Mick McGuire

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"Courtin' the Ginger Lady"

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On February 7, 1716

The Old Pretender’s Jacobite army disbanded at Aberdeen, ending the 1715 uprising. Thirty years later his son, Charles, would try again.

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Oh, me name is Mick McGuire And I'll quickly tell to you Of a young girl I admired Called Katy Donahue She was fair and fat and forty And believe me when I say That whenever I came in at the door You could hear her mammy say: "Johnny, get up from the fire Get up and give the man a sate Can't you see it's Mr McGuire And he's courting your sister Kate Ah, you know very well he owns a farm A wee bit out of the town Arragh, get up out of that, you impudent brat And let Mr McGuire sit down" Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow "Ah, you know very well he owns that farm A wee bit out of the town Arragh, get up out of that, you impudent brat And let Mr McGuire sit down" Now, the first time that I met her Was at a dance at Tarmagee And I very kindly asked her If she'd dance a step with me Then I asked if I could see her home If I'd be going her way And whenever I come in at the door You could hear her mammy say: "Johnny, get up from the fire Get up and give the man a sate Can't you see it's Mr McGuire And he's courting your sister Kate Ah, you know very well he owns a farm A wee bit out of the town Arragh, get up out of that, you impudent brat And let Mr McGuire sit down" Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow "Ah, you know very well he owns that farm A wee bit out of the town Arragh, get up out of that, you impudent brat And let Mr McGuire sit down" Ah, but now that we are married Sure her mother's changed her mind Just because I spent the legacy Her father left behind She hasn't got the decency To bid me time of day Now whenever I come in at the door You'd hear the old one say: "Johnny, come up to the fire Come up, you're sitting in the draft Can't you see it's old McGuire And he nearly drives me daft Ah, I don't know what gets into him For he's always on the tare Arragh, just sit where you are and never you dare To give old McGuire the chair" Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow Diddle e dowdle-owdle-owdle Diddle e dowdle-owdle-ow "Ah, I don't know what gets into him For he's always on the tare Arragh, just sit where you are and never you dare To give old McGuire the chair"

The best known of Irish music-hall songs, this is about a young man with mother-in-law trouble.

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