Danny Boy - Learning English in Ireland

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Leaarning
Traditionaal
Irish Song
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By M
Ma iann Jordan
Celtic Publications
(Dublin, Ireland)
Thank you to all who made this book possible:
Alicia McAuley, for your expertise and patience in
the designing of the artwork for the covers and help
with editing.
Keenan Barrett, singer and multi-talented musician,
for your wonderful and excellent clear voice and
lyrics on all the songs.
Dinny McLaughlin and Tom Byrne for playing the
fiddle and accordion on the Audio CD.
Simon Muldoon, a very dedicated EFL teacher nd
musician, for writing the chords and the sheet mus c
Thank you also to all the students and colleges for
trying out the exercises in this book in pa ticular
Ronja Amslinger linguistics student, Tim C ey EFL
teacher and the Irish College of English.
A very special thanks to Liz for you edit ri l and
tremendous upport, to my family and, n pa ticular,
my fa her wh is my rock.
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Acknowledgements
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Audio CD
TRACK 1: Danny Boy
TRACK 2: I’ll Te Me Ma
TRACK 3: Lord Fran li
TRACK 4: Molly Malone
TRACK 5: Spancil Hill
TRACK 6 The Black Velvet Band
TR CK 7: The Fields of Athenry
TRACK 8: The Galway Shawl
TRACK 9: The Wild Rover
TR CK 10: Whiskey in the Jar
TRACKS 11- 20: Ten individual instruments
Cover/Graphic Artwork and Design by:
Alici McCau ey and Marianne Jord n
Vocals by:
Ciánan Barrett
Edi ors:
El zab h Jordan and Alicia Mc
Acoustic Bass, Mandolin and Tin Whistle by:
Ciánan Barrett
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C ds and Sheet Mu ic by:
Simon Muldoon
Fiddle by:
Dinny McLaughlin
Published in Irel nd by
Celtic Publicati ns
Accordion by:
Tom Byrne
Fir Pu i hed 2 11
Engineered by:
Aidan McLaughlin
ISBN:
78-1904669-35-7
Recorded in:
Donegal, Ireland
© Celtic Publications 2011
All rights reserved. Copying of audio CD is strictly prohibited.
Permission is given to play publicly for teaching purposes only.
Dedication:
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To my father, Captain Daniel F. Jordan (Deceased)
Learning Traditional Irish Songs
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Contents
Contents
Introduction to Traditional Irish Music ............................................... 5
Learner’s Notes ............................................................................. 6
Songs:
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Danny Boy .................................................................... 7
I’ll Tell Me Ma ...............................................................19
Lord Franklin ................................................................31
Molly Malone .............................................................. 43
Spancil Hill................................. .................................55
The Black Velvet Band ...... ... .... ........................ .... 67
The Fields of Athenry .......... ...... ...................... .. ..79
The Galway Shawl..........
... ...... .................. ... 91
The Wild Rover ........... ...... ...................... ... ... .. 103
Whiskey in the Jar
.... ........................... ....... ...... 115
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Quiz
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Answers to exercises ... ................................ ..... ..................... 128
Abbreviations..... ...
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Colloquialisms ..... ..................... .... ...
Pronunciati n Guide .............
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Mus cal instruments, mus c and teachers ....................................... 140
Audio CD:
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Dann Boy
I’ll Tell Me Ma
Lord Franklin
Molly Malone
Spancil Hill
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The Black Velvet Band
The Fields of Athenry
The Galway Shawl
The Wild Rover
Whiskey in the Jar
Plus a selection of sounds of ten individual Irish Instruments
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Learner’s Notes
>< Learner’s Notes ><
Singing songs is a fun way for everyone to learn. There is a wide variety of exercises in
this book for each of the songs to suit all levels. Each song starts with an ‘Information
Page’, about the background and other interesting information about the song, followed
by a selection of different exercises for you to choose from to help you to learn the songs.
There are lots of exercises for native speakers of English and for learners of English.
Pronunciation guides are included. Choose as little or as many different types of
exercises you need to help you to learn the songs.
8 Comprehension
This is a question and answer exercise. Learners
listen to the song, read the words and answer
the comprehension questions that follow.
Learners c n do this individually or in pairs a d
can then compare their answers before heckin
a a g up. This is a good discussion exer e.
