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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 158.1 | From Glen to Glen. | AYOV10::DHUNTER | I came, I saw, I left! | Thu Mar 19 1987 11:19 | 2 |
| Dammit! - Can't stop whistling Danny Boy now.
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| 158.2 | Check the Pipes - they're calling | TALLIS::DARCY | George @Littleton Mass USA | Thu Mar 19 1987 11:28 | 5 |
| It's interesting - "Danny Boy" is just a set of lyrics for a much
older tune. I have the same music for piano at home and it's entitled
"Would God I were a Tender Apple Blossom" or something like that.
I suppose that's true of many such songs.
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| 158.3 | From Glen, to glen � | ENGGSG::BURNS | As The Hammer Strikes The Anvil | Thu Mar 19 1987 13:31 | 7 |
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The version Rene is refering to was sung by Glen Curtin ...
K�V�N
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| 158.4 | U.S. Marine Corps Tune | PROSE::WALKER | | Thu Mar 19 1987 16:19 | 16 |
| < speaking of lyrics being used with an old tune >
Years ago I tried my hand (and mouth) at playing the pipes. It was
with an established pipe band in N.Y.C. The Armagh County Band.
I think I mostly got involved for the drinking that took place
after the practices and the events they attended. Never did learn
how to play the pipes. Anyway, beginners were given the Marine Corps
Hymn as a tune to practice on the chanter.
The band played the tune regularly as part of their repertoire.
I remember one night at an event in the K of C hall the band was
playing the Marine Corps Hymn. Afterwards an Irishman or Scotsman
made a comment to me that the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn was an old
Orangemen's Tune played by them during their parades.
I am curious, does anyone know if there is any truth to that ?
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| 158.5 | The Londonderry Air | PUGH::IAN | Ian Smyth 830-3869 | Thu Mar 26 1987 08:51 | 11 |
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One name for the lyric is "The Londonderry Air". It was
apparently first published after a young lady heard a fiddler playing
it in Limavady, Co Londonderry. There's a plaque on a building in
Main Street, Limavady marking the house where she lived.
Ian
( from Limavady, a few years ago)
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| 158.6 | THE IRISH OF THE EAST | USWAV1::KEANEY | | Thu Mar 26 1987 21:52 | 8 |
| ANOTHER INTERESTING QUIRK CONCERNING "DANNY BOY" IS THAT IT IS PERHAPS
THE MOST POPULAR LOVE SONG IN KOREA! I ALMOST GOT INTO A LOT OF
TROUBLE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE SONG WAS OF A FATHER SAYING GOODBYE
TO HIS SON WHO WAS GOING OFF TO WAR( THE PIPES THAT ARE CALLING
ARE WAR PIPES). IN KOREA YOU'D BEST KEEP THAT INFO TO YOURSELF.
AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED THE SONG IS OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO IS
SAYING GOODBYE TO HER LOVE. THEN TO REALLY CONFUSE THE ISSUE, KOREANS
CALL DANNY BOY THE COWBOY SONG! REGARDLESS, THEY DO ENJOY THAT SONG.
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| 158.7 | | AXEL::FOLEY | Rebel without a clue | Wed May 06 1987 12:36 | 7 |
| Rene,
If you want to here what I think it the best version of Danny
Boy then send me mail and I'll mail you a copy of my fathers
album. It was made around '72.
mike
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| 158.8 | One of these days I'll get to hear it. | ENGGSG::BURNS | The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher | Wed May 06 1987 14:52 | 11 |
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I'd like to a copy of that album also ... :-)
"Up the Rebels"
keVin
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| 158.9 | Wholesale of course... | AXEL::FOLEY | Rebel without a clue | Wed May 06 1987 20:08 | 5 |
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Ah, yea.. That's right.. I'll see what I can get ya..
mike
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| 158.10 | A Favorite | MODEL::FULTON | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Thu Nov 05 1987 13:25 | 3 |
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My favorite rendition of "The Londonderry Aire" or "Danny Boy"
is James Galway's.
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| 158.11 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Thu Nov 05 1987 13:32 | 8 |
| re .10:
Londonderry?
Is Mrs Thatcher shooting a moon from 10 Downing St an example
of a Londonderry Aire?
--Mr Topaz
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| 158.12 | Life is but a bowl of cherries | MODEL::FULTON | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Fri Nov 06 1987 12:30 | 14 |
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re: .11
Mrs. Thatcher wouldn't be able to appreciate a 'Londonderry Aire'
if her life depended upon it. So no need to go off the deep end
with worry about some unfortunate response on her part.
Londonderry, by the way, is a town in Northern Ireland. It was
originally called Derry. The English in their enthusiasm to
share all things 'bright and beautiful' prefaced the town's
name with the word London, obviously an unfortunate decision
on their part. Now I'd take a flutter that you already knew
all this. So...
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| 158.13 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri Nov 06 1987 13:42 | 8 |
| re .12 (re .11):
Someone want to help Mr/Ms Fulton with the concept of
Mrs T bending over and a Londonderry Aire?
Thanks,
--Mr Topaz
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| 158.14 | London Derryaire??!! | ANOVAX::TOUGH | What! You want to net my cluster?! | Fri Nov 06 1987 15:21 | 1 |
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| 158.15 | Still a Nice Tune | MODEL::FULTON | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Mon Nov 09 1987 10:18 | 11 |
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Re .13
Mr. Topaz is it? Most Irish I know are a sensitive, poetic lot.
By the way "Fulton" is a Scottish name, but when I lived in
Glasgow I used to root for Celtics just like I do here in Boston.
(Just love that DJ)
There is much to admire in that which is Irish; you are not one
of them. A vulgarian at best.
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| 158.16 | Sayonara | MODEL::FULTON | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Tue Nov 10 1987 10:02 | 12 |
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Just realized that I left out one of the finest Boston Celtics
of them all, old Dannyboy himself.
There are some excellent notes in this file on Celt history
and I've been learning quite a bit here, but I also realized
that this is the only notes file where I have peersonally been
subjected to crudeness. It was easy enough to type in "Add
entry Celt" and it should be just as easy to type in "Delete
entry Celt".
Bye, Guys!
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| 158.17 | Saywhateverulike | RTOEU2::RDELANEY | Caith Siar � agus n� lig aniar � | Tue Nov 10 1987 10:27 | 4 |
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Sl�n agus Beannacht......
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| 158.18 | Root tootie toot toot | WELSWS::MANNION | Bonnets so red | Wed Nov 11 1987 09:25 | 1 |
| O Margaret dear, your pipes, your pipes are caw-aw-ling...
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| 158.19 | The Man with the Golden Flute | KLOV01::LOGAN | DECkchair Attendant | Mon Nov 16 1987 08:29 | 6 |
| Just to agree with .10 James Galway R.O.K.
I heard him on 13-Nov-87 at the XXV Belfast Festival at Queens and
he was his usual superb self.
Andy.
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