Anyway ... I've tried applying the same principle to trad Irish tunes. A silly party game, but hopefully you might find it amusing! (And may be even be tempted to add a few of your own!)
The Pie On The Hob - a wee "warm-up" tune?
The Pipe On The Ho - the missing link between trad and gangsta rap? Obviously a crack pipe!
Off To The Hun - aka It's A Long Way To Tipperary?
Addle The Pony - shouldn't be too difficult
Fiddler's Heave - too much poitin!
The Humours of Talibane - i.e. precious little in the way of humour!
Old Ma Dillon - The first case of gender reassignment commemorated in Irish music?
Backeyed Biddy - she *had* eyes in the back of her head!
The Faxdresser - surely a recent composition?
The Laxdresser - Sure, the music's hardly a fashion show!
The Aces At Carrick - that well known poker school
Will You Come Hoe With Me - A market garden working party?
Wasn't She Fond Of E? - First paean to the designer recreational narcotic of the 90s!
Ho Are You Kitty? - yet another gangsta rap crossover!!
Handy With The Tick - Beats those "Do not ask for credit" signs!
Jackson's Morning Rush - if only he'd bought an alarm clock!
The Antrim Asses - The Poghal From Ahoghill and a few of his mates?
Farewell To My Roubles - yet another Russian bankruptcy!
The Priest And His Boos - Not the most popular cleric in Ireland, then ...
The Shot Grass - A common fate unfortunately in this day and age!
The Potted Cow - aka Damian Hirst's?
The Ark In The Morning - aka Noah's Jig?
The Runs Of Kilmallock - I didn't think those prawns tasted right!!
The Angry Pee-er - Gawd!! It's about time someone gave these toilets a cleanin'! And where's the bliddy loo-roll!!
The Coo In The Kitchen - Who let that pigeon into the house?
Wallop The Sot - The Temperance Jig?
Stop The Razor - aka Ronnie Drew's Jig?
The Looming Meadows - I've had nightmares like that!
The Booming Meadows - Another arms dump decommissioned!
The Full Moo - The four-part bovine call as opposed to the bowdlerised 2-parter in common circulation
Tay Where You Are - Table service is so civilised, don't you think!
The Drogheda Wavers - aka The Louth DTs
Smash The Widows - A marching tune from a militant outfit opposed to men predeceasing women!
Behind The Bus In The Garden - some people's back gardens are littered with wrecks of cars and motorbikes; this tune's maker is a tad more ambitious
The Ox Hunters' Jig - Your wee red yoke? Sure where's the crack in that? Have a go at a real baste!
The Morning Tar - don't you just live the first cigarette of the day?
My Love is Fair And Had Some - Blondes have more fun!
Toss The Fathers - aka Oedipus' Reel?
The Bone Hunt - aka The Archaeologist
The Sow On The Hills - Get those fences mended, boy!
The Back Haired Lass - Aisy on; you're sure you didn't go coortin' a gorilla by mistake?
Beamish's Goa - Oul' Beamish was forever boasting of his trips to India.
The Lady Behind The Boa - aka Danny LaRue's
Petty Peggy - bitchy reel for a bitchy lady
The Long Stand - aka The Glass Hammer, aka The Spirit-Level Bubble (ask anyone who's ever worked on a building site!)
The Op Of The Morning - aka The Surgeon's Gambit
Too bad it's only consonants, cuz I was giggling about "The Lonesome Batman" for quite a while there. Then I realized I'd hit a goldmine. The Steambat. The hole in the Bat, Launching the Bat, The Lady on the Bat, and my personal favorite "I am Off with the Good St. Nicholas Bat"
The Earl's Hair (A Wig for a Kiss)
The Eelers Jacket (A Slimy Garment)
The Bag Of Suds
The Olden Keyboard (A Spinet?)
The Eel In The Ink (Eek!)
The Lass Of Beer (My kinda girl!)
The Aid Behind The Bar (The Blackthorn Walking-Stick)
Condon's Rolics (!)
Rim The Velvet (!!!)
The Cock Of Gold (Leave it ALONE, Midas!)
Bony Kate ... aka Moronie's Jig
The Rose In The Heater
The Pains Of Boyle
Boil The Breakfast, Earl ... aka Scruggs' Reel
Oil The Breakfast Early ... cos we all like a greasy fry-up when we've had a few too many sherbets the night before
The Lying Wheelchair
The Castlebar Raveller ... responsible for the hank of yarn, no doubt!
