This was actually attributed to General US Grant, who was famously tone-deaf.
Lincoln, on the other hand, was self-depricating about his dancing ability.
As a young man he was approached by an attractive young lady at a dance, who came up to him and said “Mr Lincoln, I would like to dance with you in the worst way.”
When the dance was over Lincoln told her “You got your wish. I did dance in the worst way.”
But back to Danny Boy, this is my favourite performance of that song:
Gotta admit the musical spud is compelling, but I prefer this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU
Oh boy! Oh Boy!
Doc
That brought a tear to my eye. Memories.
oh god. no more
Um … not what I understood - so I wiki’d it. Wiki says it’s a British song written to mock Americans. Now used patriotically by Americans. Go figure.
Surely not!!! Shock, horror, how could such a thing be?
Well, if they haven’t worked it out yet…
Ironic, really…
Tee hee!