fiddler's green - mrs. mcgrath (live)

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Live performance from their latest DVD Folk's Not Dead!

Lyrics:

"Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said
"Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted
With a scarlett coat, a big cocked hat
Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?"

Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea shore
For the space of seven years or more
Till she saw abig ship sailing in the bay
"Here's my son Ted, will you clear the way!"

"Oh captain dear, where have you been
Have you been to the Mediterranean
Will you tell me nth news of my son Ted
Is the poor boy living or is he dead?"

Up came Ted without any legs
And in their place, two wooden pegs
She kissed him a dozen times or two
And said "My god, Ted is it you ?"

"Now were you drunk or were you blind
When you left your two fine legs behind
Or was it while walking upon the sea
Wore your two fine legs from the knees away?"

"No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
When I left my two fine legs behind
But a cannon ball on the fifth of May,
Tore my two fine legs and my knees away"

"My Teddyboy," the widow cried
"Your two fine legs were your mother's pride
That stumps of a tree wouldn't do at all
Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?"

"All foreign wars I do proclaim
Between Don John and the King of Spain,
I'd rather have my son as he used to be
Than the King of France and his whole navy"

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[darknessBaroness]

@tanguerogo Ich versteh dich net ... ich hab mir die Interpretation von Bruce Springsteen angeschaut ... ehrlich ... zwar bringt er die Idee hinter dem Song besser rüber, aber ich hab trotzdem keinen Ton vom Text verstanden. Der gute Bruce nuschelt! Und ich versteh gerne was da eig. gesungen wird!

Nebenbei: Das Genre von Fiddler's Green heißt nicht umsonst Irish SPEEDfolk. Die Party gehört dazu ... und nicht nur zu Fiddler's Green sondern zu der gesamten Szene.

[blutelf96]

@tanguerogo Ich finde die Version gut. Ist ne eigene Interpretation. Und die Botschaft zählt. Wenn du "Ich hab dich lieb" schreist is die Botschaft ja auch die gleiche wie wenn du das ganz locker sagst.

[tanguerogo]

versteh ich nicht...ein Anti-Kriegs-Song, aber die Leute machen Party, die Band fordert sogar zum Springen auf und singt alles im Military-style, ohne jedes Gefühl - kapieren die den eigenen Song nicht? ich find diese Version echt Müll, sorry - hört euch dagegen mal Springsteen an...!

[SerafinKeilin]

Fiddlers Green rocken die Bude ^^

[timeshiftersvk]

This song NEEDS video-clip!!!

[lordAbbA]

ich liebe dieses Lied mein absolutes Lieblingslied :D