Today I listend once again to the Black Album by Planxty and I just had to try to play Donal's backing to Junior Crehan's Favourite. Usually the tune is listend as ADorian with chords A5, G, E5, but Donal plays it in D!
An old video of Planxty. It's a song only available as Single, and on a compilation, as far as I know. Yarmouth Town.
Here are the chords the way I use to play it. If you use the app "songbook" from Linkesoft, I wrote about it some time ago, you just have to copy and paste.
a [G]pretty little [D]thing with the [A]golden hair.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yar[A]mouth [D]town.
{eoc}
2. At [D]night there came a [Bm]sailor man
and he’s [G]asked the daughter [A]for her hand.
„Oh, [D]why should I marry [Bm]you, she said,
I [G]have all I [D]want with[A]out being wed.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
3. „But [D]{soh}if{eoh} with me you do [Bm]{soh}want{eoh} to linger,
I [G]tie a piece of string all ar[A]ound my finger
and [D]as you pass by, just [Bm]pull on the string
and [G]I’ll come [D]down and I’ll [A]let you in.“
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
4. At [F#m]closing time the [Bm]sailor man
he’s [Em]gone to the tavern down [A]by the strand
and [F#m]as he passed by, he [Bm]pulled on the string,
and [G]she’s come [D]down, and she’s [A]let him in.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
5. Now [Bm]he’s never seen such a [Em]sight before,
‚cause the [G]string around the [D]finger was [A]all she wore.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
6. The [F#m]sailor stayed the [Bm]whole night through
and [Em]early in the morning went [A]back to his crew,
and then he [F#m]told them about the [Bm]maiden fair,
the [G]pretty little [D]thing with the [A]golden hair.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
7. Well, the [D]news it soon [Bm]got around
and the [G]very next night in [A]Yarmouth Town
there was [D]fifteen sailors [Bm]pulling on the string
and [G]she’s come [D]down and [A]she’s let them all in.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
8. So all young men that to Yarmouth go,
if you see a pretty girl with her hair hanging low,
well, all you’ve got to do is pull on the string,
and she’ll come down and she’ll let you in.
{soc}
Oh, [D]won’t you come down,
[G]won’t you come down,
[A]won’t you come down
to [G]Yarmouth [D]town.
{eoc}
Yarmouth ist ein Hafen und Civil parish an der Nordwestküste der südenglischen Isle of Wight. Der Ort liegt an der Mündung des Flusses Western Yar in die Meerenge Solent. Yarmouth ist die kleinste Town im Vereinigten Königreich.
Donal Lunny playing Bouzouki and Mary Custy playing fiddle with two fine jigs here. I can't understand what the name of the first jig is, the second one is the battering ram.
I could include lots of great videos of Christy, but this is a bouzouki blog. But on this video there's Donal Lunny playing his wonderful bouzouki. Fantastic song, deep lyrics.
What a tribute: Here are some Tunes with Donal Lunny, John McSherry, Davy Spillane, Liam O'Flynn, Andy Irvine, Christy Moore, Nollaig Casey, Paddy Glackin. Three Bouzoukis altogether on stage. Andy Irvine is playing his old Stevens Bouzouki. Haven't seen him playing it for a long time.
Not my cup of coffee, but some of you might like it: Here's "Dirty old Town" featuring Donal, Gilles Servat, Ronnie Drew, John McSherry, Nollaig Casey
It seems like bilko is posting a new Planxty video every day. I hope this will go on for some time. Here's a great video in which Planxty are playing 3 Slip Jigs without names.
You must have a look at this video,what a laugh. Bilko writes about this video: Christy springs this request for an old Sweeney's "Sea Shanty" on Andy which results in everyone cracking up!
Here's an interview with Andy and some Music shot at his gig at éistmusic in Kavanaghs,Portlaoise on March 14th 2008 . Many thanks to eistmusic TV for posting on youtube.
Songs: Mother Jones and an unknown new song written for a friend musician from Oslo.
What a remarkable reunion. After being apart for more than 40 years Sweeney's Men reunited for this single concert at The Fiddlers Green Festival in Rostrevor, Co. Down in Northern Ireland 2007. Sadly Joe Dolan could'nt join them so Paul Brady stepped in and took his place.
I wish there were more videos of that event available. This is Sally Brown.
Presented by dokmdk (who is he?) come two songs by Andy Irvine. He plays a mandolin tuned GDAD, so it is no problem to play it on a bouzouki. Fantastic playing. Good to watch and learn. I hope he gives us some more songs from Andy.
Here's a little video I found at myspacetv.com.11 minutes Andy and Paul, not very good quality, but worth a listen. Arthur McBride and the beginning of Bonny Woodhall, so sad the rest is missing.
I once posted a link to this tv series. Now you can watch it online. It's a wonderful documentary about the Irish Bouzouki from Irelands TG4. You can see Joe Foley, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Brendan O’Reagan, Gary Ó Briain. Get it while you can.
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady @ Celtic Connections, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 30th Jan 2008. Baneasa's Green Glade/Mominsko Horo.The quality isn't very good, but nevertheless worth watching.
Arild has informed me about the reissue of the Andy Irvine Songbook. Information to be found at: http://www.heupferd-musik.homepage.t-online.de/song_buecherei.htm It's not only a reissue. There are several new songs in it. I will order it today and hope to get it next week.
Well now that I got it I have to correct, there is only one new song in it: My heart tonight's in Ireland. So if you already own the old one you don't need necessarily buy this new one. It's a lot of money for one song.
