Jimmie McBride Lyrics Chords And Sheet Music
Words and music by Bev and Jerry Praver.
In 1990, we went to Ireland to attend the Willy Clancy Summer School where we had a brief conversation with Jimmie McBride of Inishowen. He asked us if we were going to Donegal on that trip saying he would arrange a singing session for us. We said were not going that far north and he told us to call him if we were ever coming to Inishowen. In 2002, we were in Dublin and we called him. We don’t think he remembered us and when we asked about singing sessions he told us there were no more in his area because all the other singers had died and he was the only one left although he did tell us about a couple of pubs where we could hear tunes. His story was probably not true (after all, he is Irish) but we believed it and it made a big impression on us. A few weeks later, we wrote his biography in the form of this song. It’s all true in the Hollywood (or Irish) sense which means it includes a couple of facts and we made the rest up. Bev and Jerry Praver. Other great songs about this county in the North West of Ireland include The Homes Of Donegal Lyrics And Chords has become a standard song to record for folk singers to fill up their albums.
In 1990, we went to Ireland to attend the Willy Clancy Summer School where we had a brief conversation with Jimmie McBride of Inishowen. He asked us if we were going to Donegal on that trip saying he would arrange a singing session for us. We said were not going that far north and he told us to call him if we were ever coming to Inishowen. In 2002, we were in Dublin and we called him. We don’t think he remembered us and when we asked about singing sessions he told us there were no more in his area because all the other singers had died and he was the only one left although he did tell us about a couple of pubs where we could hear tunes. His story was probably not true (after all, he is Irish) but we believed it and it made a big impression on us. A few weeks later, we wrote his biography in the form of this song. It’s all true in the Hollywood (or Irish) sense which means it includes a couple of facts and we made the rest up. Bev and Jerry Praver. Other great songs about this county in the North West of Ireland include The Homes Of Donegal Lyrics And Chords has become a standard song to record for folk singers to fill up their albums.
1. In Inishowen in north Donegal
When you were a wee lad just starting to crawl
You sat by the hearth where the peat fire burned
Your folks sang the old songs and there you first learned
cho:
One by one all your comrades have gone
They(ve left you to finish your pint all alone
All of the others have grown old and died
Do you still sing the old songs now, Jimmy McBride
2. A few years later when you were a boy
Singing the songs brought you comfort and joy
You listened so eagerly, right from the start
By the time you reached manhood you knew them by heart
3. Leaving the homestead you drifted along
And there in your heart you took all the old songs
Then you married Roisin and had babes of your own
You sang them the old songs (til they were full grown
4. By the time your children had grown up, you swore
They would learn all the old songs as you did before
But employment was meager you must understand
They all had to settle in far distant lands
5. But still you went to O(Flaherty(s pub
To sing the old songs with the regular club
As you stared at those faces so far past their prime
It was plain to be seen that there wasn(t much time
When you were a wee lad just starting to crawl
You sat by the hearth where the peat fire burned
Your folks sang the old songs and there you first learned
cho:
One by one all your comrades have gone
They(ve left you to finish your pint all alone
All of the others have grown old and died
Do you still sing the old songs now, Jimmy McBride
2. A few years later when you were a boy
Singing the songs brought you comfort and joy
You listened so eagerly, right from the start
By the time you reached manhood you knew them by heart
3. Leaving the homestead you drifted along
And there in your heart you took all the old songs
Then you married Roisin and had babes of your own
You sang them the old songs (til they were full grown
4. By the time your children had grown up, you swore
They would learn all the old songs as you did before
But employment was meager you must understand
They all had to settle in far distant lands
5. But still you went to O(Flaherty(s pub
To sing the old songs with the regular club
As you stared at those faces so far past their prime
It was plain to be seen that there wasn(t much time
Jimmie McBride Sheet Music
