Name: Clasped To A Pig
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: I first heard this song from the singing of the great Tommy McCarthy when he was a guest at An Goilin singers club in Dublin. Tommy recorded this song on his album ‘Round Top Wagon’ (2010).

Clasped To A Pig

from The Wedding Above In Glencree by Daoiri Farrell

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Ten track CD in a fully cardboard four-sided pack with eight page booklet, including full lyrics and credits, with beautiful original artwork by Irish artist Caitriona Sweeney.

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Ten track CD in a fully cardboard four-sided pack with eight page booklet, including full lyrics and credits, with beautiful original artwork by Irish artist Caitriona Sweeney. These are copies signed personally by Daoirí, limited to 100 copies only.

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I first heard this song from the singing of the great Tommy McCarthy when he was a guest at An Goilin singers club in Dublin. Tommy recorded this song on his album ‘Round Top Wagon’ (2010).

lyrics

01
Oh backwards and forwards I am reeling in tight
And it was some spree that I’d been at last night
I’ve been to McCarthy’s with Patsy O’Maher
And we drank the black bottle from under the bar
And we drank and we drank boys we banished all care
And we gave not a thought to foul weather nor fair
And now on the floor I am curled up in a heap
Biddy leave me to sleep Biddy leave me to sleep

Chorus
For I’m clasped to a pig in a loving embrace
And the hairs of his curly tail are tickling my face
There’s no use in telling me sober to keep
Biddy leave me to sleep Biddy leave me to sleep

02
Oh well over my head in the days that are gone
Well gaily I flurried my knotty black thorn
And if I but only had it tonight
Well maybe I would not be offered a fight
Oh and if Pat Murphy I chances to meet
It’s an elegant ruckshee that we’ll have in the street
And he’ll soon be glad in his ott holt to creep
Biddy leave me to sleep Biddy leave me to sleep

Chorus

03
Oh drop down by the pig here and share his embrace
And let my red whiskers lie close to your face
This créatúir won’t hurt you he’ll do you no harm
Drop down here Biddy and keep my back warm
And squeeze up beside me as you’ve oft done before
I’ll sing you to sleep with the sounds of my snore
The rats and the mice all around us will creep
Biddy leave me to sleep Biddy leave me to sleep

Chorus

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from The Wedding Above In Glencree, released February 24, 2023
Vocals and bouzouki - Daoirí Farrell
Bass bouzouki - Manus Lunny

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Daoiri Farrell Dublin, Ireland

It’s commonly accepted that Dublin-born singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell is one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years. A product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections, Daoirí has gone from strength to strength seeing him tour and play festival stages across the world. ... more

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