[450] Southington Hamfest...AND JAY!!!!

[Thomas Moore]

Stereotyping at it's best....then again...when particular ethnic or social groups exhibit certain characteristics "en masse", it does conjure up biased, general images of said groups. That said it is a fekin' good read. Try Trinity by Leon Uris...read it a few decades ago, no wonder the Irish drink. Now here lies my quandry, being 1/2 mic and 1/2 slovak, what goes down the hatch first , the suds or the shlivnic. Either way, it's a most delightful mix.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George Andrews 
  To: Partybug at charter.net ; 144.450 Mailing List 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [450] Southington Hamfest...AND JAY!!!!


  A little late night readin' for y'all. Seein as how we all use ladders in our hobby. This song from the middle of the 19th century was actually the spark for James Joyce's "Finnigans Wake". Despite the archaic language, it's a good read. 

  Tim Finnegan lived on Walken street
  A gentleman Irishman, mighty odd
  Well he had a brogue both rich and sweet
  And to rise in the world he carried a hod
  Well he had a bit of a tippler's way
  With a love for the liquor poor Tim was born
  And the send him on his way each day, had a drop of the craythur every morn'

  Oh, whack fol' the dah now dance to your partner
  Round the flure your trotter's shake
  Isn't it the truth I told 'ya
  Lot's o' fun at Finnegan's wake

  One morning Tim got rather full
  His head felt heavy which made him shake
  Well he fell off the ladder and broke his skull
  And they carried him home, his corpse to wake
  Well they wrapped him up in a nice, clean sheet
  And they laid him out upon the bed
  With a gallon of whiskey at his feet and a bucket of porter at his head

  Oh, whack fol' the dah now dance to your partner
  Round the flure your trotter's shake
  Isn't it the truth I told 'ya
  Lot's o' fun at Finnegan's wake

  Well his friends assembled at the wake
  And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch
  First she brought out tea and cake
  Then pipes, tobacco, and brandy punch
  Then the Widow Malone began to cry
  "Such a nice, clean corpse have you ever seen?"
  "Tim, auvreen! Why did you die?"
  "Would you hold yer' gob?" said Patty McGee

  Oh, whack fol' the dah now dance to your partner
  Round the flure your trotter's shake
  Isn't it the truth I told 'ya
  Lot's o' fun at Finnegan's wake

  Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job
  "Oh Biddy," says she, "You're wrong, for sure."
  Biddy dealt her a belt in the gob
  And left her sprawling on the floor
  Then the war did soon engage
  Woman to woman and man to man
  Shillelagh law was all the rage
  And a row and a ruction soon began

  Oh, whack fol' the dah now dance to your partner
  Round the flure your trotter's shake
  Isn't it the truth I told 'ya
  Lot's o' fun at Finnegan's wake

  Mickey Maloney ducked his head
  When a bucket of whiskey flew at him
  It missed, and falling on the bed
  The liquor scattered over Tim
  Bedad he revives, see how he rises
  Tim Finnegan risin' in the bed
  Cryin' "Will ye' walup each girl and boy,"
  "T'underin' Jaysus, do ye' think I'm dead?"

  Oh, whack fol' the dah now dance to your partner
  Round the flure your trotter's shake
  Isn't it the truth I told 'ya
  Lot's o' fun at Finnegan's wake



    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Leslie Busino 
    To: 144.450 Mailing List 
    Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:13 PM
    Subject: Re: [450] Southington Hamfest...AND JAY!!!!


    Most excellent choice George!

    George Andrews wrote: 
Sounds like a gathering of the clan. I'll be at the fest and the festivities 
post event.

George



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