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| Posted by: barddas 23-Jun-2003, 09:24 AM |
| The Old Dunn Cow words and music traditional Some friends and I in a public house Was playing a game of chance one night When into the pub a fireman ran His face all a chalky white. "What's up", says Brown, "Have you seen a ghost, Or have you seen your Aunt Mariah?" "Me Aunt Mariah be buggered!", says he, "The bleedin' pub's on fire!" And there was Brown upside down Lappin'' up the whiskey on the floor. "Booze, booze!" The firemen cried As they came knockin' on the door (clap clap) Oh don't let 'em in till it's all drunk up And somebody shouted MacIntyre! MACINTYRE! And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk When the Old Dun Cow caught fire. "Oh well," says Brown, "What a bit of luck. Everybody follow me. And it's down to the cellar If the fire's not there Then we'll have a grand old spree." So we went on down after good old Brown The booze we could not miss And we hadn't been there ten minutes or more Till we were quite pissed. Then, Smith walked over to the port wine tub And gave it just a few hard knocks (clap clap) Started takin' off his pantaloons Likewise his shoes and socks. "Hold on, " says Brown, "that ain't allowed Ya cannot do that thing here. Don't go washin' trousers in the port wine tub When we got Guinness beer." Then there came from the old back door The Vicar of the local church. And when he saw our drunken ways, He began to scream and curse. "Ah, you drunken sods! You heathen clods! You've taken to a drunken spree! You drank up all the Benedictine wine And you didn't save a drop for me!" And then there came a mighty crash Half the bloody roof caved in. We were almost drowned in the firemen's hose But still we were gonna stay. So we got some tacks and some old wet sacks And we nailed ourselves inside And we sat drinking the finest Rum Till we were bleary-eyed. Later that night, when the fire was out We came up from the cellar below. Our pub was burned. Our booze was drunk. Our heads was hanging low. "Oh look", says Brown with a look quite queer. Seems something raised his ire. "Now we gotta get down to Murphy's Pub, It closes on the hour!" KEY Dm verse/chorus: Dm Dm Am Am Dm Am Dm C Dm Dm Dm Am Am Dm Am Dm C Dm NOTE: Because of the volunteer nature of The Minstrels gallery and Highlander Radio Forums, it is difficult to ensure proper attribution and copyright information for every song included. Please assume that any song which lists a composer is copyrighted ©. You MUST aquire proper license before using these songs for ANY commercial purpose. If you have any additional information or corrections to the credit or copyright information included, please e-mail those additions or corrections to us (along with the song title as indexed) so that we can update the database as soon as possible. Thank You. |
| Posted by: Gaelic Bread 24-Jun-2003, 02:46 PM |
| I guess that I request this one atleast 4 times a day! Last time I saw Seamus at Brittingham's in Philly, I requested it... and was granted my wish! What a guy! If you don't know him folks, hit the USAKilts.com links page and scroll down to his site. You can even download the song!!! |
| Posted by: brettzky42 07-Jul-2003, 10:28 PM |
| Easily the best version of this that I have ever heard was from Seamus. Recorded is fine, LIVE IS AWESOME!! |
| Posted by: Fletch 01-Sep-2003, 11:22 AM |
| Another great version of this song is done by a band called Kilbrannan (www.kilbrannan.com) the energy and feeling of this song during one of their lives shows is incredible. If you ever get a chance to see them, you will not be disappointed. Cheers :beer: Fletch |