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13 Nov 98 - 06:13 AM (#45215) Subject: An Irish folk song From: m025148@nadn.navy.mil I need to find the words to an Irish folk song. The one with "Tu ra lu ra lu" I think it is called Irish Lulabye |
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13 Nov 98 - 06:22 AM (#45216) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Ralph Butts See our earlier thread at: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=639 .....Tiger |
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13 Nov 98 - 10:41 AM (#45234) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: dick greenhaus It's in the DT database. Search for [Irish Lull*] or [Irish Lullaby] if you're confident of your (and our) spelling. And it's hardly a folk song. |
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13 Nov 98 - 08:25 PM (#45286) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Virginia Ann Ludwig In the movie, The Ghost and the Darkness, Val Kilmer plays the part of Col. John H. Patterson, an Irishman. As he and Michael Douglas, the professional hunter Remington, are climbing through some hills in search of man-eating lions, Reminton hums/sings under his breath: Oh, Johnny Boy, hmmmm, hmmm, Oh, Johnny Boy. There were only a few bars (or whatever) hummed, but I'm sure that was an Irish folksong we had to learn in grade school. Could you help me get more information on this ballad? Someone said it was an anti-war song, but I think that's incorrect. I think they're thinking about When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Hurrah, Hurrah, which is an anti-war song from our own Civil War. Thanks |
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14 Nov 98 - 03:07 AM (#45323) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Ewan McV I have very mixed feelings about such questions as this one. The continuing need to refer people back to the database may make me squirm but the responses are usually great fun and highly informative. |
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14 Nov 98 - 08:48 AM (#45345) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Barbara Yes, Virginia, there is a Danny Boy. Try putting that in brackets, like this [Danny Boy] in the box upper right, and see if that ian't the song you want. (The name may have changed in the movie.) |
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14 Nov 98 - 05:12 PM (#45385) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: oh dany boy the pipes the pipes are calling |
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14 Nov 98 - 08:19 PM (#45422) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Virginia Thanks so much, Barbara. That was it, okay. No wonder I couldn't find it under "Johnny Boy". Now that I've located two of them, it would be interesting to know the history behind each of them. One is pagan, and the other refers to saying an "Ave". It will give me something to do as soon as school is out. Thanks, again. |
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15 Nov 98 - 02:25 PM (#45481) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Bruce O. History of "Danny Boy" is at www.standingstones.com/dannyboy.html An ABC of "Londonderry Air" from George Petrie's original publication of it is on my website, along with some early versions of the related "Young Man's Dream" and the text of it and Ann Geddes Gilchrist's reconstructed "Londonderry Air". See Scarce Songs file at: www.erols.com/olsonw |
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24 Nov 98 - 04:05 PM (#46680) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Roddy Macdonald The song you are looking for may be "Reconciliation" by Alias John Kavanagh. It is written as an allegorical unrequited love song; the parties being the North & South of Ireland. I'm sorry, but I don't have the lyrics. |
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24 Nov 98 - 04:43 PM (#46682) Subject: RE: An Irish folk song From: Frank Howe here ya go - TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RAL OVER IN KILLARNEY MANY YEARS AGO ME MITHER SANG A SONG TO ME IN TONES SO SWEET AND LOW JUST A SIMPLE LITTLE DITTY IN HER GOOD OLD IRISH WAY AND I'D GIVE THE WORLD IF SHE COULD SING THAT SONG TO ME TODAY TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, TOO RA LOO RA LIE TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, HUSH NOW DON'T YOU CRY TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA. TOO RA LOO RA LIE TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, THAT'S AN IRISH LULLABY OFF IN DREAMS I WANDER TO THAT COT AGAIN I FEEL HER ARMS A HUGGIN' ME AS WHEN SHE HELD ME THEN AND I HEAR HER VOICE A HUMMIN' TO ME AS IN DAYS OF YORE WHEN SHE USED TO ROCK ME FAST ASLEEP OUTSIDE THE CABIN DOOR TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, TOO RA LOO RA LIE TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, HUSH NOW DON'T YOU CRY TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, TOO RA LOO RA LIE TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA, THAT'S AN IRISH LULLABY
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25 Nov 98 - 01:55 PM (#46776) Subject: RE: Reconciliation From: Roddy K Macdonald Apologies for the mistake above! 'Reconciliation' is by 'Alias' Ron Kavana. |