For Walden...the words you wrote for "Danny Boy"?

Whistle
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I remember a while back you wrote a hilarious parody of “Danny Boy.” We’re dissing “Danny Boy” on another forum, and I was wondering if you could point me to those words, and if you would mind if I posted them elsewhere, giving you full credit?

Redwolf

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Actually, I just found the lyrics using search (I had been searching on “Danny Boy,” but it came up fine when I used the words “Londonderry Air”). Is it OK if I share it with the folks on the Irish Translation forum?

Redwolf

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Be my guest. Certainly.

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I didn’t know Walden was the author of Danny Boy. :astonished:

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Thanks! I know they’ll get a kick out of it. We’ve been dissing schmaltzy music hall songs all day, and that’s a great parody.

Redwolf

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OK, Now you have me curious. Can you help me access the Danny Boy lyrics, please?
Best and thanks.
Byll

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Search “Chiffmunk” (sans quotemarks).

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Rather than search for it again, I’ll just paste it here (I did a copy and paste for the other site, so I have it on my desktop). Here is Walden’s parody:

  1. O Danny boy, how oft I have to play thy song,
    Because Joe Shmoe requests it ev’ry time,
    And when it plays, the crowd will want to sing along,
    With words so jumbled up they seldom rhyme.

'Twas all because Fred Weatherly got lazy!
The tune he wrote just had no wide appeal,
“I’ll use the Air of Londonderry,” says he,
And thus, a fine old air, “O Danny Boy” did steal!

  1. And when, at last, the drunks have ceased their singing,
    And silence falls upon the countryside,
    Those words sometimes, within mine ears keep ringing,
    I know that Danny boy has never died.

And ne’er he shall, as ages roll around me!
No grave for Danny boy shall ever be,
For he’ll live on forever, you just wait and see!
I blame it all on Frederic Edward Weatherly!

Now, for another, rather rude (but funny!), parody (NOT by Walden…figured I’d better insert that quickly), try this link:

http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiDERRIERE;ttLONDERRY.html

Scroll down past the scored music to find the words to…ahem…“London Derriere.”

Redwolf

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BTW, I just noticed your “location,” Walden, and had to laugh. When my daughter was little, she liked to look at the map of the U.S. and try to remember the states. What was funny was the names she gave them, based on their shapes. Oklahoma was “The Pot State” (to which I would reply “No, honey, that’s California” :laughing: ). I can’t remember most of the others, other than Florida, which was “The Gun State.”

Redwolf

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For a minute I thought Walden to be the author of “London Derrière”…

Given some kink, me Frenchie still likes this masterpiece :smiley: