The Hat my Father Wore
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.143.B6
Original Tape ID
Summary
A fragment of a sentimental Irish song:
I'm Paddy Miles, an Irish boy, just come across the sea,
For singing and for dancing, I hope that I'll please thee,
I can dance and sing with any man that's done in days of yore,
On St Patrick's Day I love to wear the hat my father wore.
[Chorus:]
It's old but it's beautiful, the best you've ever seen,
It was wore for more than ninety years, in the beautiful isle so green,
From my father's great ancentors [sic] it descended with galore,
It's a relic of old daicincy [decency], is the hat my father wore.
Item Notes
1 verse and chorus of 4 lines. Attributed to Irish songwriter Johnny Patterson (1840—1889).
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 8, pp. 66-68
'Flying Cloud' (M. C. Dean, 1922) p. 64
'Walton's New Treasury of Irish Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (Dublin, 1966) p. 94
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. CLXVIII
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair