damn it lounge. this is all your fault. musical rabbit hole.

[mopinko]

so, there was this last night-
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1418386

so i started out w the chieftains, and then it was a whole irish music rabbit hole.
and now i am here-

thanks. i needed that.

[Binkie The Clown]

1. Speaking as someone with Irish ancestry...

Nobody can sing sad songs like the Irish.

[mopinko]

2. yeah. i am taking voice lessons.

and this one just killed me. need the sheet music.

[Harker]

3. Nobody quite rollicks like the Irish, either. n/t

[TomSlick]

4. There are worse rabbit holes.

Erin go bragh!

[mopinko]

5. yeah. i need to work on my brogue.

planning a trip of there as soon as this plague dies down.
my ex married an irish cop from donnybrook. he says they arent real fond of americans that think they are irish.
i think she is just that kind of a person. i mean, she is a retired chicago cop. but a touch of a brogue to pass a little cant hurt.
i'm taking voice lessons. so, this is sorta a 2 birds 1 stone kind of thing.

i've actually hooked up w a couple cousins over there, and they have been delightful.
in fact, i hooked up w an adoptee looking for family. she found me, and now she has about 100 cousins. she's plain thrilled.

[TomSlick]

7. Forget the faux brogue. It will only encourage the Irish to be even more difficult to understand.

I was in Dublin years ago. I found the Irish very welcoming. I discovered that if I told people I was from Arkansas and had actually met Bill Clinton, it was always good for at least one free Guinness. (Clinton is a hero because of the Good Friday accords.) When in a pub, my Arkansas accent became so thick you couldn't cut it with a knife - then again, that often happens after a couple pints.

Make it clear that you find the English a lower life form and you'll be fine. My son has been in Dublin more recently, he reports that it's also important that you are clear you think Trump is even lower than a Sasanach.

[mopinko]

8. just a hint of a lilt is what i am thinkin.

just enough to let them know i had real irish in my life as a kid.
and learn a few songs. and yeah, have to look sasanach up, but i think they will be able to smell that on me.

[mopinko]

9. ok. looked it up. only problem

my ggrandma was english. born in ireland, tho.
but i'll be sure to hang my head a bit if that comes up in the convo.

[TomSlick]

10. Every family has a black sheep.

An anglo-irish g-grandparent is barely a tan sheep.

[mopinko]

11. well, she was pretty black.

took her for black irish at first. curly hair, dark eyes.
of the 7 of us, 5 got her black hair. only 1 of those has blue eyes.

not me tho. phew. good ginger.

[mopinko]

6. but it is a verrrrrryyy deep rabbit hole.

[mopinko]

12. and this is where this sort of thing leads-

i dunno. i dont think it is safe to hang out in here.
change my mind.

[mopinko]

13. oh lordy. then you go here-

then you're playing your native american version of the bodhran, tapping out the rhythm to songs you never heard.
then you're on amazon buyin a tin whistle, and a song book.

the genes, the genes they are a callin.

[yellowdogintexas]

14. Oh I did worse. Much worse. That 10,000 guest wedding in NYC that was cancelled

got me started watching You Tube of similar events - I made the mistake of looking up why there would have been 10,000 guests at a wedding in the first place

Weirdly fascinating and now I find my self looking for some that I have not seen.

[mopinko]

15. like what?

i cant even imagine, and i come from a bbiiggggg irish family.

[mopinko]

16. i did learn this tho-

that irish voice is cuz they sing from the roof of their mouth.
when they belt it out, it comes from their nose.

good to know.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

17. I would like it noted on the record....

That this is the ONLY music I posted last night. So none of this is my fault!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181419173

[mopinko]

18. lol

you're exonerated.

it's been great fun. i'm planning a trip over there and knowing the drinking songs should help wipe a bit of the american smell off.
i'm entitled to dual citizenship, so i will do that first. but yeah, how can i fit in if i dont now the drinking songs?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

19. Here's one!

See. I could have brought this to the party, if ya invited me

[mopinko]

20. that's great!

that's how i want to be remembered. i want to be laid out on the table in my own dining room table! i have a well stocked liquor cabinet.
then i want a second line parade.

that little drum- i have the native american version. i found a cousin in ireland that is trying to talk me out of it. i was playing along w the drinking songs. turns out to be easy, cuz they all have the same beat.

that was really fun. thanks.
you're invited to have a drink any time you are in chicago.