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05 Sep 98 - 03:00 PM (#37168) Subject: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Does anyone have the lyrics to this song? It begins "The high walls of Derby look...." Don't find anything like it in the DT, but my friends say I don't pay attention...harpgirl. |
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05 Sep 98 - 04:22 PM (#37176) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Barry Finn The high walls of Derry are dismal & gray And so is my true love He is bound far away He is bound for the East Indies Where the Sorry harpgirl, I'll try to dig it out, I used to sing it years ago so I know it's here someplace though it may take a bit. It's such a nice song when I do find it I'll have to relearn it, thanks for bringing it up. Barry |
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05 Sep 98 - 09:36 PM (#37198) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Barry Finn harpgirl, sorry I tore up the place looking & can't come up with it, maybe someone else will jump in, hopefully. I do recall a bit more after trying to drag it up from my memory.
Annie, lovely Annie, it was all just in jest
A bunch of blue ribbons I will (tie up & wear?) harpgirl this is as close, & it may not be all that close, as I can get at the moment. I think Dolores Keene (sp?) did this with her then husband John Faulkner, but I haven't a clue on what. Good Luck. Barry |
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06 Sep 98 - 11:16 AM (#37223) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: harpgirl Thanks Barry, That's about how many of the words I have but I may be able to reconstruct it. It is a pretty song, isn't it? harp |
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07 Sep 98 - 10:15 AM (#37303) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Barry Finn ......................................................? It was in my father's garden in the county Tyrone ......................................................? Oh Johnny lovely Johnny what has altered your mind Harpgirl, here's part of the 2nd versre, I keep going overe it in my head, I doubt I'll get more. Good Luck. barry |
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07 Sep 98 - 11:34 AM (#37308) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: harpgirl Ah Barry, Now I have: [The high walls of Derry look dismal and gray] [And so does lovely Johnny, he is now going away] [He is going to Bonny courtland some sweet girl for to see] [Oh Johnny lovely Johnny do you mind me....] [When you came to my window to steal me away] [You'd promised you'd marry me...] [Oh Johnny lovely Johnny what about of your mind] [Oh Annie lovely Annie it was all but addressed] [For I never intended to make you my ...] [I never intended to make you my wife] [Oh Annie lovely annie] [All the days of my life] [The first time I met you tis well I go.....] [Twas in my father's garden in the county Tyrone] [With my white aprom round us to shield up our way] [Oh Johnny lovely Johnny what about of your .....] [A bunch of blue ribbons I'll tie up and wear] [And a wreath of forget me nots] [I will twine in my hair] [And if ever he returns again I will greet him with [joy] [And I will kiss the lips of my own Johnny boy] You see I haven't quite got the verses right, Barry. harpgirl |
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07 Sep 98 - 06:30 PM (#37344) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Martin Ryan "bonny Scotland" rather than "bonny courtland", methinks.I'll check the rest if I get a chance.
regards |
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10 Sep 98 - 06:09 AM (#37755) Subject: Lyr Add: Johnny, Lovely Johnny^^ From: skw@worldmusic.de Harpgirl - you must indeed have the Dolores Keane version. She sings:
The high walls of Derry look dismal and grey
Oh Johnny lovely Johnny do you mind the day
Oh Annie lovely Annie it was all but a jest
The first time I met you 'tis well I do own
A bunch of blue ribbons I'll tie up and wear
From Dolores Keane & John Faulkner, 'Broken Hearted I'll Wander' (Mulligan Music, LUN 033, 1979). Dolores' notes: ' I learnt this song from my Aunt Sarah, who in turn learnt it in the late 40s from Alice Rainy, a travelling woman from Co. Tyrone.' I worked it out with the help of your 'groundwork'. Thanks! - Susanne |
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10 Sep 98 - 10:27 PM (#37842) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: harpgirl Susanne, Thank you so much for your help. I was having trouble with it, indeed! Now I can sing it intact!!!harpgirl |
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10 Sep 98 - 11:06 PM (#37844) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Barry Finn Susanne, I had it from the same LP (now long gone) but memory fades over so long a time. Thanks for bring my dead cells to life again. Barry |
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11 Sep 98 - 06:53 PM (#37901) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: BAZ Harpgirl Any chance of a tune to go with these lovely words? Regards Baz |
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26 Apr 99 - 04:32 AM (#73450) Subject: Lyr Add: JOHNNY, LOVELY JOHNNY^^ From: Brakn JOHNNY, LOVELY JOHNNY Johnny, lovely Johnny do you mind the day You came by my window to steal me away? You asked me to marry you, above all womankind Oh, Johnny, lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind Ah! the first place we courted 'twas very well known 'Twas my father's garden in the County Tyrone We wrapped my white apron round us for to shield us from the wind Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind And the next place we sported 'twas in yonder green grove Where the blackberry bushes around us they stood Where the oak and the apple around us did twine Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind Annie, lovely Annie, sure 'twas all but a jest For I never intended for to make you my best For I never intended for to make you my wife Oh, Annie, lovely Annie, all the days of my life Well, a bunch of blue ribbons I will tie up and wear And a bunch of forget-me-nots I will tie in my hair And if ever he returns again I will greet him with joy And I'll kiss the sweet lips of my own Johnny boy Regards Mick Bracken |
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26 Apr 99 - 04:12 PM (#73568) Subject: Johnny, Lovely Johnny From: Joe Offer Please note that the Johnny, Lovely Johnny that Mick Bracken posted does not appear to be in the database - it it related to some song that IS there? Have you got a tune for us, Mick? I sure like the songs you post, even if you sometimes put me to shame for pointing to the wrong song. -Joe Offer- |
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24 Aug 99 - 04:44 PM (#108136) Subject: High Walls of Derry From: Philippa Notation for the song Mick Bracken posted on 26 Apr is published in Robin Morton, compiler "Folksongs Sung in Ulster" Cork (Ireland): Mercier Press, 1970 (but probably has been reprinted since) under the title of "Lovely Johnny" |
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02 Sep 99 - 08:27 AM (#110706) Subject: Tune Add: LOVELY JOHNNY From: alison Thanks to Philippa here is the tune for Lovely Johnny
MIDI file: LOVELY~1.MID Timebase: 480 Name: LOVELY JOHNNY This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
slainte alison
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13 May 02 - 02:54 PM (#710390) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: GUEST,PJ Curtis. The Dolores Keane version is to be found on a Mulligan CD entitled 'Broken Hearted I'll Wander' rec.d in 1981. PJ Curtis (Producer of album) |
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13 May 02 - 07:46 PM (#710582) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: GUEST,ozmacca Wasn't there another song with a chorus line of "Johny, lovely Johnie, Would you leave me..." ? Dredged up from long long ago, I think it was one of those roistering ones about a soldier leaving his girl to go to High Germany or one of those other places that always appeared in folk songs, but not on maps. It must be thirty years since I heard it and that's the only line that has stuck. Now that it's come back, can anybody help with the rest? |
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13 May 02 - 07:53 PM (#710588) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: Malcolm Douglas You'd be thinking of Banks of the Roses, I expect. |
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15 May 02 - 06:55 PM (#711183) Subject: RE: lyr.req. Johnny Lovely Johnny From: GUEST,ozmacca That's the one.... Thanks Malcolm. It all came flooding back as soon as I read the title. |