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The Pub Songs Podcast is a personal podcast of Marc Gunn. It opens with some pub songs from Ireland, Scotland and around the world, song that you may hear in pubs, plus, folk song lyrics and news. It also features poetry, rants, and raves and some of the favorite non-Celtic bands of Marc Gunn.
Monday, July 25, 2005Waxies Dargle - Lyrics, FAQ, MP3If you enjoy American folk music you might be familiar with this tune. The American version is called "The Girl I Left Behind", but this is the Irish version of the song. It's called "Waxies Dargle". What does that mean?"Waxies" were candlemakers. "Dargle" referred to an annual trip that the Waxies made to the seaside town of Bray in county Wicklow, Ireland just 12 miles from Dublin. The melody is believed to be from the time of Queen Elizabeth the first in the late 1500s. The tune was known in America as early as 1650 where it was beleived to be from England. In Ireland it was first published in 1791 as "The Rambling Laborer and the Spailpin Fanach". I first heard it on a cassette called Irish Drinking Songs from Columbia River by an anonymous band. Download MP3  Waxies Dargle MP3Waxie's Dargle Lyrics: Says my aul' wan to your aul' wan "Will ye go to the Waxies dargle?" Says your aul' wan to my aul' wan, "Sure I haven't got a farthing. I've just been down to Monto town To see Uncle McArdle But he didn't have half a crown For to go to the Waxies dargle." What will ye have, will ye have a pint? Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir, And if one of ye doesn't order soon We'll be thrown out of the boozer. Says my aul' wan to your aul' wan "Will ye go to the Galway races?" Says your aul' wan to my aul' wan, "With the price of my aul' man's braces. I went down to Capel Street To the Jew man moneylenders But he wouldn't give me a couple of bob on My aul' lad's red suspenders." chorus Says my aul' wan to your aul' wan "We got no beef or mutton But if we go down to Monto town We might get a drink for nuttin'" Here's a nice piece of advice I got from an aul' fishmonger: "When food is scarce and you see the hearse You'll know you have died of hunger. chorus Posted by Marc Gunn on Monday, July 25, 2005
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2 Comments:
I first heard this on Red Roses For Me, the Pogues' first album... ol' Shane can make any 'pub song' sound a bit more authentic.
Hey Marc,
I love this one. My ancestors are from Wicklow County - makes the song extra interesting to me. Keep up the great work with all your podcasts. I really enjoy listening to them at work.
It'd be awesome if you could post the guitar tabs/chords for this song (and others). I'd like to try to play it myself.
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