To my grief and woe I’ll let you know, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
ITMA Reference | 55066 |
Creator | Butcher, Eddie, singing in English |
Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
Date | July 1968 |
Location | Hugh Shields’s house, Dublin |
Type | Sound |
Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 50 sec.) : digital, stereo |
Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
Subject | Ireland: Singing in English |
Language | English |
Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
Source | 1018-ITMA-REEL [HS 6816] |
Roud Number | 13723 |
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To my grief and woe I’ll let you know
That I’m a poor land-holder
And Nancy Margit’s my wife’s name
She’s a teaser of a scolder
I sung, aye sure aye sure, all diddle ay
To my right shill er ill ay do
I hadn’t been long cutting ash in a wood
Till I heard the roar of a donkey
And looking round I was tight-l-y hugged
Between two rank-tailed monkeys
I sung, aye sure aye sure, all diddle ay
To my right shill er ill ay do
Oh they dragged me here and they dragged me there
And they dragged me to a river
Between dooking and diving I got rid
I think I done right clever
I sung, aye sure aye sure, all diddle ay
To my right shill er ill ay do.
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Dooking means “ducking.” Shields Index 407.
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