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This tune is, of course, The Girl I Left Behind Me, this time done as a drinking song.
Much folklore has arisen regarding this tune. One source states the tune was popular as far back as Queen Elizabeth's (Elizabeth I) reign. Another says the tune originated in 1758 when Admiral's Hawke and Rodney were watching the French fleet off the coast. Theodore Ralph (see citation below) writes that the tune was known in America as early as 1650 and indicates it was a traditional fife tune, imported from England as Brighten Camp. The tune became generally popular during the Revolution. The tune was known in Ireland as The Rambling Laborer and The Spailpin Fanach and was first published in Dublin in 1791. Waxies were candlemakers. "Dargle" was a term for their annual trip to Bray. Another source says the Dargle (a popular pub) was also a holiday haunt of the late eighteenth century Dublin candlemaker and grocer, Waxy O'Connor. There are two other versions of lyrics at: There are several more versions at the Digital Tradition Folk Song Search. Auld one: (old one) wife |
Says my auld one to your auld one Will you come to the Waxie's dargle Says your auld one to my auld one Sure I haven't got a farthing I've just been down to Monto town To see Uncle McArdle But he wouldn't lend me a half a crown To go to the Waxie's dargle Chorus: What'll you have, will you have a pint Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir And if one of us doesn't order soon We'll be thrown out of the boozer Says my auld one to your auld one Will you come to the Galway races Says your auld one to my auld one With the price of my auld lad's braces I went down to Capel Street To the pawn shop money lenders But they wouldn't give me a couple of bob On my auld lad's red suspenders Chorus: What'll you have, will you have a pint Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir And if one of us doesn't order soon We'll be thrown out of the boozer Says my auld one to your auld one We've got no beef nor mutton But if we go down to Monto town We might get a drink for nothin' Here's a piece of good advice I got from an auld fish-monger When food is scarce and you see the hearse You'll know you've died of hunger Chorus: What'll you have, will you have a pint Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir And if one of us doesn't order soon We'll be thrown out of the boozer |
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Lyrics From Barrie McCombs Information From The American Song Treasury See Bibliography for full information. |
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