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Vocabulary
This is suitable for those of you who are also
learning English as a foreign language or for
those who are unsure of the meanings of some
of the words in the songs.
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Here are some notes about each of the exercises and how to use them:
2 Pronunciation
This is also suitable for those of you who are
learning English as a foreign language or if you
are unsure of the Irish pronunciation of some of
the words in the songs. Includes a rhyming
word exercise.
3 Gap Fill 1
This is a good way to help to learn t e words of
the song. Listen to the song and fill i the
missing words on the lines provided. Gap ill 1
includes pronunciation guides using the IPA
(International Phonetic Alphabet –
e Appendix 1)
and is a good follow on ex rci e fr m Exercise 2
above.
4 Gap Fill 2
As for Gap Fill 1 ut in t is exercise the missin
words are provid d and earners choose the
missing w rd from given list.
5 Gap Fil 3
As f Gap F l 1 but this is th
as no p ompts are given.
9 Gu tar Chords
Fo thos of you who are talented enough to be
able o play the guitar at sing-a-l ngs.
10 Sheet Music
For those of you wh can play
e piano etc.
11 Lyrics
The words of the song.
Note:
There s a ver ion of this book for those who are
TEACHING these songs.
“Teaching Traditional Irish Songs”
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can be ordered from:
des Gap Fill
6 Gr mmar 1 (Verb Tenses
uita le for younger learners o learners of
E glish as a foreign language. This exercise
gives the infinitive o the verb and you have to
fill in the correct tense.
7 Grammar (Spelli g)
Suitable r yo nger learners or learners of
English as foreig language. All the words of
th
g are given with 10 deliberate mistakes.
Lea ers must arefully find and correct the 10
mistak s.
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Danny Boy
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Danny Boy- Information
“Danny Boy” was written in 1910 by Frederick Weatherly. There are a few ideas of who
the song is for. Some say it is from a woman to a man although the song is actually
sung by men as much as, or possibly more often than, women. This could confirm the
more popular suggestion (and the one we are using here) that the song is being sung by
a father to his son, Danny. The father is upset that Danny has gone off to fight at war
and is heartbroken that he may never see him again in this life.
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“Danny Boy” is one of many lyrics sung to the tune of the
“Derry Air”. Derry is a city in the north of Ireland. The song is
widely considered a Northern Irish anthem, and the tune is
used as the anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth
Games.
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At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, an Irish boxer called Ba ry
McGuigan won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class.
When they came to award him his medal they were un bl to
play his nation l anthem for technical reasons. One f the
officials, who came from I eland, grabbed the micropho e and
started singing “Danny Boy” to the crowd and all Barr ’s fans
joined in. The s ng became B rry’s personal anthe and was
sung at very one of his fights thereafter by his fathe Barry
w t on to become World Champion and great media star of
the mid 1980
Shipquay Street, Derry City, Co Derry, N. Ireland
Note from the author:
It is a tradition in Ireland to name children, especially the first-born child with their parents’ or other relations’
names. Danny is a very popular name in my family. My father is called Daniel Fr ncis Jordan, named after his
uncle Danny (whose own son s cal d Danny), and his father, Tho a Fran is J rdan, who was a naval stores
inspector during the w r My f her h d only one son, whom he called D nny. My brother Danny’s first-born
son was born on the Feas of Co pus Christi so he was called Chr stopher, ut his next child, a daughter, is called
Danielle. Our family home is in Derry City, Northern Ireland This b k is dedicated to my father, Dan Jordan,
who lives every m nute of his life for his family.
Lyrics of the Song:
(
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Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the p pes are calling
And if you come when all the flowers are
F om glen to glen and down the mountain side
dying
The summer's gone a d all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead as well may be
'Tis you, 'tis you m st go and I must bide.
You'll come and find the place where I am
lying
But come y bac when summer's in the
And kneel and say an “Ave” there for me.
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Or wh n the valley's hushed and white with snow
And I will hear you softly tread above me
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I will sleep in peace until you come to me.
