Wild Rover
Ah... "Wild Rover"! I know some people who hate this song because it seems like one of the most-popular Irish drinking songs ever. The chorus is simple, and there's a nice clapping part in it which adds to that interactivity that goes so well with Irish drinking songs. Personally, I love the song. The only real problem with me is that after I wrote "Wild Kitty"for Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, I kept screwing up the original lyrics in favor of the cat version. But here it is in it's simplest form without the meowing.
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"Wild Rover"Visit MP3 Store: Buy Irish MP3s
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
Read Lyrics: "Wild Rover" Lyrics
From: Irish Drinking Songs
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Gypsy Rover
One of the first songs I ever learned at faire was "Gypsy Rover". I heard another musician at Excalibur Fantasy Faire sing the song and vaguely remembered the chorus. "Ah di do ah di do dai day". That night, I went home and looked up the lyrics on the net. I printed them out and started memorizing. It wasn't until a year later though that I realized I pronounced the "Ah do DOH" different than others. But that's folk music for you.
The song is a popular Childe Ballad and when I started thinking of songs to parody for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. I thought this one would be great one to base on Johnny Cash's song, "A Boy Named Sue". So I wrote "A Cat Named Rover".
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The song is a popular Childe Ballad and when I started thinking of songs to parody for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. I thought this one would be great one to base on Johnny Cash's song, "A Boy Named Sue". So I wrote "A Cat Named Rover".
"Gypsy Rover"Visit MP3 Store: Buy Irish MP3s
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
Read Lyrics: "Gypsy Rover" Lyrics
From: Irish Drinking Songs
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Patriot Game
This song was written by Dominic Behan, brother of Brendan. It tells the story of Fergal O'Hanlon from Ballybay, Co Monaghan, who tried to abolish the border between the Six Counties and the Republic. He was killed during the Brookborough attack at the age of 17. The song has become world famous. Undoubtedly one of the best ballads ever to come out of the Irish struggles.
During our first year together, we were introduced to a wide variety of music. One of the first tapes someone lent me was a tape of I.R.B. tunes. Well the very first task we had to figure out was what I.R.B. stood for? Irish Republican Brotherhood. The Irish Republican Brotherhood was formed on Saint Patrick's Day in 1858. It was an underground organization designed to remove the English from Ireland.
The song was recorded by numerous artists including Bob Dylan and the Kingston Trio. Our version came from the aforementioned I.R.B. compilation. I think it may have been the Wolfe Tones who sang it, but I'm not sure. In any case, it was the first rebel song we learned, and still one of our most popular.
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During our first year together, we were introduced to a wide variety of music. One of the first tapes someone lent me was a tape of I.R.B. tunes. Well the very first task we had to figure out was what I.R.B. stood for? Irish Republican Brotherhood. The Irish Republican Brotherhood was formed on Saint Patrick's Day in 1858. It was an underground organization designed to remove the English from Ireland.
The song was recorded by numerous artists including Bob Dylan and the Kingston Trio. Our version came from the aforementioned I.R.B. compilation. I think it may have been the Wolfe Tones who sang it, but I'm not sure. In any case, it was the first rebel song we learned, and still one of our most popular.
"Patriot Game"Visit MP3 Store: Buy Irish MP3s
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
Read Lyrics: "Patriot Game" Lyrics
From: Irish Drinking Songs
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Beer, Beer, Beer
I played this song for a number of years with the Brobdingnagian Bards. Earlier this year, I got bored with my original version of it. I wanted a new rhythm. So I re-arranged the song with swing. When I started playing it Ireland, it quickly became the most-popular song on the trip. T'was then I knew I wanted to add it it a new CD. For now, it's on my Marc Gunn's Free CD, a short EP that you can only get for free.
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Read Lyrics: "Beer, Beer, Beer" Lyrics
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Monahan's Mudder's Milk
It all began three years ago when I was introduced to Firefly, a Sci Fi Western by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. I became a huge fan. The TV series is still one of my most-watched DVDs. One of my favorite episodes is "Jaynestown" where the ruffian Jayne Cobb becomes a folk hero with his own folk song, "Hero of Canton".
