RIP Ronnie Drew

[Tubby Mondays]

On a forum where every other second and third rate musician and comic gets his own thread when they throw a six, disappointed there hasnt been one for Mr Drew who sadly succumbed to cancer at the weekend.

Altogether now: 'Youre drunk, youre drunk, you silly old fool til you cannot see....'

 

[The Spanish]

Perhaps we should all choose our favourite pro terrorist song of his in his honour.

 

[Tubby Mondays]

Thats a good idea. Which one was your favourite?

 

[The Spanish]

Havent got one I am not big on listening to people singing about the IRA.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

And we're off to Dublin , in the green, in the green
Where the Helmets Glisten in the sun
Where the bayonets flash
and the rifles crash
to the echo of a Thompson gun

 

[Titanic]

"The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew"
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew.
And as usual, the drinks are on Ronnie.

Here's to the Ronnie, the voice we adore
Like coals from a coal bucket scraping the floor
Sing out his praises in music and malt
And if you're not Irish, that isn't your fault

Raise up our voices like dogs in a pack
Thankful for honest men we never lack
We got 'em by twenties, we got 'em by ones
Them and their daughters and all of their sons

Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you

And what's it to any man whether or no'
Whether I'm easy or whether I'm true
As I lifted her petticoat easy and slow
And I tied up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe

Get up and go at it, five until five
When the whistle says beat it we come back alive
He'll sing to the heavens, he's stormy as hell
And wherever he goes, we'll be wishing him well

Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you

The dawn and the dust, the wise, the unjust
Kids in gambling games
The unheard, the unseen, the unwashed and the clean
Where the streets all have names
Baggot Street, Leeson Street, right on to Stephens Street
With lovers and loners who can hear all intoners
The goths and the ravers, immigrants and traders
Sing out Ronnie Drew

A life for a life or a hand for a hand
Trust in the music and strike up the band
The more that we sing the less that we fight
Time and again this is proved to be right

Build you a statue on St. Stephen's Green
No fairer monument ere to be seen
The statue of Ronnie Drew holding the hand
Of a girl with her hair in a black velvet band

Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
No stranger to devils or angles to tell
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend to you
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you, Ronnie Drew
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you, Ronnie Drew

And what's it to any man whether or no'
Whether I'm easy or whether I'm true
As I lifted her petticoat easy and slow
And I rolled up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe

 

[Tubby Mondays]

Havent got one I am not big on listening to people singing about the IRA.

Can you name one?

 

[The Spanish]

ooh middle aged record collector alert.