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1 Danny Boy
- Vocabulary
Match the words/phrases to the
meanings:
G)
Meaning
A) to remain/stay somewhere/wait
B) to go down with your knees on the
ground (for example, to pray)
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1 an “Ave” (n)
/æve/
2 to bide (v)
/bad/
3 a glen (n)
/len/
4 hushed (adj)
/ht/
5 to kneel (v)
/ni:l/
6 a meadow (n)
/medo/
7 pipes (n)
/paps/
Your
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Words/Phrases
8 a shadow (n)
/ædo/
9 ‘tis (v)
/tz/
10 o tread (v)
/t ed/
11 a valley (n)
/væli/
12 ye (pron)
/ji:/
a glen
C) musical wind instruments
D) an old English word for ‘you’
E) an area of grass (mostly used for making
hay)
F) colloquial word fo ‘it is
G) a short form or ‘A e Maria’ (Latin for “Hail
Mary”, a Catholic prayer to Mary, the mother of
Jesus Ch st)
H) calm st ll and silent
I) a da k shape that you see near
someone or something blocking the sun
or light
J) a low area of land between two hills or
mountains
K) a narrow valley (Scotland and Ireland)
L) to put your foot down on something
a meadow
a valley
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2 Danny Boy
- Pronunciation
A Match the words with the phonetic symbols:
be
2
bide
g)
Phonetic Symbols
a) /ædo/
b) /sad/
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calling
c) /medo/
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dying
d) /sno/
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lying
e) /bad/
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me
f) /so/
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meadow
g) /bi:/
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shadow
h) /k:l/
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side
i) /mi:/
10
snow
j) / la/
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so
k) /da/
Which of the above words rhyme (sound the same)?
Examples:
be rhymes with me - both words end with the sound /i:/.
calling, dying nd lying all rhyme – they all end with the sound //.
(The r st of the rhyming words are in pairs – two words only.)
1 be
2 call ng
3
4
5
… rhymes with …
me
dying lying
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Danny Boy
3 Danny Boy
- Gap Fill 1
Listen to the song and write the missing words on
the lines provided below. Use the phonetic symbols
to help you.
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the ________ /paps/ are
/k:l/
/sad/
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From glen to _____ /len/ and down the mountain
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(Colloquial: ‘tis = it is)
The summer's gone and all the flowers are
/da/
'Tis you, ______/tz/ you must go and I must
/bad/.
But come ____ /ji:/ back when summer's in the
Or when the ________'s /væli/ _______/ht/ and whit with
'Tis I'll be here in sunsh ne or in
/medo/
/sno/
/ædo/
Oh Danny boy, oh Dan y boy, I love you
/so/.
And if you om when all the flowers are
/da/
And I am dead, as dead as well may
You'll come and find the place where I am
And _______ /ni:l/ and s y an “_______”/æve/ there for
And I will hear you softly ________ /tred/ above
A d all my dreams will warm and sweeter
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love
I will sleep in peace until you come to
/bi:/
/la/
/mi:/.
/mi:/
/bi:/
/mi:/
/mi:/.
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7 Danny Boy
- Grammar 2 (Spelling)
Read the words of the song “Danny Boy”.
There are 10 deliberate spelling mistakes.
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Write the mistake and the correction in the
table beside the song.
(Note: The underlined words are colloquial. They are not included in the 10 deliberate mistakes.)
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Words of the Song:
Mistake
Cor ec ion
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are ca ling
From glen to glen and down the monta n side
The summer's gone and all the flours are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must ide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the vall y's usht and white whit sn w
'Tis I'll be here in su shine or in shadow
Oh Danny b y, oh Danny boy, I love you ew.
And if y u come when all the f owers are dying
And
am dead, as dead as well may be
You ll come and find the laice were I am lying
And neel and say an “Ave” their for me.
And I will hear y u softly tread above me
I y u'll no fail to tell me that you love me
I wi l sleep in piece until you come to me.
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8 Danny Boy
- Comprehension
Read the words of the song and answer the
questions that follow:
And if you come when all the flowers are dying
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
And all m dreams will warm and sweeter b
If you'll no fail to tell me that you lov me
will leep i peace until you come o me
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Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
Questions:
1 Why do you think the ‘pipes are calling’?
2 Who could the singer be?
3 How does he singer feel about Danny?
4 Why is the singer staying behind?
5 Where might the singer be when Danny returns?
6 What is an “Ave ?
7 What ar the singer’s dreams?
8 Why will the singer ‘sleep in peace’?
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Danny Boy
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Danny Boy (The Derry air)
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Verse 1
G7
C
F6
C
Am
D7 G7
C
C7
F6 G9
The summer’s gone and all the flowers are dying
C
G7
C
‘Tis you, ‘tis you must go and I must bide.
