Wow, thanks for posting this!! I was at this concert, it was in Bantry House the year before Frank died...it was one of the best gigs I've ever been at and it awakened my interest in the english song tradition in Ireland... It is indeed Donal Lunny accompanying him.. Magic!!
Anybody know of a frank harte song with something to do with tigers in the lyrcis?May sound ridiculous but i heard it on the radio some years back and cant think of the name
Frank recorded the well known version of The Spanish Lady on his second album. On the sleeve notes he mentions this other version, and says the numbers mean "she had the odds and evens of it, in other words she had everything".
What do the numbers mean in the song?
astrolog7000 1 day ago
hows a goin, id love to get the original quality of this song off you, let me know if you still have it and ill give you my email.
cheers
Nouveaunoise 1 year ago
@lurak9 You might be thinking of "Tunnel TIgers", I think it's on his album "There's Gangs of Them Diggings"
briansheehan78 1 year ago
Wow, thanks for posting this!! I was at this concert, it was in Bantry House the year before Frank died...it was one of the best gigs I've ever been at and it awakened my interest in the english song tradition in Ireland... It is indeed Donal Lunny accompanying him.. Magic!!
maidmarz 1 year ago
Anybody know of a frank harte song with something to do with tigers in the lyrcis?May sound ridiculous but i heard it on the radio some years back and cant think of the name
lurak9 2 years ago
I didn't know Frank died. I took a class from him in W. VA in l986.. I am sorry he died. What happened to him? When did he die?
Lilli Buck
Bristol, VA
astrolog7000 2 years ago
frank passed away in june 2005. you can read a bio on wikipedia.
thetwangman 2 years ago
im not sure
Irishd180 3 years ago
I'm just curious because I've heard this song before by Frank Harte with the other -
Chorus:
Whack for the toora loora lay
Whack for the toora loora laddy
Whack for the toora loora lay
What is the significance of the numbers in this Chorus?
Sorry if that's a stupid question.
cedson86 3 years ago
Frank recorded the well known version of The Spanish Lady on his second album. On the sleeve notes he mentions this other version, and says the numbers mean "she had the odds and evens of it, in other words she had everything".
thetwangman 3 years ago
Thanks a lot, I've been wondering about that for a long time.
cedson86 3 years ago