Joyce Country Ceili Band - A Culchie Classic

[ONeill]

Step it out Mary

In the village of Kilgory, there's a maiden young and fair
Her eyes they shine like diamonds, she has long and golden hair
But the countryman comes riding, rides up to her father's gates
Riding on a milk-white stallion, he comes at the strike of eight.

Chorus:
Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out, mary, if you can
Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the countryman

I have come to court your daughter, Mary of the golden hair
I have gold and I have silver, I have goods beyond compare
I will buy her silks and satin and a gold ring for her hand
I will buy for her a mansion, she'll have servants to command

I don't want your gold and silver, I don't want your house and land
I am going with a soldier, I have promised him my hand
But the father spoke up sharply: You will do as you are told,
You'll get married on the Sunday and you'll wear that ring of gold

In the village of Kilgory there's a deep stream flowing by
On her marriage day at midnight she drowned with her soldier boy
In the cottage there is music, you can hear her father say:
Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter, Sunday is your wedding day.

[Main Street]

 "The Jolly Ploughboy"  even if it was sung by the Dubliners

[Great Leap Forward]

'Stop the world and let me off' has to be a Culchie classic. Also the one yer man sings with Sharon Shannon, 'Say you love me' or something like that.

A Culchie wedding wouldn't be complete without a bit of Foster and Allen singing 'Old Flames'

[Rav67]

"Horse it into ya Cynthia"

[Farrandeelin]

She was lovely and fair,
And her first name was Clare
The daughter of big Mickey Morris
But the gleam in her eye
Was the real reason why
I fell gladly in love with Clare Morris

Jaysus I love MidWest Radio. I miss that station so much during the week!

[An Fear Rua]

marino waltz and red rose cafe

[Lecale2]

Jesus boys can you not give us some links to the music? It would be easier to dislike. Has that type of technology not reached the country yet?

[passedit]

The boul Philomena butchers this a lot better

[FL/MAYO]

This has to be the culchie song of all culchie songs.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K-BRNxprK28

I drove my tractor through your hay stack last night
(ooh aah ooh aah)
I threw me pitchfork at your dog to keep quiet
( ooh aah ooh aah)
Now somethings telling me
That you'm avoiding me
Come on now darlin you've got something i need

Chorus:
Cuz i got a brand new combine harvester
An ill give you the key
Come on now lets get together in perfect harmony
I got twenty acres
An' you got forty three
Now i got a brand new combine harvester
An' ill give you the key.

She made i laugh haha

Ill stick by you, ill give you all that you need
Well 'ave twins and triplets
im a man built for speed
And you know i love you darlin
So give me your hand
But what i want the most
Is all they acres of land

Chorus

Ooaah she's a lovely bit of stuff an' all

For seven long years ive been alone in this place
Eat, sleep, in the kitchen, its a proper disgrace
Now if i cleaned it up would you change your mind
Ill give up drinkin scrumpy and that lager and lime

Chorus

Who loves ya baby ha

Werent we a grand couple at that last wurzel dance
I wore brand new garters and me courderoy pants
In your new sunday dress with your perfume smellin' grand
We had our photos took and us holdin hands

Chorus

Now i got a brand new combine harvester
And ill give you the key
Now that we'm both past our fifties i think that you and me
should stop this galavanting and will you marry me
coz i got a brand new combine harvester
An ill give you the key

Aahh yu're a fine lookin woman and i can't wait to getme hands on your land

[passedit]

Nearly forgot another Philomena butcher job

[FL/MAYO]

Nearly forgot another Philomena butcher job

That song was in the Irish charts for the entire Length of my teenage years,it made my skin crawl.

[Turlough O Carolan]

Werent we a grand couple at that last wurzel dance
I wore brand new garters and me courderoy pants

There's a more culchie version that goes something like, "weren't we the fine couple at the last Macra dance...". It's not hard to see the influence of this song on Joyce Country Ceili Band. Amazing when you consider the original "I got a brand new pair of roller skates" is a fairly haunting and mysterious song.

[stephenite]

I am absolutely stunned that Richie Kavanagh has not been mentioned

[Stalin]

Lol @Richie Kavanagh.

What about 'Did ye ever get a ride...' Thats surely top3worthy?

And 'I'll Tell me ma..'

[Lecale2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YS9DhwT2E8