Annotation:Erin Go Bragh

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 ERIN GO BRAGH (Ireland for Ever). Irish, English; Air. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. My name's Duncan Campbell from the shire of Argyle, I've travelled this country for many's the mile I've travelled through Ireland, Scotland and a' And the name I go under's bold Erin go Bragh One night in old Reekie as I walked down the street............old Reekie=Edinburgh A saucy big police I chanced for to meet He glowered in me face, and he gi' me some jaw Sayin' when came you over, bold Erin go Bragh Well I am not a Pat, though in Ireland I've been nor am I a Paddy, though Ireland I've seen and were I a Paddy, that's nothin' at a' for there's many the bold hero from Erin go Bragh Well I know you're a Pat by the cut o' your hair But you all turn to Scotsmen as soon as you're here You left your own country for breakin' the law So we're seizing all stragglers from Erin go Bragh Well if I were a Pat and you knew it were true Or if I were the devil, then what's that to you? If not for the stick that you hold in your paw Then I'd show you a game played in Erin go Bragh Then a lump o' blackthorn that I held in my fist Around his big body I made it to twist And the blood from his napper I quickly did draw I paid him stock and interest for Erin go Bragh Then the people came 'round like a flock o' wild geese Sayin' "Catch that damned rascal, he's killed the police." And for every friend I had, I'd swear he had twa, It was terrible hard times for Erin go Bragh Til I found me a wee boat that sailed in the forth So I packed up me gear and I steered for the north Farewell to old Reekie, your police and a' And the devil gang wi' ye says Erin go Bragh So come all you young people, wherever you're from I don't give a damn to what place you belong I come from Argyle, in the highlands so bra, But I ne'er took it ill bein' called Erin go Bragh  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 16.  Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 3062, Dick Gaughan - "Handful of Earth." Exiles - "The Hale and the Hanged."

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