G7
C
F
G7
C
Guitar chords used in
this song:
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Played in a slow ballad tempo using the
finger-picking style.
Verse 2
But come ye back, when summer’s in the meadow
G7
Am
F
C
D7
G7
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
C
C7
F
F6
‘Tis I’ll be here in suns ine or in shadow
G7
C
Am7 Dm7 G9
C
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so
Verse 3
G7
C
F6
And if y u come when all the flowers are dying
C
Am
D7 G7
And I am dead, as dead wel may be
C
C7
F6
You’ ome and find the place where I am lying
C
G7
C
And kneel and sa an “Ave” there for me.
Verse 1
G7
C
F
G7
C
G7
Am
F
C
D7
C
C7
F
F6
If you’ll not fail to tell me that you love me
G7 C
Am7 Dm7
G9
C
G9
G7
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Danny Boy- Lyrics
The summer's gone and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
Or when the valley's hushed and whi e with snow
'Tis I'll b her in sunshine or n shadow
And I am d
d, as dead as well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And ll my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
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I’ll Tell Me Ma
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I’ll Tell Me Ma- Information
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This is a very popular song among children.
Girls sing it a lot while skipping and
playing. It is an old song but it is still loved
as much now as it was in the past. It came
from Belfast first but now almost every
Irish person in the country knows it.
Musicians often play it because they know
people remember the words and will clap
their hands and sing along.
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The song is about a beautiful girl who is
admired by all the boys. She has sev ral
boys calling for her but she only has on
true lov .
Lyrics of the Song:
(C loquial: me = my
ma
mot
)
Chorus:
I'll tell me ma when I go home,
The boys won't leave the girls a one.
They pulled my hair, and they s ole my comb,
But that's all right 'til I get home
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the belle of Belfast city.
She is courting one, two, th ee,
(clap your hands as you s ng one two, three’)
Please would you te me, wh is she?
Albert Mooney says e loves her,
All the boys ar fight ng for her.
Knock at th doo nd they ring on the bell,
Oh, my rue l ve, a e you well?
Out he omes as white as snow
Ring on he fingers, bell on er t es.
Old Jo nny Morrisey sa d he'll ie,
If h doesn't get the gir with the roving eye.
(Chorus)
Let the wind and the rain and the hail go high,
Snow ome umbling from the sky.
She's as ice s apple pie,
She'll get h r fellow by and by.
W en she g
a lad of her own,
She on't tell her ma when she gets home.
Let them all come as they will,
It's Albert Mooney she loves still.
(Chorus)
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Molly Malone
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2 Molly Malone
- Pronunciation
A Match the words with the phonetic symbols:
d)
1 alive
Phonetic Symbols
a) /prti/
b) /h(r)/
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Your
answer
Words
B
3 city
c) /wi:lbæro/
4 fever
d) / av/
5 fishmonger
e) /næro/
6 ghost
f) /swi:t/
7 her
g) /fi:v( )/
8 narrow
h) /wnd (r)/
9 pretty
i) /ost/
10 sweet
j) /bæro/
11 wheelba row
k) /sti/
12 wonder
l) /fm(r)/
Which of the above words rhyme (sound the same)?
Examples: narrow rhymes with barrow and wheelbarrow - all words end with the sound /æro/.
1 narrow
barrow, wheelbarrow
… rhymes with …
2
3
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Spancil Hill
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3 Spancil Hill
- Gap Fill 1
Listen to the song and write the missing words
on the lines provided below.
Use the phonetic symbols to help you.
(Colloquial:
me = my)
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Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone _______________/ba/,
Me mind being bent on rambling to Ireland I did _________________/fla/.
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I stepped on board a vision and followed with the ________________/wl/,
'til first I came to anchor at the Cross near Spancil _____________
/h /
Delighted by the novelty, enchanted by the _______________ ____/si:n/,
Where in my early boyhood where o ten I had ____________ _____/bi:n/.
I thought I heard a murmur I think
hear it ____________________/stl/,
It's those little streams of water that flow down by Spancil __ ______/hl/.
It been on the twenty-third of June, the day before the __________/fer/,
When Ireland's sons and daughters and the friends assembled _____/er/.
The young, the old, the brave, the bold came their duty to ________/flfl/,
At the parish church in Clooney, a mil from Spancil _______________/hl/.
