Dark Slender Boy on John Doyle's CD sung by his Dad has to be one of the most 'moving' songs ever. does anyone know of any other versions of this song? I had only heard the airs on concertinas, fiddles & pipes etc ..and does anyone have any interesting scores for this air?
I truley love this song as my grandad used to do a Mayo version on his concertina and havent heard it for at least 20 years.
The expression 'do not' is like a red rag to a bull to me ...
So I did.
Apparently Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) used the term.
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if you really want some fun
A google advanced search for "Dark Slender Boy" with the subset "poetry" will bring mention of Irish Poetry such as Buchaill Caol Dubh (meaning Dark Slender Boy).
Trevor
I've heard that the Dark and Slender Boy referred to is the bottle that the poet is inordinately fond of.
I think my uncle told me this. It was my grandad's favourite air.
It is a song which has nothing to do with the loss or absence of a slender dark haired boy.
It depicts a man lamenting the lack of a glass of stout, such is the poetic imagery!
I have fond memories of staying in Edinburgh with Cathal McConnell, '85/86ish I suppose, and off we went to Sandy Bell's where we went through three different settings of the tune before he proceeded to sing it in his wonderful, inimitable style!
I've not heard any other flute players know it, but have heard a few fiddlers play it.
Hi Brian, I should have credited you with giving me that interpretation, for I seem to remember you explaining the title to me in a pub in Wiveliscome or Williton. How's things in Tassie today?
Dang! I and I thought I could encourage you all to go where I dared not. I get too many "enlarge your pen*s" emails as it is. Why they thing a woman is a good target for those emails is beyond me.
I could use a dark slender boy or two to get the day started. Oh, yeah, and a stout, too.
Is that the same air, then, that Tommy Potts played on the Liffey Banks? And Willie Clancy played it too, on the pipes, of course. Hair-raisingly beautiful in both cases.
Simon Mayor plays an insrumental version on Mandolin on his CD 'New Celtic Mandolin', which is nice, but I don't know how ture it is to the original since I haven't yet heard it
Dark Slender Boy
Dark Slender Boy
Dark Slender Boy on John Doyle's CD sung by his Dad has to be one of the most 'moving' songs ever. does anyone know of any other versions of this song? I had only heard the airs on concertinas, fiddles & pipes etc ..and does anyone have any interesting scores for this air?
I truley love this song as my grandad used to do a Mayo version on his concertina and havent heard it for at least 20 years.
# Posted on September 28th 2004 by ArseBiscuit
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Wow! I never read the info with the CD. I just remember thinking, why does he sound so different on that song? Know I know why. It's NOT him. Thanks!
# Posted on September 28th 2004 by Anew
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Whatever you do, do not google "dark slender boy" from your work computer.
# Posted on September 28th 2004 by pakooper
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The expression 'do not' is like a red rag to a bull to me ...
So I did.
Apparently Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) used the term.
Sorry PA, your latent lustings after homoerotic websites are as yet unfulfilled.
Try typing http://www.bachelorette.com/bachelorette-dot-com/bp11246.html
if you really want some fun
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by Ottery
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.. you ladies might like this too ...
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by Ottery
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Or for the intellectuals amongst you..
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# Posted on September 29th 2004 by Ottery
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A google advanced search for "Dark Slender Boy" with the subset "poetry" will bring mention of Irish Poetry such as Buchaill Caol Dubh (meaning Dark Slender Boy).
Trevor
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by Trevor Jennings
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It's a song too?! O_o; That's even better! I have to find out more about this!
::Clicks heels and etc::
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by armandale
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I've heard that the Dark and Slender Boy referred to is the bottle that the poet is inordinately fond of.
I think my uncle told me this. It was my grandad's favourite air.
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by milesnagopaleen
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Miles, I have heard the same thing, that it referred to a tall glass of stout.
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by sergeant fox
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Indeed!
It is a song which has nothing to do with the loss or absence of a slender dark haired boy.
It depicts a man lamenting the lack of a glass of stout, such is the poetic imagery!
I have fond memories of staying in Edinburgh with Cathal McConnell, '85/86ish I suppose, and off we went to Sandy Bell's where we went through three different settings of the tune before he proceeded to sing it in his wonderful, inimitable style!
I've not heard any other flute players know it, but have heard a few fiddlers play it.
Brianx
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by briantheflute
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Hi Brian, I should have credited you with giving me that interpretation, for I seem to remember you explaining the title to me in a pub in Wiveliscome or Williton. How's things in Tassie today?
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by sergeant fox
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Dang! I and I thought I could encourage you all to go where I dared not. I get too many "enlarge your pen*s" emails as it is. Why they thing a woman is a good target for those emails is beyond me.
I could use a dark slender boy or two to get the day started. Oh, yeah, and a stout, too.
# Posted on September 29th 2004 by pakooper
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I haven't heard John Doyle's version, but surely is not as breathtaking as Iarla O'Lionaird's version on 'The Seven Steps to Mercy'.
# Posted on September 30th 2004 by Toni Ribas
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Is that the same air, then, that Tommy Potts played on the Liffey Banks? And Willie Clancy played it too, on the pipes, of course. Hair-raisingly beautiful in both cases.
# Posted on September 30th 2004 by Nell
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Liam O'Flynn plays it on Planxty's Live 2004 CD & DVD
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by lukegarry
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Simon Mayor plays an insrumental version on Mandolin on his CD 'New Celtic Mandolin', which is nice, but I don't know how ture it is to the original since I haven't yet heard it
# Posted on October 2nd 2004 by Enob