Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 12th 2006 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 68 tunebooks.
Also known as Girl I Left Behind, Girl I Left Behind Me, The Girl I Left Behind, The Shirt I Left Behind Me, Waxie's Dargle, The Waxie's Dargle.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Girl I Left Behind Me, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
|:g/f/|ed BA|BG E>F|G2 G/A/B/c/|d2 dg/f/|
ed BA|BG E>G|FA DE/F/|G2 G:|
|:z/A/|Bd ef|gd BG|Bd ef|g2 f>^c|
ed BA|BG E>G|FA DE/F/|G2 G:|
The Shirt I Left Behind Me (polka)
Source: Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta
# Posted on January 12th 2006 by gian marco
I'm sure this was a signature tune for a radio program in Ireland many years ago - it is more than somewhat familiar. Nice tune anyway.
# Posted on January 13th 2006 by Donough
Really the shirt? LOL
# Posted on January 13th 2006 by Zina Lee
More commonly known as tune/ song "The Girl I Left Behind Me". However, I once saw the lyrics to a comic song to this tune about the misadventures of a farm labourer and the shirt. I am afraid I can only remember the last two lines
And I was fined 10 quid for braining that kid
In the shirt I left behind me
Anyone got the rest of the words?
# Posted on January 13th 2006 by LongNote
A polka version of "My Mind Will Never Be Easy"?
# Posted on January 13th 2006 by slainte
Also Known As "The Waxies Dargle".
# Posted on January 13th 2006 by Innocent Bystander
Also known as "Brighten Camp."
Most famously played by Buggs Bunny on fife and Porky Pig on snare drum.
--James
# Posted on January 13th 2006 by beardflute
There's an old IWW song to this tune, called "The Mysteries of A Hobo's Life", findable under that title at mudcat. The little that's known about the author, "T-Bone Slim", is a good story for those interested in American history. For that matter, the song itself is a good introduction to the American labor movement of the early twentieth century. And you thought this stuff was just folk music!
-Jon
# Posted on January 15th 2006 by Jon Kiparsky
Many names seem to exist for this tune - Brighton Camp, The Girl I Left Behind Me, and the original Upton-Upon-Severn Stick dance tune (before it was replaced by the eponymous tune).
Interestingly it is also mentioned in Haggard's 'King Solomon's Mines' (written in 1885) - one of the main characters whistles the tune 'The Girl I left behind me'.
One set of lyrics:
The Black cat piddled in the white cat's eye,
the white cat said 'Corr Bli-mey',
The black cat said it serves you right,
You shouldn't have stood behind me!
# Posted on October 14th 2006 by bristoljw
Here's a nice version......
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e2dc B2A2|B2G2 E2G2|FGA2 D2EF|G4 G2:| \
|dc|B2 Bcd2ef |g2dcBAG2|Bc d2e2f2|g4 f2gf|\
e2dc B2A2|B2G2 E2G2|FGA2 D2EF|G4 G2 :|
# Posted on August 21st 2007 by Freddy Frog
Waxies Dargle Lyrics
Says my aul wan to your aul wan
Will ye come to the waxies dargle?
Says your aul wan to my aul wan,
Sure I havent got a farthing.
Ive just been down to monto town
To see uncle mcardle
But he didnt have half a crown
For to go to the waxies dargle.
What are ye having, will ye have a pint?
Yes, Ill have a pint with you, sir,
And if one of us doesnt order soon
Well be thrown out of the boozer.
Says my aul wan to your aul wan
Will ye come to the galway races?
Says your aul wan to my aul wan,
With the price of my aul lads braces.
I went down to capel street
To the jew man moneylenders
But they wouldnt give me a couple of bob on
My aul lads suspenders.
Chorus
Says my aul wan to your aul wan
We have no beef or mutton
But if we go down to monto town
We might get a drink for nuttin
Heres a piece of good advice
I got from an aul fishmonger:
When food is scarce and you see the hearse
Youll know you have died of hunger.
(As sung by Sweeney's Men back in the 1960s and later on by the Pogues)
# Posted on July 11th 2009 by Bannerman