I Know I’m Not the Only Lonesome Shadow on the Wall
Whiskey Your the Devil (chord chart)
Raise your glass to this song, Saturday! (Don’t forget, I’m playing two shows on St. Patrick’s Day:
- Noon to 4 PM at the grand opening of the Black Rose in Lansing, MI – info
- 5:30- 8:30 at Lu & Carl’s in Brighton, MI – info
Hope to see you there!)
Whiskey You’re the Devil – Clancy Brother’s
Whiskey [C] you’re the devil, you’re [F] leadin’ me astray [C]
Over [F] hills and [C] mountains and [G] to Americae
You’re [C] sweeter, stronger, decenter,
[F] you’re spunkier than tae [F]
O [C] whiskey, you’re my darlin’ drunk or [G] sober [C]
Oh, [C] now, brave boys, we’re on the march [C]
and off [G] to Portugal and [F] Spain
The [C] drums are beating, banners flying,
the devil [G] ahome will come tonight
[C] Love, fare thee well,
[C] with me tithery eye the doodelum the da
[G] Me tithery eye the doodelum the [F] da,
[C] Me rikes fall tour a laddie oh
There’s [G] whiskey in the [C] jar. Hey!
Chorus
Said the mother: [C] “Do not wrong me,
don’t take my [G] daughter [F] from me
For if [C] you do I will torment you,
[Am] and after death a ghost will haunt you
[C] Love, fare thee well,
[C] with me tithery eye the doodelum the da
[G] Me tithery eye the doodelum the [F] da,
[C] Me rikes fall tour a laddie oh
There’s [G] whiskey in the [C] jar. Hey!
Chorus
[C] The French are fighting boldly,
[G] men dying hot and [F] coldly
[C] Gives ev’ry man his flask of powder,
[Am] his farlock on his shoulder
[C] Love, fare thee well,
[C] with me tithery eye the doodelum the da
[G] Me tithery eye the doodelum the [F] da,
[C] Me rikes fall tour a laddie oh
There’s [G] whiskey in the [C] jar. Hey!
Chorus
Listen to this song on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/track/3echO8gsLwVgyvsZvO2SH4
Just got word that the Uptown Coffee House raised $500 for the Howell Opera House! Last Friday, Uptown donated 25% of all of their sales to the Howell Opera House’s “Restore the Glory” campaign. I was the featured musical guest for the night.
Special thanks to the Voght family and Uptown staff for letting me play at their event. Also, thanks to Stephen Schlaak for joining me and playing some of his original songs.
Congrats to our friend and fellow bandmate, David Mosher, for the nomination for a 2012 Detroit Music Award!
David is nominated for the category of “Outstanding Folk/Acoustic Instrumentation.”
Water Is Alright in Tay (chord chart)
A favorite Clancy Brother’s rendition!
(Don’t forget, I’m playing two shows on St. Patrick’s Day:
- Noon to 4 PM at the grand opening of the Black Rose in Lansing, MI – info
- 5:30- 8:30 at Lu & Carl’s in Brighton, MI – info
Hope to see you there!)
Water Is Alright in Tay – Clancy Brothers
The French drink wine [C], the English tea [G]
The Yankee gulps his hot black coffee [C]
The child drinks milk nine times a day [G]
The Scotsman sips his whiskey toddy [C]
You can keep you wine [C] and keep your tea! [C]
My curse on him that gives [C] me coffee! [G]
I’ll a porter [F], if I may [G]
It makes me feel content and happy [C]
Chorus
Porter quaffed down with a laugh [G]
The gentry have their aching livers [C]
Water is all right in tea [G]
For fish, and things that swim in rivers [C]
The poor man and the beggar, too [C]
The poet in the corner thinking [G]
If they’d money enough to spend [F]
It’s pints of porter [G] they’d be drinking [C]
Chorus
The miser hoards and stores his gold.
The bee collects the summer honey.
When that miser’s dead and cold
Someone else will kiss his money!
Chorus
Some go in for counting beads.
More go in for chasing women.
The scholar stays at home and reads.
Give me the glass with porter in it.
Listen to this song on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/7pOKmoOBN0XkYryiBd1Mni
