We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1.50 AUD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

I love telling this story of a daughter trying to tryst - in vain of course. Mum is a practiced tryster herself and across all the tricks!

lyrics

There's Pat come over the hill
His calleen fair to see
And whistlin low but shrill
The signal was to be
Oh, Mary, the mother cried
There's somebody whistlin sure
Oh, Mother 'tis only the wind
a-whistlin through the door

With me falla de lar a lar
Me falla de lar a lay
With me falla de lar a lar
Right falla de lar a de lay

I've lived my whole life long
in this old house, my dear
And the door to whistle like that
I never yet did hear
But Mother you know the fiddle
Hangs close beside the chink
The wind upon the open strings
is playin a tune, I think

With me falla de lar a lar ...

The dog is barking now
The fiddle can't play the tune
Oh but Mother you know they say
Dogs bark when they see the moon
But how can he see the moon
when he is old and blind?
Blind dogs don't bark at the moon, you know
and fiddles don't play with the wind

With me falla de lar a lar ...

And now I hear a pig
uneasy in its mind
But mother you know they say that
pigs can see the wind
That's true enough by day
but right now you may remark
A pig no more than your man outside
can see anything in the dark
Sure I'm not such a fool as you think
I know very well ‘tis Pat
Go home, you whistlin thief
and do get away outa that
And you! Get into bed
Don't you play upon me your jeers!
I might have lost the sight in my eyes
But there's nothing wrong with my ears!

With me falla de lar a lar ...

So lads when courtin go
and for your sweethearts wait
Take care not to whistle too loud
in case the old woman might wake
In the days when I was young
Oh forget it I never can
I came to know the difference between
A fiddle, a dog and a man.

With me falla de lar a lar ...

credits

from Jenny Fitzgibbon & Jeremy Dunlop, released June 28, 2021
Music and lyrics - Traditional
Arrangement - Jenny Fitzgibbon & Jeremy Dunlop

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jenny Fitzgibbon & Jeremy Dunlop image

Jenny Fitzgibbon & Jeremy Dunlop Sunshine Coast, Australia

Jenny and Jeremy have played together for many years. They love a variety of genres from jazz to Americana to Irish, featuring songs and great arrangements.
They met in Fada - a band that toured schools around Qld and NSW sharing traditional Irish music. They play folk festivals as a duo (Airlie Beach Arts, Newstead, Maleny Music Weekend, Woodford Folk Festival, Neurum Ck) and many local venues. ... more

contact / help

Contact Jenny Fitzgibbon & Jeremy Dunlop

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jenny Fitzgibbon & Jeremy Dunlop, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now