The Dubliners - The Juice Of The Barley (Live)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2008
- Sung by Ciaran Bourke at a concert in Hamburg, 1973.
Lyrics:
In the sweet country Limerick, one cold winter's night
There were bonfires a-blazing when I first saw the light;
And a crazy old midwife gone tipsy with joy
As she danced round the floor with this slip of a boy.
Chorus:
Singing bainne na mbó dos an gamhna (ban-ya na mo dos an gow-na)
And the juice of the barley for me.
Now when I was a young lad, 'bout four years or so,
With me turf and me primmer to school I did go.
To a dirty old cow-shed without any door,
Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor.
At book-learning I wasn't a genius I'm thinking,
Ah, but soon I could beat the school master at drinking.
Not a wake nor a wedding for nine miles around,
But meself in the corner blind drunk to be found.
Then I met this wee lassie and says I "Me wee pet", (May we pet?)
But the answer she gave me I'll never forget.
Her screechin' and bawlin' was heard on the moon
Saying "Be off to the divil you drunken gossoon".
So I laced up me brogues and I ran like a hound,
Over hedges and ditches me grief for to drown.
But ere I got to the river I found a shebeen
Where I drowned all me grief with one peg of poteen.
Well next Sunday the priest had me read from the altar;
And he said that I'd wind up me days in a halter;
"If you don't mind your way boy the truth I now tell -
That you'll soon dance a jig on the hot stove? of hell". (stones?)
So the very next Sunday my way I did make;
I took a trip to his reverence the pledge for to take.
First I beat on the windows, saw priests in a bunch
Around a great roaring fire drinking tumblers of punch.
Well from that day to this I have rambled alone,
I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none;
With the sky for me roof and the earth for me floor,
And I'll end all my days drinking whiskey galore.
I was at a concert where Sean Cannon was part of the Newer version of The Dubliners He is still of strong voice and for one who is && years old and still touring,, worth seeing and standing up for Lovely Stuff wish I was still still in the Arlington wit all the lovely people Thank you Sean!
I like when he says: Anyone who dont know what the juice of the barley is, should not come the the dubliners concerts.
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Ciaran is so awesome! I love his voice!
I love your comment.
Nice picture of these legendary boys!
Ciarain it is for sure, bless him.
Whata fooking lagend
i first heard val doonican sing this in the early 60's. would love to have heard luke sing this one
great song
hi whatever they were great is the great luke kelly missing from this one or the great ronnie drew never mind there gone part of the old times we knew and treasured gone are they and the times we loved the sixties an 70s gone are most of my family may god bless them all sad an imigrant patrick burke manchester .
@makedamanuts
This was recorded in 1973, Sean joined the Dubs in 1984....besides his voice is completely different than Ciaran's.
I beg to differ, this is Ciaran
@makedamanuts This is most definitely Ciaran
Luke kelly was the best singer that ever came out of ireland in my opinion when he died the dubliners died, Sean cannon im sorry to say is a terrible singer and Ciaran and Ronnie were very good singers but luke was the main man
Dart Vix Sean Cannon is a good singer, Ciaran Bourke is underestimated, Ronnie Drew didnt have a good singing voice but he was just good at singing, Luke Kelly had a great voice and by God did he know how to use it
Ronnie drew is a badass