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The Real Old Mountain Dew

from A Celebration of Twenty by IONA

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The Real Old Mountain Dew/Maggie's Pancakes(Stuart Morrison)/Crossing the Minch(Donald MacLeoud)
- Irish/Scottish
IONA has performed this fine old drinking song all 20 years of its existence! This set is often our grand finale in performance: a fitting finish to this one on disc.

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THE REAL OLD MOUNTAIN DEW

Let the green grass grow and the waters flow
In a free and easy way,
But give me enough of the rare old stuff
That’s made near Galway Bay.
The gangers all from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim too,
We’ll give them the slip and we’ll take a sip
Of the real old mountain dew.

At the foot of the hill there’s a neat little still
Where the smoke curls up to the sky.
By a whiff of the smell you can plainly tell
That there’s poitín, boys, close by.
It fills the air with a perfume rare
And betwixt both you and I,
As home we go we’ll take a bowl
Or a bucket full of mountain rye.

Now learned men who’ve used the pen
Have wrote the praises high
Of the sweet poitín from Ireland green
Distilled from wheat and rye.
So away with the pills that can cure all ills
Of the Christian, pagan or Jew,
So take your coat and grease your throat
With the real old mountain dew.

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from A Celebration of Twenty, released May 15, 2006
Barbara Tresidder Ryan (lead vocals, Celtic bouzouki, bodhrán)
Bernard Argent (whistle, doumbek)
Chuck Lawhorn (bass guitar, vocals)
Andrew Dodds (fiddle)

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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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