St Patty's Day

[HAPe4me]

While looking through some papers this weekend from my great grandfather's (a Quigley)favorites, I found the following words to a song. I have no idea the tune, but I bet they had fun singing it! The notes he made in about 1880.

Raffle for a Stove

Last Wednesday I attended a raffle for a stove

In aid of the wife and family of Timothy T. Cosgrove.

There was Kellys, Hogans and O'briens

They all went in a drove

For to take them dice and shake them nice

And try and win the stove

At eight oc'clock precisely the raffle it bagan

When sixty four was flung

Obrien called out "Murder!

Wid a brick his eyes was closed.

And that night we had to fight

While raffling for a stove

At three o'clock in the morning the raffle it was o'er

Tim Kelly he got roaring drunk

And stole away the door.

And Casey with a bottle sure he all the windows broke,

Till Cosgrove took him by the throat

And, boys, I thought he'd choke.

Chorus:

The music it did play

Twas a great delight to see the sight

Of the Irishmen so gay

I never laughed so hearty

In the course of all my life

As I looked at that plug McCarty

Cavortin with his wife.

[Ron G.]

I'm Scottish on my dads side....Clan MacPherson (but that's not my last name) with some Stewart thrown in for good measure.

My mothers side is Danish, mostly.

I think there's some connection between the Danes and the Irish....as a matter of fact, the Irish were once called the Dans or something like that...I think. Maybe someone knows about that.

Anyway, it was St. Patrick who originally brought the Stone of Scone to Scotland...in case anyone is interested in that sort of thing.

So crank up the Altan and Cheiftains CD's and let's have a Ceilidh.

[dmiller]

let's have a Ceilidh.

What's a little Ceilidh,

without some Bluegrass, cropping up?

[dmiller]

(But --

is more the ceilidh style. ;)

[Ron G.]

dmiller...

There's a fine line between Gaelic music and bluegrass. Just get out your Bill Monroe recordings and add a bodhran and maybe some pipes.

Just start up a little "Irish Washerwoman" or maybe "Red Haired Boy" and maybe we can get Lori to do a jig dance with us.

Ya reckon?