I went to se my neighbours to see wh t they would _____________/se/,
The old on s w
e all dead and gone, the young ones turning ______/re/.
I met the tailor Quigley, he's as b ld as ever ____________________/stl/,
Ah he used to mend my b itches when I lived at Spancil ___________/hl/.
I pa d a flying visit to me one and only ________________________/lv/.
She's as white as any lily, and as gentle as a ___________________/dv/.
She threw her arms around me, sayin' "Johnny I love you ________ /stl/!"
Ah sure she’s th farmer’s daughter, the pride of Spancil __________/hl/.
I dreamt I held and kissed her as in the days of _________________/j:r/.
”Ah Johnny, you're only joking, as many the time ______________/bf:r/.”
But the cock he crewed in the morning, he crewed both loud and ____/rl/.
I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil ___________________/hl/.
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3 The Black Velvet Band
- Gap Fill 1
Listen to the song and write the missing words on the lines
provided below. Use the phonetic symbols to help you.
(Colloquial:
many’s an hour = many hours
me = my)
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Chorus:
Her eyes they shone like ___________/damnds/ Next morning before judge and the ______/dr /
You'd think she was queen of the_________/lænd/ For a trial I would __________________/p(r)/
And her hair hung over her __________/old(r)/
And the judge, he said, "My young ____ _ felo/
In a neat little town they call __________/belfæst/
You're going to Van Diemen's ______ ___ ænd/
Apprenticed to trade I was _____________/band/
Far away from your friends an
And many’s an hour sweet ___________/hæpins/
To foll w the black velvet
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Tied up with a black velvet _____________/bænd/. The case against you is quite _________/k (r)/.
A seven l ng years I sentence ________ __/j /
I spent in that neat little ___________
___ ____/bænd/."
/ta /.
‘Till bad misfortune came over ____ _______/mi:/
That caused me to stray from the _ ______/læ d/
Far from my friends and ______________/rle ns/
To follow the black velvet ___________
___ __/r lens/
/bænd/.
(Chorus)
So come all you y ung jo ly young ______/felos/
You’ll have to take warning by ___________/mi:/
Whenever ou're out for the liquor me ____/læds/,
(Chorus)
Bew re of the p etty _________________/kli:n/.
When I was strolling
e __ ___________/i:vn/
Not meaning to go very _ ______________/f:(r)/
When I met with a pre ty y ung _______/dæmsl/
(Chorus)
Who was selling er trade at the ________/b :(r)/.
he'll fill you with whiskey and ______/p:(r)t(r)/
When a wa h she took from a_______/kst (r)/
Until you're not able to ______________/stænd/
And slipp d it in o my ________ ______/hæ d/
And the very next thing you'll know, me ___/b:z/,
Then he w tch came and put me in
___/p zn/
You're landed in Van Diemen's _________/lænd/.
Bad l ck to the black velvet _____ ____ _/bænd/.
(Chorus)
(Ch rus)
relations
a jury
a customer
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a pint of porter
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4 The Fields of Athenry
- Gap Fill 2
Write the missing words on the lines provided.
Choose the words from the box below:
down
falling
Famine
fly
free
harbour
Michael
morn
pray
prison
raise
sing
sky
Trevelyan
wall
wing
le
calling
corn
Crown
dignity
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Athenry
away
bay
Botany Bay
Listen to the song to check your answers.
By the lonely prison ____________ _____________
I heard a young girl ______________ ___ _______
“______________ they are taking you ___________
For you stole ___________ ______’s ___________
So the young might ee the ____________________
Now the prison ship l es waiting in the ___________ ”
Chorus:
Low lie the fields of ______________
__ ______
Where once we watched the small free birds _______
Our love was on the _____________ ____________
We had dr ams and songs to ____ ______________.
It's so onely round the fields of Athe ry.
By the lon ly _____ ____ ___ _____________ wall
I heard a young man alling
“Nothing matte s M ry when you're _____________
Against the __ __ ________ and the ____________
I rebelled, they ut me ________________________
But you must ____ __ our child with ____________.”
