diff --git a/lyrics/FinnegansWake.tex b/lyrics/FinnegansWake.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8310a22 --- /dev/null +++ b/lyrics/FinnegansWake.tex @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street \\ +A gentleman Irish, mighty odd; \\ +He had a brogue both rich and sweet \\ +And to rise in the world he carried a hod. \\ +Now Tim had a sort of the tipplin' way \\ +With a love for the liquor he was born \\ +And to help on with is work each day \\ +He'd a "drop of the cray-thur" every morn. \\ + +\textit{[Chorus] \\ +Whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner \\ +Whirl the floor, your trotters shake; \\ +Wasn't it the truth I told you \\ +Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake! \\} + +One mornin' Tim was feelin' foul \\ +His head was heavy and it made him shake; \\ +He fell from a ladder and he broke his skull \\ +And they carried him home his corpse to wake. \\ +They rolled him up in a nice clean sheet \\ +And laid him out upon the bed, \\ +A gallon of whiskey at his feet \\ +and a barrel of porter at his head. \\ + +\textit{[Chorus] \\} + +His friends assembled at the wake \\ +And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch, \\ +First they brought in tea and cake \\ +Then pipes, tobacco and brandy punch. \\ +Biddy O'Brien began to bawl \\ +"Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see? \\ +O Tim, mavourneed, why did you die?" \\ +"Hold your gob," said Paddy McGee! \\ + +\textit{[Chorus] \\} + +Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job \\ +"O Biddy," says she, "You're wrong I'm sure" \\ +Biddy she gave her a belt in the gob \\ +And left her sprawlin on the floor. \\ +And then the war did soon engage \\ +It was woman to woman and man to man \\ +Shillelagh law was all the rage \\ +And a row and a ruccus soon began. \\ + +\textit{[Chorus] \\} + +Then Mickey Maloney ducked his head \\ +When a noggin of whiskey flew at him \\ +It missed, and falling on the bed \\ +The liquor squattered over Tim! \\ +The corpse revives! See how he rises! \\ +Tim Finnegan rising from the bed, \\ +Says, "Whirl your whiskey round like blazes \\ +D'ainm an diabhal!* Do you think I'm dead?" \\ + +*"Your soul to the devil! (spoken: Thanum an Dhul)" diff --git a/notes/FinnegansWake.ly b/notes/FinnegansWake.ly new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ab587a --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/FinnegansWake.ly @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +\version "2.16.0" + +\header { + %title = "Tim Finnegan's Wake" + composer = "Traditional" +} + +\relative a' +{ + \time 2/4 + \key g \major + \partial 8 a8 | + b16 b b8 b a | + b e e8. fis16 | + g g fis8 e d | + b a a a16 a | + b b b8 b a | + b e e fis16 fis | + g8 fis16 fis e8 d | + e16 e fis8 g8. d16 | + g8 g16 g g8 a16 a | + g8 fis e d16 d | + g8 g16 g g g a8 | + g fis e8. d16 | + g8 g g a16 a | + g8 fis e d16 d | + e8 e16 e e8 d | + e fis g4 | + b,8 b16 b b8 a | + b e16 e e8 fis | + g fis e d | + b16 a8. a4 | + b8 b b a | + b e e fis | + g fis e d | + e16 e fis8 g \bar "|." +} diff --git a/sheet-music_tinwhistle.lytex b/sheet-music_tinwhistle.lytex index 01f8ae8..3c60467 100644 --- a/sheet-music_tinwhistle.lytex +++ b/sheet-music_tinwhistle.lytex @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ ~\\ \input{lyrics/DrunkenSailor.tex} + \chapter{Finnegan's Wake} + \thispagestyle{fancy} + \lilypondfile[staffsize=14]{notes/FinnegansWake.ly} + ~\\ + \input{lyrics/FinnegansWake.tex} + \chapter{The Foggy Dew} \thispagestyle{fancy} \lilypondfile[staffsize=14]{notes/FoggyDew.ly} @@ -102,13 +108,7 @@ \thispagestyle{fancy} \lilypondfile[staffsize=14]{notes/StarOfTheCountyDown.ly} ~\\ - \input{lyrics/StarOfTheCountyDown.tex} - - \chapter{Tim Finnegan's Wake} - \thispagestyle{fancy} - \lilypondfile[staffsize=14]{notes/TimFinnegansWake.ly} - ~\\ - \input{lyrics/TimFinnegansWake.tex} + \input{lyrics/StarOfTheCountyDown.tex} \chapter{Whiskey in the Jar} \thispagestyle{fancy}