I loved it so much, I wanted to write my own Firefly song, but I was too busy watching the show to really spend any time writing about it. Then I was inspired to write "She Said Her Name Was Saffron" for a contest last year. I hoped more songs would come. It didn't until a couple weeks ago. I finally decided I was gonna write a song about mudder's milk, the alcoholic drink from "Jaynestown". The song evolved into a worker's rights folk song ala Woodie Guthrie. I recorded it, and for the icing on the cake, I got a bunch of Firefly fans to sing back up in the chorus, the way a good drinking song should be sung.
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I loved it so much, I wanted to write my own Firefly song, but I was too busy watching the show to really spend any time writing about it. Then I was inspired to write "She Said Her Name Was Saffron" for a contest last year. I hoped more songs would come. It didn't until a couple weeks ago. I finally decided I was gonna write a song about mudder's milk, the alcoholic drink from "Jaynestown". The song evolved into a worker's rights folk song ala Woodie Guthrie. I recorded it, and for the icing on the cake, I got a bunch of Firefly fans to sing back up in the chorus, the way a good drinking song should be sung.
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From: Firefly Drinking Songs (or some other yet to be named CD)
Read Lyrics: "Monahan's Mudders Milk" Lyrics
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Star of the County Down
This is probably one of the first Irish songs I heard in my first year playing Celtic music. Just about everyone has a recording of this song. It took me years to create an arrangement that I liked. That's a shame, because it really tells a beautiful, visual story. I think that's the reason it is so popular with so many musicians. I'd love to find more songs like this one.
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From: A Tribute to Love
Read Lyrics: "Star of the County Down" Lyrics
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
St Patrick Never Drank
Isn't it kinda funny how St. Patrick's Day is now synonymous with getting plastered on March 17th? What a shame! There's so much more to the Irish than getting drunk. Listen to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast--www.celticmusicpodcast.com, and you'll know what I mean.
Now in all historical honesty, St. Patrick probably did drink. Beer was often used to kill bacteria. But that doesn't mean that his song with lyrics by the great comedic lyricist Spaff--www.spaff.com--are any less true. This is Irish satire at it's finest.
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This song can be download for free from Marc Gunn at The Funny Music Project.
ST. PATRICK NEVER DRANK
Lyrics (c) 2008 by M. Spaff Sumsion, spaff@spaff.com
The 14th day of February's for Saint Valentine
September 29th is when Saint Michael's faithful dine
On April 23rd we hail Saint George without restraint
And come November 1st we cheer for EV'RY bloody saint
But none of those can claim the very BEST day of the year
'Cause on March 17th we praise the patron saint of BEER!
[Cheers: "Hail St Patrick!" "Slainte!" etc.]
But wait! Don't cheer for greenish beer or Irish cream liqueur
Be-cause the man you toast was one devout tee-to-tal-ER!
Saint Patrick never drank! (Hey!)
Saint Patrick never drank! (Hey!)
'Twas only clear, unleaded stuff he poured into his tank!
He'd take the cash YOU spend for drafts and stash it in the bank! (Hooray!)
Heroic, true, but STOIC too!
Saint Patrick never drank!
He strode with ancient war-ri-ors from coast to plain to highland
His staff he'd shake till ev'ry snake was banished from the island
He taught his fans the shamrock stands for Father, Son, and Spirit
But don't break out the Guinness Stout - the man would not go near it!
Saint Patrick didn't drink! (Hey!)
Saint Patrick didn't drink! (Hey!)
He never tossed a bracer back or teetered on the brink!
So pour another tall one, lad, then pour it down the sink! (Hooray!)
With piety, SOBRIETY!
Saint Patrick didn't drink!
Saint Patrick never drank (Hey!)
Saint Patrick never drank (Hey!)
So let's be frank: When asked his fav'rite beer, he drew a blank!
By gosh, if he could see you sloshed, he'd give your tush a spank! (Hooray!)
The guy was swell - but DRY AS HELL!
Saint Patrick never drank!
No, SAINT - PAT - RICK - NEV - ER - DRANK
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Now in all historical honesty, St. Patrick probably did drink. Beer was often used to kill bacteria. But that doesn't mean that his song with lyrics by the great comedic lyricist Spaff--www.spaff.com--are any less true. This is Irish satire at it's finest.
Find out more about Marc Gunn at www.marcgunn.com.
