HI my friend who is a great singer wants me to search for songs like ( the lark in the morn) to play bodhran to.We were thinking doing (well below the vally O )christy moore song.It would mean alot if anyone could give me a websites or some help. thanks
Greetings!
These guys use to have sound bites of stuff at this website. If they don't there are sure to be useful links to their MySpace sites so you can hear stuff there. They do great versions of Tippin' It Up to Nancy, Lannigans Ball, Rocky Road to Dublin and Green Grows the Lilly.
Mary's Weddind and The Rovin' Journeyman are good ones for voice and drum as well.
My setlist would include:
Rocky Road to Dublin - surprise!
Follow Me Up to Carlow,
Galway Races
Peigin Leitir Mor
Lanigan's Ball
Tippin' It Up to Nancy
The Cat She Went A-Hunting
Rare old Mountain Dew
and, depending on the audience:
The Court of King Caractacus
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Let's Dance - David Bowie
I'm the Slime - Frank Zappa
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel
How about this one:
The Bodhran Song
(Brian O'Rourke - MÓC Music)
Oh I am a year old kid
I'm worth scarcely fifteen quid.
I'm the kind of beast 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 bodhrán.
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
You'll find I make a tasty little bodhrán.
Now my parents Bill and Nan,
They do not approve my plan
To become a yoke for every yob to pound on
Ah but I would sooner scamper
With a bang than with a whimper
And achieve reincarnation as a bodhrán.
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 bodhrán.
And 'tis when I'm killed and cured
My career will be assured
I'll be a skin you'll see no scum nor scour on
But with studs around my rim
I'll be sound in wind and limb
And I'll make a dandy, handy little bodhrán.
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 has never seen a Fleadh
Or indulged in foreign travel as a bodhrán.
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 in a jig
If you're a former grade A pig
But you can wallop out the lot if you're a bodhrán.
So if e'er you're feeling low
To a session you should go
And bring me there to exercise an hour on.
You can strike a mighty thump
On my belly, back or rump
But I thank you if you'd wait till I'm a bodhrán.
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 old one is a bodhrán.
And I don't think I'll much mind
When I've left himself behind
For the critter can no longer turn the power on
For with a celtic ink design
Tattooed on my behind
I can be a very sexy little bodhrán
Now I think you've had enough
Of this rubbishy old guff
So I'll put a sudden end to my wee amhrán
And quite soon my bloody bleat
Will become a steady beat
When I start my new existence as a bodhrán.
slightly off topic but colm o donnell does the best version of the Bodhran song.
Also try
Let Mr McGuire sit down
P stands for Paddy
The Little Beggarman
Bould Donnely
Don't use one to Lord Franklin !
Heard of a song session where somebody used a shaky egg in the background to everything, even Lord Franklin ( yes, I know, shaky eggs come from an even lower level of Hell than bodhrans ) !
Do Seven Drunken Nights like the Dubliners. Go slow and easy on the verses, or not at all, and then thumpety thump on the chorus. '...ya drunk ya drunk ya silly old fool...'
song to play (bodhran) to?
song to play (bodhran) to?
HI my friend who is a great singer wants me to search for songs like ( the lark in the morn) to play bodhran to.We were thinking doing (well below the vally O )christy moore song.It would mean alot if anyone could give me a websites or some help. thanks
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by funkybodhran
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4EheuBcIQ
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
http://www.ellisislandmusic.com/discography
Greetings!
These guys use to have sound bites of stuff at this website. If they don't there are sure to be useful links to their MySpace sites so you can hear stuff there. They do great versions of Tippin' It Up to Nancy, Lannigans Ball, Rocky Road to Dublin and Green Grows the Lilly.
Mary's Weddind and The Rovin' Journeyman are good ones for voice and drum as well.
All the Best!
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by cfmgeek
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Follow Me Up to Carlow, Galway Races, All For Me Grog.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Henk Bos
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Ramblin' Robin, Arthur Mc Bride, Glendalough Saint.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Henk Bos
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Surely all you need is a song with a strong beat? There have to be thousands of them to choose from. "The Wren" for example.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
My setlist would include:
Rocky Road to Dublin - surprise!
