Annotation:Paddy’s the Boy

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PADDY'S THE BOY. AKA and see “Coppers and Brass (2),” “Hartigan's Fancy,” “Humors of Ennistymon (1) (The).” Irish, Jig. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Irishman's Shanty" (1859) A Favorite Comic Song With Imitations. As ]Sung by Matt Peel. Words and Music by Henry Tucker (1826-1882) Albany: E. Hobart & Co. Engd. by Greene & Walker Boston; Pearson, Eng'r. [Source: 050/045@Levy] [NOTE: text delimited by [] is spoken.] 1. Did you ever go in to an Irishman’s shanty? Ah! there boys you’ll find the whiskey so plenty With a pipe in his mouth there sits Paddy so free. No King in his palace is prouder than he. Hurrah! my honey, [Now then boys, one for Paddy!] Whack! Paddy’s the boy. [CHORUS sung after each VERSE] Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! 2. There’s a three legged stool and a table to match, And the door to the shanty is locked with a latch; There’s a nice feather mattress all bursting with straw, For the want of a Bedstool, it lies on the floor. Hurrah! my honey. [Now then boys, one for the mattress.] Whack! Paddy’s the boy.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 54. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 82.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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