Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 22nd 2003 by Aidan Crossey.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Thirty Bottle Hughie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GA|BGEG DGEG|cAAA/B/ cAA2|BGEG DGEG|cBAB G2GA
BGEG DGEG|cAAA/B/ cAA2|BGEG DGEG|cBAB G2||
GA|BGdG BGdG|cAFA cAFA|BGdG BGdG|cAFA G2GA|
BGdG BGdG|cAFA EADA|BGdG BGdG|cAFA G2||
GA|BGdG eGdG|cAAA/B/ cAFA|BGdG eGdG|cAFA G2GA|
BGdG eGdG|cAAA/B/ cAFA|BGdG eGdG|cAFA G2||
True Story
I was told the story when down the pub one night of a Lurgan man who, on a Friday afternoon, found himself as usual in one of Lurgan's watering holes and settled down "for the long haul". On the afternoon in question a fight broke out in the pub and some weeks later, Hughie found himself in the witness box being asked to recount his version of events. Hughie gave a long, detailed and honest account of the battle, which showed the defendant in a very poor light. After Hughie gave his testimony, the defendant's solicitor advised the magistrate that Hughie's evidence should be taken with a pinch of salt because he gathered that Hughie was drunk at the time the fight took place. The magistrate took a dim view of this and peered over his glasses. "Is this correct?" Hughie was hurt by the solicitor's remarks. "Well ... I had drink taken, but I was far from what you might call drunk!" "So, how much drink would you have taken at the time?" Hughie pondered, did some mental arithmetic. "About thirty bottles."
# Posted on March 12th 2003 by Aidan Crossey