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Sally Gardens​/​Hills of Connemara​/​Willy Davie​/​Miss Girdle

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Sally Gardens/Hills of Connemara(The Barnaby Song)/Willy Davie/Miss Girdle
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We include this medley as a tribute to the late, great "CEO" of Barnaby Productions, Inc: Barbara's and Bernard's famous black cocker spaniel, Barnaby. We changed the name of the bootlegger, Barney, in this well known Irish drinking song, when Barnaby would supervise IONA rehearsals. We bracket it with first an Irish, then Scottish, set of reels.

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Hills of Connemara (the Barnaby Song)

Chorus:
Gather up your pots and the old tin cans,
The mash, the corn, the barley and the bran,
And you run like the divil from the excise man.
Keep the smoke from rising, BARNABY!

Keep your eyes well peeled today,
Those excise men are on their way,
Drinkin' up that mountain tay,
In the hills of Connemara.

Chorus

Swing to the left and swing to the right,
Those excise men will dance all night,
Drinkin' up the tay ‘til the broad daylight,
In the hills of Connemara.

Chorus

A gallon for the butcher, a quart for Tom
A bottle for puir ould Father John,
To help the puir ould divil along,
In the hills of Connemara.

Chorus

Stand your ground, it is too late!
Those excise men are at the gate.
Glory be to Paddy but they're drinkin' it straight
In the hills of Connemara.

Chorus
© 2003 Barnaby Productions Inc.

credits

from Branching Out, released June 10, 2003
Bernard Argent (whistles, doumbek, vocals)
Chuck Lawhorn (Bass guitar, vocals)
Bob Mitchell (Highland great pipes, tambourine)
Barbara Tresidder Ryan (Vocals, guitar, bodhrán)

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IONA Washington, D.C.

IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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