This song can be download for free from Marc Gunn at The Funny Music Project.
ST. PATRICK NEVER DRANK
Lyrics (c) 2008 by M. Spaff Sumsion, spaff@spaff.com
The 14th day of February's for Saint Valentine
September 29th is when Saint Michael's faithful dine
On April 23rd we hail Saint George without restraint
And come November 1st we cheer for EV'RY bloody saint
But none of those can claim the very BEST day of the year
'Cause on March 17th we praise the patron saint of BEER!
[Cheers: "Hail St Patrick!" "Slainte!" etc.]
But wait! Don't cheer for greenish beer or Irish cream liqueur
Be-cause the man you toast was one devout tee-to-tal-ER!
Saint Patrick never drank! (Hey!)
Saint Patrick never drank! (Hey!)
'Twas only clear, unleaded stuff he poured into his tank!
He'd take the cash YOU spend for drafts and stash it in the bank! (Hooray!)
Heroic, true, but STOIC too!
Saint Patrick never drank!
He strode with ancient war-ri-ors from coast to plain to highland
His staff he'd shake till ev'ry snake was banished from the island
He taught his fans the shamrock stands for Father, Son, and Spirit
But don't break out the Guinness Stout - the man would not go near it!
Saint Patrick didn't drink! (Hey!)
Saint Patrick didn't drink! (Hey!)
He never tossed a bracer back or teetered on the brink!
So pour another tall one, lad, then pour it down the sink! (Hooray!)
With piety, SOBRIETY!
Saint Patrick didn't drink!
Saint Patrick never drank (Hey!)
Saint Patrick never drank (Hey!)
So let's be frank: When asked his fav'rite beer, he drew a blank!
By gosh, if he could see you sloshed, he'd give your tush a spank! (Hooray!)
The guy was swell - but DRY AS HELL!
Saint Patrick never drank!
No, SAINT - PAT - RICK - NEV - ER - DRANK
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Danny Boy (Irish Songs for Cat Lovers)
No. This is not your typical "Danny Boy". The original "Danny Boy" was written by Frederick Weatherly, an English lawyer, using a traditional Irish melody called "Londonderry Air" in 1910. The song was popularized by opera singers at the turn of the century, and my guess is that it entered into the Music Hall scene where a lot of Irish were performing. They picked it up, and it became an Irish American anthem, and the dread of many contemporary Irish traditional musicians who are asked to play it every St. Patrick's Day.
I didn't learn the original song until the summer of 2000. So I missed the dread part, and the Brobdingnagian Bards recorded it for our CD, Songs of Ireland. When I started writing songs for Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, I decided I had to parody this classic song, and wrote it about my cat, Jasper, who kept me up at night, followed by a wise lesson on how to keep cats from keeping you up all night... Play with them before you sleep. Wear them out. They'll sleep.
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I didn't learn the original song until the summer of 2000. So I missed the dread part, and the Brobdingnagian Bards recorded it for our CD, Songs of Ireland. When I started writing songs for Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, I decided I had to parody this classic song, and wrote it about my cat, Jasper, who kept me up at night, followed by a wise lesson on how to keep cats from keeping you up all night... Play with them before you sleep. Wear them out. They'll sleep.
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From: Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers
Read Lyrics: "Danny Boy (Cat Song Parody)" Lyrics
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Molly Malone... Cat's Perspective/Planxty Hewlett
One of the great ghost stories of Ireland is that of Molly Malone, the fishmonger who died in Dublin and who's ghost is reputed to wander the streets still selling fish. My friend Emilee Rush seems to think the cats were just as disappointed with the death of this wonderful human. Because the cats see the ghost too!
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From: Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers
Read Lyrics: "Molly Malone... Cat's Perspective" Lyrics
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Botany Bay
I think I first learned this song from The Wolfe Tones when I first started learning Irish songs. It captured my imagination as it told the story of an Irishman who immigrates to Australia. The song was collected in Australia in the 1950s by H.P.C. 'Duke' Tritton. This version is sung with an Irish pirate brogue for my CD, Going for Brogue.
