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IRISHMAN'S SHANTY, THE. AKA and see "Gallant Sixty-Ninth (The)," "Gals of Sixty-Nine (The)," "Old Tenth (The)." American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is employed as a vehicle for a song called "The Irishman's Shanty," printed in Canteen Songster (Philadelphia: Simpson & Co., 1866), p. 91) as "sung by Lew Simmons, of Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels."

Did ye ever go int'ill an Irishman's shanty?
Och! b'ys, that's the place where the whiskey it plenty;
With his pipe in his mouth, there sits Paddy so free,
No king in his palace is prouder than he!

CHORUS:
Arrah; me honey! w-a-c-k! Paddy's the boy.

There are numerous variants of what was once a "comic" song, in the same vein as comic minstrel songs about African-Americans; they sound simply denigrating to modern ears, and are seldom sung. Bayard (1981) identifies this melody as one of the "Welcome Home" family of tunes.

Source for notated version: Wilbur Neal (fiddler from Centre County, Pa., 1948) [Bayard].

Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 606C, p. 535-536.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''IRISHMAN'S SHANTY, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Gallant Sixty-Ninth (The)]]," "[[Gals of Sixty-Nine (The)]]," "[[Old Tenth (The)]]." American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
+'''IRISHMAN'S SHANTY, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Gallant Sixty-Ninth (The)]]," "[[Gals of Sixty-Nine (The)]]," "[[Old Tenth (The)]]." American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is employed as a vehicle for a song called "The Irishman's Shanty," printed in '''Canteen Songster''' (Philadelphia: Simpson & Co., 1866), p. 91) as "sung by Lew Simmons, of Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels."
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-''Oh say, have you been in an Irishman's shanty''<br>
+''Did ye ever go int'ill an Irishman's shanty?''<br>
-''Where the money was scarce and the whiskey was plenty...''   (Bayard)<br>
+''Och! b'ys, that's the place where the whiskey it plenty;''<br>
+''With his pipe in his mouth, there sits Paddy so free,''<br>
+''No king in his palace is prouder than he!''<br>
+<br>
+CHORUS: <br>
+''Arrah; me honey! w-a-c-k! Paddy's the boy.''<br>
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-Bayard (1981) identifies this melody as one of the "[[Welcome Home]]" family of tunes.
+There are numerous variants of what was once a "comic" song, in the same vein as comic minstrel songs about African-Americans; they sound simply denigrating to modern ears, and are seldom sung. Bayard (1981) identifies this melody as one of the "[[Welcome Home]]" family of tunes.
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