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Paddy Doyle

Fieldworkers
Date October 1953
Track ID 61809
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.242.A1b

Original Tape ID

SA1953.242

Summary

A short-drag sea shanty about Paddy Doyle, an unscrupulous boarding master in Liverpool:

[Refrain:]
To me way-ay-a-ay yah!

We'll pay Paddy Doyle for his boots!

[Refrain]

We'll all drink whisky and gin!

[Refrain]

We'll all shave under the chin!

Ewan MacColl demonstrates how different bowdlerised songs like 'Bobby Shaftoe' were from these more honest shanties.

Item Notes

3 verses and refrains of 1 line. 'Bobby Shaftoe' is Roud Folk Song Index no. 1359.

See:
'Sam Henry's Songs of the People' (G. Huntington, 1990) p. 97
'Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman' (W. M. Doerflinger, 1972) p. 10

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

English

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R4695

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good