The Stack of Heat
Rodney's Gory ... aka The Kinnegad Slasher?
The Hare's Pa
The Holy Bush ... St Ruth's?
Maho Naps
The Copperpate ... aka When Kilroy Went Bald?
The Gossoon That Eat His Father
Around The World For Port
The Id On The Mountain
brians borus arch......just down the road from marble arch
ripping up the stairs..... house make over theme tune
the trayaway child......goes into tay where you are
the high art of the road.....billboards
the orpha....cockney rhyming slang
Aidan - you've obviously too much time on your hands - will you be starting the equivalent Vowel Movements on this thread, or is that for a separate thread?
Not so easy with the vowels, but I'm reminded of my all time favourite missing consonant from the Guardian:
"Rod Stewart does rap versions of other people's songs"
O.K., I'm a brown noser, but at least I'm incorrigible. Thanks to everyone for the long list. I will not be able to catch up to them all in this lifetime. Gee - we can follow a lost consonant thread with a loose vowels thread!
taking out the rash- nhs doctors
greenleeves - springtimes here
the heels of the world - clarkes shoes are universal
have a drink with e -narcotics dehydrate !!
paddy ryans ream - he had to write the tunes on something
martin o connors flying log - after the humous of tulla
the pleasures of hoe - enough said
the leeping pilgrim
Ratlin Island - and on that island there was a bog
The Yellow Inker - one of the highlights of the session
The Awn - found amongst The Stack of Barley
The Twelve Pis - six times round
Lost Consonants
Lost Consonants
UK readers of a liberal/left-leaning persuasion will be familiar with Graham Rawle's "Lost Consonants" feature in Saturday's Guardian. Those not so familiar may want to check this out http://www.grahamrawle.com/Series_Lost/series-lost-109.html and this http://www.grahamrawle.com/Series_Lost/series-lost-124.html etc.
Anyway ... I've tried applying the same principle to trad Irish tunes. A silly party game, but hopefully you might find it amusing! (And may be even be tempted to add a few of your own!)
The Pie On The Hob - a wee "warm-up" tune?
The Pipe On The Ho - the missing link between trad and gangsta rap? Obviously a crack pipe!
Off To The Hun - aka It's A Long Way To Tipperary?
Addle The Pony - shouldn't be too difficult
Fiddler's Heave - too much poitin!
The Humours of Talibane - i.e. precious little in the way of humour!
Old Ma Dillon - The first case of gender reassignment commemorated in Irish music?
Backeyed Biddy - she *had* eyes in the back of her head!
The Faxdresser - surely a recent composition?
The Laxdresser - Sure, the music's hardly a fashion show!
The Aces At Carrick - that well known poker school
Will You Come Hoe With Me - A market garden working party?
Wasn't She Fond Of E? - First paean to the designer recreational narcotic of the 90s!
Ho Are You Kitty? - yet another gangsta rap crossover!!
Handy With The Tick - Beats those "Do not ask for credit" signs!
Jackson's Morning Rush - if only he'd bought an alarm clock!
The Antrim Asses - The Poghal From Ahoghill and a few of his mates?
Farewell To My Roubles - yet another Russian bankruptcy!
The Priest And His Boos - Not the most popular cleric in Ireland, then ...
The Shot Grass - A common fate unfortunately in this day and age!
The Potted Cow - aka Damian Hirst's?
The Ark In The Morning - aka Noah's Jig?
The Runs Of Kilmallock - I didn't think those prawns tasted right!!
The Angry Pee-er - Gawd!! It's about time someone gave these toilets a cleanin'! And where's the bliddy loo-roll!!
The Coo In The Kitchen - Who let that pigeon into the house?
Wallop The Sot - The Temperance Jig?
Stop The Razor - aka Ronnie Drew's Jig?
The Looming Meadows - I've had nightmares like that!
The Booming Meadows - Another arms dump decommissioned!
The Full Moo - The four-part bovine call as opposed to the bowdlerised 2-parter in common circulation
Tay Where You Are - Table service is so civilised, don't you think!
The Drogheda Wavers - aka The Louth DTs
Smash The Widows - A marching tune from a militant outfit opposed to men predeceasing women!
Behind The Bus In The Garden - some people's back gardens are littered with wrecks of cars and motorbikes; this tune's maker is a tad more ambitious
The Ox Hunters' Jig - Your wee red yoke? Sure where's the crack in that? Have a go at a real baste!
