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The Club, Episode 2
May 10th
Episode 2 of The Club presents another special mix of classic music. Click on the player above to listen to the show and please let me know what you think: leave a comment or send me a message. Let me know if there’s something you’d like to hear in a future episode. If you like the music, consider supporting the artists. The links below will take you to iTunes where you can buy any of the songs for just a few cents!
| Song | Artist | Buy it! |
|---|---|---|
| I Knew the Bride | Dave Edmunds |  |
| Bed for the Night | Maura O’Connell | Maura’s version doesn’t appear to be available on iTunes. Here’s a link to its author, Charlie McGettigan, singing it with Paul Hardiman. |
| Song for the Life | Alan Jackson | |
| All or Nothing | Small Faces | |
| Big River | Jimmy Nail | |
| The Queen of Connemara | Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy | |
| Beautiful Door | Billy Bob Thornton | Not available to download |
| Let’s Stick Together | Canned Heat | |
| Now Be Thankful | Fairport Convention | |
| Too Late for Prayin’ | Gordon Lightfoot | |
The Club, Episode 1
May 2nd
We thought we’d try something new on the website: a podcast of classic tracks, picked and presented by me. Click on the player above to listen to the show and please do tell me what you think: leave a comment or send me a message. Let me know if there’s something you’d like to hear in a future episode. If you like the music, consider supporting the artists. The links below will take you to iTunes where you can buy any of the songs for just a few cents!
| Artist | Song | Buy it! |
|---|---|---|
| John Fogarty | Gunslinger | |
| Peter Gabriel | Solsbury Hill | |
| To Love Somebody | Bee Gees | |
| Hello Cruel World | Gretchen Peters | |
| You’re Gonna Lose That Girl | The Beatles | |
| Mo Ghile Mear | The Chieftains & Sting | |
| Waterloo Sunset | The Kinks | |
| We’ve Got a Groovy Thing Going On | Simon & Garfunkel | |
| Ol’ Man River | Frank Sinatra | |
P.S. Watch out for a new video on the way in the next few days as well!
Words and chords of The Irish Pub
Feb 7th
AM F
Well you’re walking through a city street
C G
it could be in Peru
AM F
When you hear a distant calling
C G
and you know it’s meant for you
AM F
so you stop whatever you’re doing
C DM
and you join the merry mob
AM F G
and before you know just where you are
AM DM AM
you’re in an Irish Pub
CH:
C
They’ve got one in Honolulu
they’ve got one in Moscow too
AM F
they’ve got 4 of them in Sydney
C G EM
and there’s a couple in Katmandu
AM F
so whether you sing or pull a pint
C DM
you’ll always have a job
AM F G
for wherever you go around the world
AM DM AM
you’ll find an Irish Pub
Now the design is fairly simple
and it’s usually much the same
you’ll have Razor Houghton scoring
in the Ireland England game
and you’ll always know an Irish Pub
the minute you’re in the door
for a couple of boys with bodhrans
will be murderin’ Christy Moore
CH
Now the owner is Norweigan
and the manager comes from Cork
and the lad that’s holdin’ up the bar
says “only eejits work !”
he was born and bred in Bolton
but his mammy is from Kildare
and he’s going to make his fortune soon
and move to County Clare
CH
But now it’s time for me to go
i have to catch my train
so i’ll leave you sittin’ at the bar
and face the wind and rain
but i’ll have that pint you owe me
if I’m not gone on the dry
when we meet nex
Chords / lyrics – will you go lassie go
Jan 15th
C Am F Em
Oh the summer time is coming and the leaves are sweetly blooming
F G Am Dm F
and the wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather
C F C
will you go lassie go
F Em
and we’ll all go together
F G Am
to pluck wild mountain thyme
Dm F
all around the blooming heather
C F C
will you go lassie go
C F C F Em
I will build my love a bower near yon cool crystal fountain
F G Am Dm F
and on it i will place all the flowers of the mountain
C F C
Will you go lassie go etc etc ………..
C F C F Em
If my true love she were gone,I would surely find another
F G Am Dm F
Where wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather
C F C
Will you go lassie go etc…………..
Lyrics: I’ll tell me ma
Oct 25th
CHORUS:
G
I’ll tell me ma when I go home
D G
The boys won’t leave the girls alone
G
They pulled my hair and stole my comb
D G
But that’s alright ’till I go home
G C
She is handsome she is pretty
G D
She is the belle of Belfast City
G C
She is a courtin’ one two three
G D G
Please won’t you tell me who is she
G
Albert Mooney says he loves her
D G
All the boys are fightin’ for her
G
They’re up at the door and they’re ringing the bell
D G
Sayin’ “Hello my true love, are you well ?”
G C
Out she comes as white as snow
G D
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
G C
Old Johnny Morrissey says she’ll die
G D G
If she dosen’t get the fella with the rovin eye
REPEAT CHORUS
G
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high
D G
And the snow come tumbling from the sky
G
She’s as sweet as apple pie
D G
And she’ll get her own lad bye and bye
G C
When she gets a lad of her own
G D
She won’t tell her ma when she goes home
G C
Let them all come as they will
G D G
For it’s Albert Mooney she loves still
REPEAT CHORUS
Lyrics of Danny Boy
Oct 20th
C C7 F
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling
C Am Dm G
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
C C7 F
The summer’s gone and all the leaves are falling
C F G C
‘Tis you ’tis you must go and I must bide
G C F G C Am F
But come you back when summer’s in the meadow
G E Am F C Dm G
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
C E Am F C Am F
‘Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
C Am Dm G C
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy I love you so
C C7 F
And when you come, and all the leaves are dying
C Am Dm G
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
C C7 F Dm
You’ll come and find the place where I am lying
C F G C
And stand and say an Ave there for me
G C F G C Am F
And I will hear, though soft you tread above me
G E Am F C Dm G
And in my grave will warmer, safer be
C E Am F C Am F
For you will kneel and tell me that you love me
C Am Dm G C F C
And I will lie in peace until you come to me
NOTE: There are quite a few chords in this version because they give it a beautiful melodic feel which I think lifts the song. If they are proving too many to handle, especially early on, then I suggest you just use the main chords of CF and G at first and then gradually add some or all of the others as you begin to feel more comfortable with it. If you need any advice on it e-mail me ! Best of luck with it.