(Chorus)
By the lonely ____________________________ wall
She watched the last star ______________________
As th prison ship it sailed out against the _________
Ah she'll live and hope and _____________________
For her love in _______________________________
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
(Chorus)
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The Wild Rover
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5 The Wild Rover
- Gap Fill 3
Listen to the song and write the missing words
on the lines provided below.
many’s a year = many years)
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I've been a wild rover for many’s a ___________________
And I spent all my __________ on whiskey and _________
And now I'm returning with gold in great __________
And I never will play the wild rover no ____________.
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(Colloquial:
Chorus:
And it's no, nay, never
(clap your hands 4 times)
No nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover
No never, no more.
NB: After you sing the word “And
it’s no, nay ne er”, clap you hands
4 times qu ckly and loudly to the beat
f the music!
I went into an ale house I used to ___________ ____
And I told the ____ _ ____ my money was __ _________
I asked her for c edi she answered me “__________
Such a _____
__ _ as yours I could have any __________ .”
(Chorus)
I to k my hand from my pocket ten sovereigns ____________
And the landlady's eyes o ened wide with ________________
Said she, “I have whiskey and wine of the ________________
And the words that I spoke sure were only in ______________.”
(Chorus)
I'll go home to my ___________, confess what I've ________
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal _______________
A d if they caress me as oft times _____________________
Sur I ___________will play the wild rover no ____________
(Chorus)
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Whiskey in the Jar
6 Whiskey in the Jar
- Grammar 1 (Verb Tenses)
Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets
on the lines provided.
Listen to the song for the answers.
(Colloquial:
me = my)
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As I was ____________ (go) over in the far-famed Kerry Mountains
I _________ (meet) with Captain Farrell and his money he was ____________ (count)
I first ___________ (produce) my pistol and then _____________(produce) my rapier
Said, “Stand and deliver for I __________ (be) a bold deceiver”.
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Chorus:
Musha ring dumma do dumma da (clap 4 times to the b at)
Whack for ma daddy-o (clap 2 times to the be t)
Whack for ma daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar.
I _______________ (count) out his money and it __________(make) a pre ty penny
I ____________ (put) it in my pocket a d I _ ___________ (take) it ome o Jenny
She ________ (sigh) and she _ _________(swear) that she never ould deceive me
But the devil take the women fo they nev r can be easy.
(Chorus)
I __________ (go) into my chamber all for to take a lumber
And ___________ (dr am) of gold and jewels an for s re it _____ (be) no wonder
But Jenny ________ (tak ) m charges and he __ _______ (fill) them up with water
Then ________
__(send) for Captain Far e l to b ready for the slaughter.
(Chorus)
It ___ _____ (be) early in the mo n g a I _________________ (rise) up to travel
The guards ________ (be) all ar und m and likewise Captain Farrell
I firs _____ ______(produce my pistol for she __________ (steal) away me rapier
B t I c uldn't shoot the ater so a pr soner I ______________ (be) taken.
(Cho us)
If there’s anyone n aid me it s me brother in the army
If I can find a station down in Cork or in Killarney
Or if he'll _______ ___( ome) to save me we'll go rolling in Kilkenny
I’ll ___ ____(swear he'll ________(treat) me better than me darling sporting Jenny.
(Chorus)
Now some men___________ (take) delight in the drinking and the roving
But others _____________(take) delight in the gambling and the smoking
But I _________________(take) delight in the juice in the barley
And ______________(court) pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early.
(Chorus x 2)
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Quiz
> Quiz >
The Galway Shawl
1. What was the custom in Ireland that mothers
did with their shawls?
2. Name one thing the early emigrants did with
their shawls?
3. What coa t in Ireland is County Galway on?
4. Where does the singer of the song live?
5. Wha did the singer leave behind in Galwa ?
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I’ll Tell Me Ma
1. What personal item did the boys steal from the
girl?
2. What did the girl have on her toes?
3. What do children do while singing this song?
4. What city did this song come from?
5. What type of dessert is the girl as nice as?
1. What was Lord Trevelyan’s position (job)?
2. What food stuff did he import from America?
3. Why could it not be used?
4. How long did the Potato Famine last?
5. At what sports event is the song often heard?
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Danny Boy
1. What musical instrument was mentioned in
the song?
2. What season was it when the singer was
singing?
3. At what famous sporting event was “Danny
Boy” sung as the anthem for Northern Ireland?
4. Who wrote “Danny Boy”?
5. Who sang “Danny Boy” at all Barry McGuigan’s
fights?