The Morning Tar - don't you just live the first cigarette of the day?
My Love is Fair And Had Some - Blondes have more fun!
Toss The Fathers - aka Oedipus' Reel?
The Bone Hunt - aka The Archaeologist
The Sow On The Hills - Get those fences mended, boy!
The Back Haired Lass - Aisy on; you're sure you didn't go coortin' a gorilla by mistake?
Beamish's Goa - Oul' Beamish was forever boasting of his trips to India.
The Lady Behind The Boa - aka Danny LaRue's
Petty Peggy - bitchy reel for a bitchy lady
The Long Stand - aka The Glass Hammer, aka The Spirit-Level Bubble (ask anyone who's ever worked on a building site!)
The Op Of The Morning - aka The Surgeon's Gambit
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Aidan Crossey
Re: Lost Consonants
Oh, what the heck, let's throw this open to other modifications:
Neil Gow's Wifi - whippin out the Bluetooth at his favorite coffee shop?
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
I thought Atlantis was the missing consonant.
Thank you for the long and interesting list with 'tude (an Americanism missing two syllables).
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by CeolCairdeas
Re: Lost Consonants
My personal fave: http://www.grahamrawle.com/Series_Lost/series-lost-448.html
(I am so going to get fired.)
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
Thanks, Kerri. Now I'm going to waste the rest of the afternoon on this....
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
Kiss the Ass Ye Love the Best -insufferable brown-nosers...
I'm going back to work now.
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
The Morning Ew. (I'll leave that to your imaginations).
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
The Humous of Tulla - What they failed to serve me in the kebab shop in Tulla 3 years ago
The Iffey Banks - You'd be advised to take your money elsewhere
Move up to E - We've been playing D tunes all night
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by ragaman
Re: Lost Consonants
The Silver Sire - Charlie Chaplin
The Boys of Mali - Ali Farka Toure's group
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Bren
Re: Lost Consonants
"I thought Atlantis was the missing consonant."
"R" is the Lost Consonant of Atlantic City.
KFG
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by KFG
Re: Lost Consonants
The Hips are Sailing - love those hula girls.
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
Too bad it's only consonants, cuz I was giggling about "The Lonesome Batman" for quite a while there. Then I realized I'd hit a goldmine. The Steambat. The hole in the Bat, Launching the Bat, The Lady on the Bat, and my personal favorite "I am Off with the Good St. Nicholas Bat"
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
Hey! No cheap bat jokes. Excuse me, gotta go to the batroom..
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
The New Rigged Hip (for the octogenarians among us)
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
The Earl's Hair (A Wig for a Kiss)
The Eelers Jacket (A Slimy Garment)
The Bag Of Suds
The Olden Keyboard (A Spinet?)
The Eel In The Ink (Eek!)
The Lass Of Beer (My kinda girl!)
The Aid Behind The Bar (The Blackthorn Walking-Stick)
Condon's Rolics (!)
Rim The Velvet (!!!)
The Cock Of Gold (Leave it ALONE, Midas!)
Oh God, I haven't got time for this....
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Ottery
Re: Lost Consonants
The Ailing Banshee - feeling a little punky tonight
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
Ok ... just a few more ...
Bony Kate ... aka Moronie's Jig
The Rose In The Heater
The Pains Of Boyle
Boil The Breakfast, Earl ... aka Scruggs' Reel
Oil The Breakfast Early ... cos we all like a greasy fry-up when we've had a few too many sherbets the night before
The Lying Wheelchair
The Castlebar Raveller ... responsible for the hank of yarn, no doubt!
The Stack of Heat
Rodney's Gory ... aka The Kinnegad Slasher?
The Hare's Pa
The Holy Bush ... St Ruth's?
Maho Naps
The Copperpate ... aka When Kilroy Went Bald?
The Gossoon That Eat His Father
Around The World For Port
The Id On The Mountain
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Aidan Crossey
Re: Lost Consonants
brians borus arch......just down the road from marble arch
ripping up the stairs..... house make over theme tune
the trayaway child......goes into tay where you are
the high art of the road.....billboards
the orpha....cockney rhyming slang
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by billy
Re: Lost Consonants
The Piper's Gass. (that's why I sit next to the accordian player)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
Aidan - can you get me a Long Weight from stores please?
