X:8632
T:Seven drunken nights
C:anon.
O:Ireland
N:"Name of this song is 'The seven drunken nights' ... we are only allowed to
N:sing five of them." These are the words that opens the Dubliners' famous
N:recording of this tune. Looking at the two last verses, it's easy to see why
N:they were a bit too raunchy even for them way back in the 1970s.
N:The story about the husband who comes home every night and find his wife in
N:more and more supsicious position and with increasingly unlikely excuses,
N:exists in a number of versions and might be one of the old pan-European song
N:themes. Here at Musica Viva we have a slightly nicer irish version ("Six nights
N:drunk") as well as a Norwegian one. Most variants end up with the husband
N:chasing the faithless wife and her lover from the house, but in "Seven drunken
N:nights" he seems to be fooled even at the very end. Perhaps the alcohol is more
N:important then the wife to him. ;-)
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/ireland/se/seven-drunken-c/seven-drunken-c-1.abc
D:The Dubliners
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
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W:Oh as I went home on a Monday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely sow that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before.
W:
W:And as I went home on a Tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be.
W:So, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a wollen blanket that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before.
W:
W:And as I went home on a Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a pipe upon the chais where my own pipe should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns the pipe upon the chais where my own pipe should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely tin whistle that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before.
W:
W:And as I went home on a Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw two boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  they're two lovely geranium pots my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but geranium pots with laces sure I never saw before.
W:
W:And as I went home on a Friday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a head inside the bed where my own head should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns the head inside the bed where my own head should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a baby boy that my mother sent to me that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but a baby boy with whiskers on I never saw before.
W:
W:And as I went home on a Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw two hands upon her breast where my own hands should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns those hands upon her breast where my own hands should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely bra that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but fingers on a bra sure I never saw before.
W:
W:And as I went home on a Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be,
W:I saw a thing inside her thing where my own thing should be.
W:Well, I called my wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me,
W:who owns that thing inside her thing where my own thing should be?"
W:  "Oh you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool, and still you can not see,
W:  that's a lovely tin whistle that my mother sent to me."
W:Well, it's many a day I travelled, a hundred miles or more,
W:but hair on a tin whistle sure I never saw before.
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