(Message inbox:8482) Return-Path: owner-irtrad-l@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE Return-path: Envelope-to: jc@TRILLIAN.MIT.EDU Delivery-date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 09:50:36 -0400 Received: from avoca.heanet.ie ([193.1.219.117]) by trillian.mit.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13hBPv-000Ea4-00 for jc@TRILLIAN.MIT.EDU; Thu, 05 Oct 2000 09:50:35 -0400 Received: from listserv.heanet.ie (avoca.heanet.ie [193.1.219.117]) by Avoca.heanet.ie (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03711; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:50:22 +0100 (BST) Received: from LISTSERV.HEANET.IE by LISTSERV.HEANET.IE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 4132949 for IRTRAD-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:48:15 +0100 Received: from listserv.heanet.ie (avoca.heanet.ie [193.1.219.117]) by Avoca.heanet.ie (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA30717 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:48:14 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Avoca.heanet.ie id OAA15211 Message-ID: <200010051348.OAA30717@Avoca.heanet.ie> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:48:14 +0100 Reply-To: Irish Traditional Music List Sender: Irish Traditional Music List From: Terry Moylan Subject: Re: [IRTRAD-L] Bodhran / Goat Song To: IRTRAD-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by Avoca.heanet.ie id OAA03711 "When I Grow Up" by Brian O'Rourke - cassette and booklet CP010 - Camus Productions, 1992 The Bodhran Song Oh, I am a year-old kid, I'm worth scarcely 15 quid I'm the kind of beast that you might well look down on But my value will increase at the time of my decease For when I grow up I want to be a bodhr=E1n If you kill me for my meat, you won't find me very sweet Your palate I'm afraid I'll soon turn sour on. Ah but if you do me in for the sake of my thick skin Then you'll find I'll make a tasty little bodhr=E1n Now my parents, Bill and Nan, they do not approve my plan To be a yoke for every yob to pound on But sure I would sooner scamper with a bang than with a whimper And achieve reincarnation as a bodhr=E1n I look forward to the day when I leave off eating hay And become a drum to entertain a crowd on And I'll make my presence felt with each well-delivered belt As a fully qualified and licensed bodhr=E1n And 'tis when I'm killed and cured my career will be assured I'll be a skin you'll see no scum or scour on But with studs around my rim, I'll be sound in wind and limb And I'll make a dandy handy little bodhr=E1n Oh, my heart with joy expands when I dream of far-off lands And consider all the streets that I will sound on And I pity my poor ma who was never at a fleadh Or indulged in foreign travel as a bodhr=E1n Now a cat's lives they are nine but they aren't very fine And a dog has much material to growl on But 'tis when you are a goat you can strike a merry note That's provided you have first become a bodhr=E1n For a hornpipe or a reel, a dead donkey has no feel Or a horse or cow or sheep that has its shroud on And you can't join a jig if you're a former grade-A pig But you can wallop out the lot if you're a bodhr=E1n So if ever you feel low to a session you should go And bring me there to exercise an hour on And you can strike a mighty thump on my belly, back, or rump But I'd thank you if you'd wait till I'm a bodhr=E1n And when I dedicate my hide, I'll enhance the family pride And tradition is a thing I won't fall down on For I'll bear a few young bucks who'll inherit my good looks And be proud to know their oou' wan is a bodhr=E1n And I don't think I'll much mind when I've left himself behind Or regret I can no longer turn the power on For with a Celtic ink design tattooed on my behind I can be a very sexy little bodhr=E1n Now I think you've had enough of this rubbishy oul' guff So I'll put a sudden end to my wee amhr=E1n And quite soon my bleddy bleat will become a steady beat When I start my new existence as a bodhr=E1n The recording is definitely worth getting. In addition to "When I Grow Up= " it also contains the epic comic songs "Drumsnot" and "Chantal de Champignon", and many other superb songs. (There is a singers club in Carlow, admission to which is restricted to people who can sing "Chantal"= , all 33 hilarious verses) NB - normally I would not post the words of copyright songs, as this one = is. I did so to correct and complete a previously posted version. Terry Moylan