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Just a person
Re: Lost Consonants
Coppers and Bras (Support your police)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by joesmith
Re: Lost Consonants
The Hips are Ailing - Arthur Rightus catches up with us all sooner or later.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by ragaman
Re: Lost Consonants
The Galtee Anger - Damn and Blast this place! I wish I were a long way form Tipperary.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by ragaman
Re: Lost Consonants
...FROM Tipperary.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by ragaman
Re: Lost Consonants
...FOR Tipperary
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by GaryAMartin
Re: Lost Consonants
The Bird in the Bus, The Primrose Ass. I don't think of any good one.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by slainte
Re: Lost Consonants
Aidan- a LIFE, a IFE- oops
very cute- A pipe on the ho- and to hink I'm trying to learn that???? What would addy neenan think???
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by I_Fel
Re: Lost Consonants
The Big Eel of Callightown
The Inch of Snuff
The Knotted Cod
The Old Ring
The Otter's Hot
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by JerryH
Re: Lost Consonants
and...
The Old Bus
The Silver Pear
The Red Cow
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by JerryH
Re: Lost Consonants
The Blackhaired Ass. (So I used to know this Italian guy...)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
The Monaghan Wig
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by showaddydadito
Re: Lost Consonants
Damm, I'd just written down the Monaghan Wig (to go with the copperpate), also:
Mulligan Aces
Flowing Tie
Mountain Ark
Bind Mary
The night we had the oats
Ripping up the Stairs
Down the room
Sorting Paddy
Ah, Surly
(sorry for any repeats)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Cath
Re: Lost Consonants
Fairy Dane
Cuckoo's net
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Cath
Re: Lost Consonants
Aidan - you've obviously too much time on your hands - will you be starting the equivalent Vowel Movements on this thread, or is that for a separate thread?
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by showaddydadito
Re: Lost Consonants
Ah, g'wan Dave. You know you want to!
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Aidan Crossey
Re: Lost Consonants
ok folks, let's see if you can work out how Vowel Movements work then:
Mad Behind the Bar
Tripping up the Stars
etc. etc.
so, any funny ones?
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by showaddydadito
Re: Lost Consonants
Black ear
Cabs in the skillet
Freeze Beeches
Ferry bans
Back rogue
Sash the Windows
Grave Walk
Spy in spate
Hadrman the fiddler
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Cath
Re: Lost Consonants
Hardman the fiddler of course.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Cath
Re: Lost Consonants
Not so easy with the vowels, but I'm reminded of my all time favourite missing consonant from the Guardian:
"Rod Stewart does rap versions of other people's songs"
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Cath
VOWEL MOVEMENTS
Ah ...
Well here's a wee starter just before I log off for home ...
The Earl's Char (aka The Irish Washerwoman, ouch!)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Aidan Crossey
Re: Lost Consonants
The Iris Washerwoman? (OK, as long as she doesn't touch my pupils.)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
this is stupid
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Hugo Chavez
Re: Lost Consonants
(only cause im dyslexic and jealous of the fun y'all are having...)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Hugo Chavez
Re: Lost Consonants
Hose With a Heart.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
The Heating Bastard (did you *see* how much he charged us to fix that radiator!?)
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Lost Consonants
O.K., I'm a brown noser, but at least I'm incorrigible. Thanks to everyone for the long list. I will not be able to catch up to them all in this lifetime. Gee - we can follow a lost consonant thread with a loose vowels thread!
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by CeolCairdeas
Re: Lost Consonants
taking out the rash- nhs doctors
greenleeves - springtimes here
the heels of the world - clarkes shoes are universal
have a drink with e -narcotics dehydrate !!
paddy ryans ream - he had to write the tunes on something
martin o connors flying log - after the humous of tulla
the pleasures of hoe - enough said
the leeping pilgrim
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by billy
Re: Lost Consonants
The High Eel - all sorts of images come to mind...
Wallowtail Jig - we've all seen these 'dancers'
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by Batlady
Re: Lost Consonants
Ratlin Island - and on that island there was a bog
The Yellow Inker - one of the highlights of the session
The Awn - found amongst The Stack of Barley
The Twelve Pis - six times round
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by ragaman
Re: Lost Consonants
Woman of the Hose–Breaking the gender barrier at the Fire Dept.
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by joesmith
Re: Lost Consonants
The Girl who Broke My Ear.
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by slainte
Re: Lost Consonants
Craig's Pies
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by JerryH
Re: Lost Consonants
The Coachman's Hip - he's got GPS and everything
# Posted on February 4th 2005 by ragaman