Posted by mikey burns
on 11/2/2009, 10:57 am, in reply to "Nick's abridged version: Mtns. of Mourne"
I didn't know that and I thank you for sharing with us. Don't know that I'll add them to my version of the song. I rather like Nick's version! aloha, mikey
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: Some may not be aware that Nick purposely left out two stanzas (would-be 2nd and 3rd)
: in his version of Mountains of Mourne :
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: I’ve seen England’s king from the top of a bus
: And I’ve never known him, but he means to know us.
: And tho’ by the Saxon we once were oppressed,
: Still I cheered, God forgive me, I cheered with the rest.
: And now that he’s visited Erin’s green shore
: We’ll be much better friends than we’ve been heretofore
: When we’ve got all we want, we’re as quiet as can be
: Where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea.
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: You remember young Peter O’Laughlin, of course?
: Well, now he is here at the head of the force.
: I met him today while crossing the Strand,
: And he stopped the whole street with one wave of his hand!
: And as we stood talking of days that are gone,
: The whole population of London looked on!
: But for all his great powers, he’s wishful like me
: To be back where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea.
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: On the other hand, maybe everybody knows this! (As a relative newbie around here, I
: certainly don't want to appear to be preaching to the choir. I like that Nick did it
: that way -- leaving out the ugly, forever, Ireland vs. Britain stuff and sticking
: with just a sweet, innocent, incredibly naive Irish lad observing the big city for
: the first time. I love this song. Each year I either sing it or poem it in class,
: keeping my fingers crossed that none of my 9th-graders (I'm a substitute teacher) go
: home and say, "Mom, Dad! Mr. Breen sang a song about topless women in class
: today!!" (Parents call Principal, who then hangs me in Effigy -- a small suburb
: outside of Austin.) ;-)
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