Follow Me Up to Carlow,
Galway Races
Peigin Leitir Mor
Lanigan's Ball
Tippin' It Up to Nancy
The Cat She Went A-Hunting
Rare old Mountain Dew
and, depending on the audience:
The Court of King Caractacus
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Let's Dance - David Bowie
I'm the Slime - Frank Zappa
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by RockyRoader
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6J_t3jr5WA&feature=related
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by RockyRoader
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
The Hackler From Grouse Hall
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Sugarfoot Jack
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
How about this one:
The Bodhran Song
(Brian O'Rourke - MÓC Music)
Oh I am a year old kid
I'm worth scarcely fifteen quid.
I'm the kind of beast 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 bodhrán.
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
You'll find I make a tasty little bodhrán.
Now my parents Bill and Nan,
They do not approve my plan
To become a yoke for every yob to pound on
Ah but I would sooner scamper
With a bang than with a whimper
And achieve reincarnation as a bodhrán.
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 bodhrán.
And 'tis when I'm killed and cured
My career will be assured
I'll be a skin you'll see no scum nor scour on
But with studs around my rim
I'll be sound in wind and limb
And I'll make a dandy, handy little bodhrán.
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 has never seen a Fleadh
Or indulged in foreign travel as a bodhrán.
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 in a jig
If you're a former grade A pig
But you can wallop out the lot if you're a bodhrán.
So if e'er you're feeling low
To a session you should go
And bring me there to exercise an hour on.
You can strike a mighty thump
On my belly, back or rump
But I thank you if you'd wait till I'm a bodhrán.
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 old one is a bodhrán.
And I don't think I'll much mind
When I've left himself behind
For the critter can no longer turn the power on
For with a celtic ink design
Tattooed on my behind
I can be a very sexy little bodhrán
Now I think you've had enough
Of this rubbishy old guff
So I'll put a sudden end to my wee amhrán
And quite soon my bloody bleat
Will become a steady beat
When I start my new existence as a bodhrán.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by RichardB
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
slightly off topic but colm o donnell does the best version of the Bodhran song.
Also try
Let Mr McGuire sit down
P stands for Paddy
The Little Beggarman
Bould Donnely
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Mrs.Lonal Dunny
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQSp_9UH1o
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Don't use one to Lord Franklin !
Heard of a song session where somebody used a shaky egg in the background to everything, even Lord Franklin ( yes, I know, shaky eggs come from an even lower level of Hell than bodhrans ) !
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Thanks RichardB for the words of the Brian O'Rourke bodhrán song which has to be the "Daddy of them all"!!
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Bannerman
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
As I Roved Out (The one sung by Christy Moore on Planxty - The Well Below the Valley).
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Dragut Reis
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
There was an old woman who lived in the wood,
Weela weela wallia;
There was an old woman who lived in the wood,
Down by the river Sallia.
She had a bodhran sixteen inches,
Weela weela wallia;
She had a bodhran sixteen inches,
Down by the river Sallia.
She had a penknife three foot long,
Weela weela wallia;
She had a penknife three foot long,
Down by the river Sallia.
She stuck the knife in the bodhran's head,
Weela weela wallia;
The more she stabbed it, the more it bled,
Down by the river Sallia.
Three big knocks came a-knocking at the door,
Weela weela wallia;
The knocking sped up, then sped up some more,
Down by the river Sallia.
"Are you the woman what killed that drum?"
Weela weela wallia;
"Are you the woman what killed that drum?
Down by the river Sallia"
"I am the woman and it was fun"
Weela weela wallia;
"I am the woman and what have I won?"
Down by the river Sallia."
The drum got chucked but there was no hangin',
Weela weela wallia;
Just nice tunes with no horrid bangin',
Down by the river Sallia.
The moral of this story is,
Weela weela wallia;
Do stick knives in bodhran heads
Down by the river Sallia.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by ...
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
The Pride of Pimlico is a good one too.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by Glass of Beer
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Do Seven Drunken Nights like the Dubliners. Go slow and easy on the verses, or not at all, and then thumpety thump on the chorus. '...ya drunk ya drunk ya silly old fool...'
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Thanks for all the posts. well try them out thanks everyone.
# Posted on July 23rd 2009 by funkybodhran
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
clancy/makem "Town of Restover"
# Posted on July 24th 2009 by cheerydavie
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
I think cheerydavie means "Town of Rostrevor"
# Posted on July 24th 2009 by RockyRoader
Re: song to play (bodhran) to?
Inagaddadavida
has a nice solo in the middle
# Posted on July 24th 2009 by zippydw
Re: song to play (timbales) to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6LAyskAyNU
Sheila E. "Glamorous Life"
# Posted on July 24th 2009 by Ben Steen