John Wayne Marathon on AMC...

[DanielJones]

Wow! What a great day to stay home and get my fill of great John Wayne films on Labor Day!

Cheers!

Dan

 

[MrNewportCustom]

I saw two of them at a local bar. No, I'm not a drinker; I was at the bar helping a friend film another scene for his indie mockumentary.

So, I guess that means I didn't really see any of the movies today.


Lee

 

[DanielJones]

They had my favorite "The Quiet Man". I like the one song that they sing when a group of the fillave men were bringing over the furnature. I had found the lyrics but I can't seem to find the song on any CD. It isn't even on the soundtrack. Bummer.

"Mush-Mush-Mush Tural-i-addy"
words and music by Sean O'Casey and Dennis O'Casey

LYRICS USED IN THE FILM:
It was there that I learned all me courtin' --
Many lessons I took in the art --
Till Cupid, the blackguard, while sportin',
An arrow drove straight through me
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy
Me Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-ay.
So I lathered him with me shillelagh
For he trod on the tail of me
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy.
And just like the Dingle for gold,
I lathered him with me shillelagh
For he trod on the tail of me coat.


TRADITIONAL LYRICS:

Oh ‘twas there I learned readin' and writin',
At Bill Bracket's where I went to school,
And ‘twas there I learned howlin' and fightin'
From my schoolmaster Mr. O'Toole.
Him and me, we had many-a scrimmage,
And the devil a copy I wrote.
There was ne'er a garson in the village
Dared tread on the tail of me
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy
Singin' Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-ay.
There was ne'er a garson in the village
Dared tread on the tail of me coat.

Oh ‘twas there I learned all of my courtin' --
Many lessons I took up in the art --
Till Cupid, the blackguard, in sportin',
An arrow drove straight through me heart.
Molly Connor she lived right forinst me,
And tender lines to her I wrote.
If you dare say one hard word against her,
I'll tread on the tail of your
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy
Singin' Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-ay.
If you dare say one hard word against her,
I'll tread on the tail of your coat.

But a blackguard called Mickey Maloney
Came and stole her affections away.
He had money and I hadn't any,
So I sent him a challenge next day.
That evenin' we met by the woodbine.
The Shannon we crossed in a boat,
And I lathered him with me shillelagh
For he trod on the tail of me
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy
Singin' Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-ay.
And I lathered him with me shillelagh
For he trod on the tail of me coat.

Oh me fame went abroad through the nations,
And folks came a flockin' to see.
And they cried out without hesitation,
"You're a fightin' man Billy McGhee."
I cleaned out the Finegan's faction,
And I licked all the Murphy's afloat.
If you're in for a row or a ruction,
Just tread on the tail of me
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy
Singin' Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-ay.
If you're in for a row or a ruction,
Just tread on the tail of me coat.

There are several good reasons for drinkin',
And another one enters me head:
If a fellow can't drink when he's livin'
How the hell can he drink when he's dead?
Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-addy
Singin' Mush, Mush, Mush tural-i-ay.
If a fellow can't drink when he's livin',
How the hell can he drink when he's dead?


Cheers!

Dan