Hoochie Coochie, I believe that you're right about the meaning of the song - thanks for the correction. I've sung it for years and I seem to have totally misunderstood the meaning of greasai brog. I always thought it meant a fine pair of shoes, but as you point out, it is a cobbler ;( The meaning is clearer in longer versions of the song.
Interestingly, I don't seem to be the only one who has misunderstood it. There is a similar translation online.
hahaha sorry Brian but this song has nothing to do with a lilltle boy who wants a pair of shoes! lol maybe translation doesnt travel across the pond well!! lol anyway its not like the crowd in the pub mind but for what its worth is about a little girl,not 10 or 11(nil tu a deich no a haon deag fos).she wants to go to a fair(aonach) in Co Clare to see the cobbler(greasai brog) that she loves.her mother wont let her til shes 13 so she threatens to go anyway!
Brian, I didn't know you were Irish. I thought you just had a speech problem. But, seriously, terrific song -- when do you go to the studio to do a whole CD?
The first 10 years are pretty strange, but then it settles down to just weird with an occasional bout of bizarreness tempered with a pint of normality.
Hoochie Coochie, I believe that you're right about the meaning of the song - thanks for the correction. I've sung it for years and I seem to have totally misunderstood the meaning of greasai brog. I always thought it meant a fine pair of shoes, but as you point out, it is a cobbler ;( The meaning is clearer in longer versions of the song.
Interestingly, I don't seem to be the only one who has misunderstood it. There is a similar translation online.
otter57 10 months ago
hahaha sorry Brian but this song has nothing to do with a lilltle boy who wants a pair of shoes! lol maybe translation doesnt travel across the pond well!! lol anyway its not like the crowd in the pub mind but for what its worth is about a little girl,not 10 or 11(nil tu a deich no a haon deag fos).she wants to go to a fair(aonach) in Co Clare to see the cobbler(greasai brog) that she loves.her mother wont let her til shes 13 so she threatens to go anyway!
thehoochiecoochie 10 months ago
go haontach siobhan is aonm dom
honny48 2 years ago
An' scon are Oirish aye indeed.
luvgal09 3 years ago
Dat isn't gran' singin' oi cud chucker way better.
luvgal09 3 years ago
Tom, good to hear from you. I am at this very moment setting up my studio again. The recording of the next epic CD is no further away than ...
otter57 3 years ago
Brian, I didn't know you were Irish. I thought you just had a speech problem. But, seriously, terrific song -- when do you go to the studio to do a whole CD?
tomkennyjapan 3 years ago
Lovely song, Brian!
sacu2b 3 years ago
Awesome, hows it being irish in japan lol
Strifezilla 3 years ago
The first 10 years are pretty strange, but then it settles down to just weird with an occasional bout of bizarreness tempered with a pint of normality.
otter57 3 years ago
Sounds fun :)
Strifezilla 3 years ago