O'Connell and O'Donnell O'Riordan and Oh dear I lost my virginity to an English grenadier. Chorus When the battle it was over sure we all lay there in fright there were arms and legs and bottoms and a terrible smell o' shite there was nowt to do but lie there as me comrades corpses stank so I raised the only limb I'd left an' had myself a smoke. Chorus. |
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02 Jul 05 - 11:13 AM (#1514217) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: GUEST,Wolfgang Who dislikes this song will surely also dislike The ballad af Dan McRae (Oohah up the RA) Wolfgang |
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02 Jul 05 - 01:45 PM (#1514279) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The day we died for Ireland From: Matt R Thanks, Wolfie! |
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11 May 10 - 10:42 AM (#2904464) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Craic We Had the Day We Died for Ireland From: GUEST,Allan Dennehy Ita a funny world sometimes. I fell over this thread by accident 7 years afterb I started it. I didnt know that Wolfgang ha dcracked it 5 years ago- Good man Wolfgang, fair play to you. I must dig out the CD and have another look at it. |