“Mrs. 2. Would you [G]like to make a soldier out of [D7]your son Ted? The Clancys on their Isn’t Grand Boys album sang the song … A nice revamping of Sandbox theme for WordPress, Folk Song Index, History, Lyrics, Chords, Video, Audio, Sources, and more, The Erie Canal (Repost with video, bonus video, and added content), Girl Volunteer, The (The Cruel War is Raging), When the Chariot Comes (She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain (B)), There’s Many a Man Killed on the Railroad, Liza in the Summertime (She Died on the Train), Whoopee, Ti Yi Yo, Git Along, Little Dogies, The Lone Star Trail (primarily known as The Chisholm Trail), When the Curtains of Night are Pinned Back. John C. Reilly sang My Son John on the 2006 anthology of pirate ballads, sea songs and chanteys, Rogue's Gallery. Sean Doyle sang Mrs McGrath Of these, critic Steven L. Jones singled out Minneapolis group Boiled in Lead's rendition, from their 1989 album From the Ladle to the Grave as a skillful modernization that also stayed true to the song's politics and "underlying rage and terror."[4]. They took two legs from a child of mine. Your email address will not be published. She spied a ship coming into the bay and sang it as the 18 November 2012 entry of his project Sam Henry's Songs of the People Our chord converter enables you to play any song in whatever key you like. Or have you any tidings of my song Ted, The album's booklet noted: This ballad is a bitter comment on the wars against Napoleon. With my rue dum dah, fol de riddle dah With her son from far away, “Oh captain dear, where have ye been? Your two fine legs were your mammy’s pride. Em G D Mrs. McG Too-ri, [D7]oo-ri, [G]oo-ri-aa is trying to cheat him of his disablement pension by claiming that he was When I left my own two legs behind. Ireland was a rich source of … And after seven years or more 'Cause he ran a race with a cannonball, a cannonball, Mrs. McGrath This song is by Bruce Springsteen and appears on the album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) and on the live album Live In Dublin (2007) by … Bruce Springsteen Lyrics and chords. ], Garners Gay Daily news and information about Irish musicHomeSt Patrick’s DaySongsBandsSingersMusiciansSongwritersShowcaseBlogBack. Is the poor boy living or is he gone? When up came a bloody great cannon-ball, by Tim Hart and Maddy Prior (1969). in 2015 on their Haystack album Now Mrs. McGrath would you like that?”, With me too-rye-ay Foddle-diddle-day When I left my two fine legs behind Wheeler Street sang My Son John