Lord Franklin
1. Who wrote the song ‘Lord Franklin’?
2. Name one possible cause that Lord Franklin
and his men die of?
3. Where is Lord Franklin’s grave?
4. What were the names of Lord Franklin’s two
ships?
5. Who was Weasey Coppin and how old was
she when she died?
Molly Malone
1. What did Molly’s fath do for a living?
2. What did Molly d e of?
3. There is a rumou Molly had another
profession by night What was she?
4. What is t e nick ame for Molly’s statue in he
cente of Dublin?
5. Wha does t set your eyes o s meo e’ mean?
Span l Hil
. I wh h county in Ireland is S ancil Hill?
2. What famous event is held the e every 23 June?
3. What was the nam of the tailor
Spancil Hill?
4 Where did the write f Spancil Hill live when
he wrote the song?
5. How old was h whe he died?
The W ld Rover
1. What was the name of the coins th man had?
2. Wh t name did he call himself when alking
about his parents?
3. What establishment did he isit when he
returned to Ireland?
4. What did she offe him?
5. What will mak him stay t home in Ireland?
Whiskey in t e Jar
1. What w s th name of the captain in the song?
2. Whi h coun ry’s army was he in?
3. Wha was th name of the most famous
highwayma in England at the time?
4. What was the name of the singer of this song’s
girlf ie d?
5. Name any one of the four places mentioned in
th s song.
Musical Instruments:
Listen to the Music CD Tracks 11 – 20.
There is an individual musical instrument
on each track. There are 10 tracks.
Can you name each of the 10 instruments?
1. What is a ollee
2. W at did the pretty colleen in the song
take from a customer?
3. What is Van Diemen’s Land known as today?
4. How long was the young man sent away for?
5. What is his warning about the pretty colleen?
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Page 9 Danny Boy – Pronunciation
A
1 g) 2 e) 3 h) 4 k)
5 j) 6 i)
7 c) 8 a) 9 b) 10 d) 11 f)
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3 bide /bad/
side /sad/
4 meadow /medo/
shadow /ædo/
5 snow /sno/
so /so/
Page 15 Danny Boy – Comprehension
1 The pipes are calling the men to the army/war.
2 The singer could be Danny's father (some sa it’s his
girlfriend).
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Page 10, 11, 12 Danny Boy – Gap Fills 1, 2 & 3
The summer’s gone and all the flowers are dying
Tis you, tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
You’ll come and find the place where I am lying
I will sleep in peace until you come to me
The summer’s gone and all the 2 flours flowers are
dying
Tis you, tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow
Or when the valley’s 3 husht hushed and white 4 whit
with snow
Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you 5 sew so.
You’ll come and find the 6 plaice place 7 were where
I am lying
And 8 neel kneel and say an “Ave” 9 their there for me.
I will sleep in 10 piece peace until you come to me.
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Page 8 Danny Boy – Vocabulary
1 G) 2 A) 3 K) 4 H) 5 B)
6 E)
7 C) 8 I) 9 F) 10 L) 11 J) 12 D)
Answers
Page 13 Danny Boy – Grammar 1 (Ve b Tenses)
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are ca ling (pres
cont)
The summer’s gone (pres perfect) and all the flowers
are dying (pres cont)
Tis you, tis you must g and mu t bi e (base form
after the modal ‘must’).
But come (imperative, pres imple) ye back when
summer’s in the me dow
Or when the valley’ hushed (pres passive) and white
with snow
Tis I’ll be he
suns ine r in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love (pres sim le) y
so.
And if you come (1st conditional, pres simp ) when ll
the flo ers are ying (pres cont)
A
I am (pres simple, future meaning dead, s dead
as w l may be
Yo ll c me (future simple) and nd the place where I
am lyi g (pres cont., future meani g)
A d kneel (pres simp e, future mean g) and say (pres
simple, future meaning n “Ave” there for me.
And I will hear (future si ple) you softly tread (pres
simple) above me
And all my dreams will w rm a d sweeter be
If you’ll n t fail t tell (in nitive after ‘to fail to do s/th’)
me that yo love me
I will sleep ( uture
ple) in peace until you come to
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Page 4 Danny Boy – Grammar 2 (Spelling)
(The und lined words are colloquial. They are not
included in e 10 deliberate mistakes.)