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From: Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties with an Accent
Read Lyrics: "Botany Bay" Lyrics
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
A Drop of Nelson's Blood
Legend says that after Lord Nelson fell in the Battle of Trafalger, his body was sealed ina cask of rum to preserve it. When the sailors heard of this, they drank their fill. Thus, grog became known as "Nelson's Blood". This walkaway shanty is also known as "Roll the Old Chariot Along" or "Roll the Golden Chariot Along." I arbitrarily chose the later just for the heck of it. The song was also taken up as a hymn for the Salvation Army. The tune is very catchy. Feel free to make up verses as you go. It's great for that.
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From: Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties with an Accent
Read Lyrics: "A Drop of Nelson's Blood" Lyrics
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Kitty's Rambles/Dowd's 9 Lives/Jenny's Chickens
When I decided to put together my cat CDs, my goal was to serve up a delicious blend of traditional Irish music, but make it about cats. So I picked some of the best Celtic musicians in Austin to help me record these albums. This set of tunes starts was picked by fiddler Christopher Buckley of The Tea Merchants. It starts with a bouncy jig and busts into a couple rockin' reels. Even with an autoharp it comes across sounding totally tradlicious.
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From: Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers
Read Lyrics: n/a
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits
This song was based on a true story. I think it was 2004 when I was invited to go drink with a bunch of people dressed as hobbits from West of the Moon, a fan fiction website about hobbits. It was Thursday night of DragonCon weekend when I met up with them. We drank till the wee hours of the morning and I awoke the next day with a sore throat. By Sunday, I had laryngitis. I couldn't sing a lick and felt like crap. Andrew sang and stalled through the Brobdingnagian Bards Sunday evening filk show. After that, I swore I'd never go drinking with hobbits again. Last year, I finally wrote the song about the event for my new CD What Color Is Your Dragon?.
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From: What Color Is Your Dragon?
Read Lyrics: "Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits" Lyrics
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Wild Mountain Thyme
This is one of the earliest songs I learned when I began playing Celtic music. The Brobdingnagian Bards recorded it on A Faire to Remember, and it never ceased to capture someone's attention. I rearranged the song a couple years ago to make it more sing-alongable. And I love this recording of this classic song by Francis McPeake.
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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Lord of the Dance
"I danced in the morning when the world was begun." I loved that song growing up. But it wasn't until I got on MP3.com a few years back that I heard a great version by Muckle Flugga that renewed my interest of the song. However, it was Pam Owens, aka Mother Pockets who posted the song title, "Lord of the Pounce" that made me want to write a parody for Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. That, ultimately, led to me actually learning the original Irish song. That's when I found out just how well-loved "Lord of the Dance" is as a song. It's amazing to find out that the lyrics were written in the '60s by Sydney Carter. I can only dream to hope that one day I might write a song as beloved.
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"Lord of the Dance"Visit MP3 Store: Buy Irish MP3s
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
From: Irish Drinking Songs: A Cat Lover's Companion
Read Lyrics: "Lord of the Dance" Lyrics
Download MP3: 128 kbps
Buy MP3 for 99¢: 192 kbps
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Find some great St. Patrick's Day music at the Celtic Music CD Store or check out Marc Gunn, Celtic American Musician.
Labels: free mp3
--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wild Kitty
The first of my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. This cat song is based on the Irish folk song "Wild Rover". This song tells of cat who is out searching for food, but instead just finds himself with drinking problem. The chorus is incredible fun!
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Find some great St. Patrick's Day music at the Celtic Music CD Store or check out Marc Gunn, Celtic American Musician.
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Find some great St. Patrick's Day music at the Celtic Music CD Store or check out Marc Gunn, Celtic American Musician.
"Wild Kitty"Visit MP3 Store: Buy Irish MP3s
Listen: LoFi
Recorded by Marc Gunn
Read Lyrics: "Wild Kitty" Lyrics
From: Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
Download MP3: 128 kbps
Buy MP3 for 99¢: 192 kbps
Donation: Make a Donation
Subscribe: http://www.irish-song-lyrics.com/podcast.rss
Want to see Marc Gunn perform?
Released under a Creative Commons Noncommercial ShareAlike License
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Find some great St. Patrick's Day music at the Celtic Music CD Store or check out Marc Gunn, Celtic American Musician.
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Find some great St. Patrick's Day music at the Celtic Music CD Store or check out Marc Gunn, Celtic American Musician.
Labels: free mp3
--posted by Marc Gunn of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
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