From glen to glen and down the 1 montain mountain
side
3 The singe loves Danny very much.
4 The singe is not able to go to war (too o /a oma
The inger might be dead and lying in grave
6 A “Ave
prayer to Maria/Mary (the mo her o
sus
Chris
The s ger’s d eams are that Danny ill st l ve the
sin er when Danny returns.
8 Sh ld the singer die, he w l sleep est) in peace
knowing that Danny will com back an still love the
nger.
Page 20 I’ll Tell Me Ma – V cabulary
1 E) 2 A) 3 G 4 H)
K)
M) 7 C)/J) 8 D) 9 B)
10 C)/J) 11 F) 12 N) 13 L)
14 I)
Page 21 I’ll T l Me Ma – Pronunciation
A 1 ) 2
3 l) 4 o) 5 m) 6 g) 7 c)
8 ) 9 j) 10 h) 11 b) 12 a) 13 n) 14 e)
15 f) 16 r
17 i) 18 p)
B 2 by /b
die /da/, eye /a/, high /ha/
p e /pa/, sky /ska/
3 city /sti/
pretty /prti/
4 omb /kom/
home /hom/
5 she /i:/
three /ri:/
6 snow /sno/
toe /to/
7 still /stl/
will /wl/
Pages 22 & 23 I’ll Tell Me Ma – Gap Fills 1 & 2
I’ll tell me ma when I go home,
The boys won’t leave the girls alone.
They pulled my hair, and they stole my comb,
But that’s all right ‘til I get home.
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the belle of Belfast city.
She is courting one, two, three,
Please would you tell me, who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her,
All the boys are fighting for her.
Knock at the door and they ring on the bell,
Oh, my true love, are you well?
Out she comes as white as snow,
Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes.
Old Johnny Morrisey said he’ll die,
If he doesn’t get the girl with the roving eye.
Let the wind and the rain and the hail go high,
Snow come tumbling from the sky,
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Answers
Musical Quiz:
I'll Tell Me Ma
1. Her comb
2. Bells
3. Skip and play
4. Belfast
5. Apple pie
Lord Franklin
1. His wife
2. Starvation, food poisoning, froze to death
3. King William Island in the Arctic
4. Erebus and Terror
5. Spirit of a little girl who foretold Lord Franklin's
whereabouts. She died aged 4 years old
Molly Malone
1. Fishmonger
2. A fever
3. A prostitute
4. "The Tart with the Cart"
5. To look at/notice someone
Track
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Track
Track
Track
Track
Track
Track
Track
Track
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Guitar
Bodhrán
Accordian
Fiddle/Violin
Bass
Tin Whistle
Mandolin
Spoons
Harp
Banjo
Colloqualisms:
ma = mother
many’s a year = many years
many’s an hour = many hours
me = my
‘tis = it is
‘twas = it was
Old English Words:
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chamber = bedroom
charges = xplosives
damsel = a oung unmarried woman
air = beautif l
na = no
oft = often
lumbe = sleep
ye = you
yore
a long time ago
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4 Frederick Weatherly
5 His father, Pat McGuigan
Spancil Hill
1. County Clare
2. The Horse Fair
3. Quigley
4. California, USA
5. 23 years old
1. An Irish word meaning 'girl'
2. A watch
3. Tasmania
4. 7 years
5. To stay away from her
Abbreviations (grammar):
base form
The Fields of Ath nry
1. Senior British Civil Serva
2. Corn
3. It was too ha f Iris mills to grind into flour
4. 4 years (1845-1849
5. Celtic footba matches
The Galway Shaw
1. P
d them on to heir daughte s as heir oms
2. Used em as a wrap, a bed cover, l ggage
3 West
4. D negal
His eart (with the fai nd han some damsel)
The Wild Rover
1 Sovereigns
2. Prodigal son
3. Public house
4. Whiskey and wine o he best
5. His parent’ forg enes nd love
part
p es con
pre perf
pres
s/
s th
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Whis ey in he Jar
1. Farre
2 Britain s/British
3 Dick
4 Jenny
5. A y one of the following: Kerry, Cork, Killarney,
Kilk nny
imperative
irreg
modal
‘to be is the nfinitive, ‘be’ is
the bas
comm nd
rregular
he p ng verbs e.g be, do, have, need
to, must, can etc
participle
present continuous
present perfect
present
someone
something
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Danny Boy - Learning English in Ireland

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