Punnish nicknames for tunes
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Re: Punnish nicknames for tunes
Oh I got lots of hits with my Google search too. Just not terribly pertinent. Still, I suppose I should investigate ...
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Re: Punnish nicknames for tunes
Pertinent hits is what that search returns
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Marquee on the Lawn (Marquis of Lorne)
Fanny Power. Our guitar man calls it Fanny Batter, for no reason other than he once forgot its real name, so that's what we call it now.
Fanny Power. Our guitar man calls it Fanny Batter, for no reason other than he once forgot its real name, so that's what we call it now.
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Banish Misfortune=Banish this torture
Wind that Shakes the Barley = The chick that rides my Harley
Wind that Shakes the Barley = The chick that rides my Harley
Whistling in the Rockies!!
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There's a Celtic band in Japan, The Butter Dogs (don't google!), that has a tune called Funny Power on their CD.
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Too tempting, I did 
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Its all new to me, and a laugh riot they are.Mr.Gumby wrote:Hardly a pun in that one is there? Next someone will probably post Cock up your beaver for the umpteenth time. (or 'My Darling's a Sheep' for that matter, some of these really are getting old).
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Re: Punnish nicknames for tunes
buckets of more and more (bucks of oranmore)
The awkward *****r (the clumsy lover)
The awkward *****r (the clumsy lover)
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"Tell her, Ian!"
... and, almost along the same sort of lines, from the world of jazz, "What's this thing called, love?"
... and, almost along the same sort of lines, from the world of jazz, "What's this thing called, love?"
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Get Off My Land = Give Me Your Hand
The Cosh = The Kesh.
The second tune is played so frequently at my session, you feel as though you have been beaten around the head with it sometimes.
The Cosh = The Kesh.
The second tune is played so frequently at my session, you feel as though you have been beaten around the head with it sometimes.
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You need to get yourself to somewhere relatively Kesh-free, I would say.2T00TS wrote:Get Off My Land = Give Me Your Hand
The Cosh = The Kesh.
The second tune is played so frequently at my session, you feel as though you have been beaten around the head with it sometimes.
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I can think of one for The Athol Highlanders...
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Screw the Donkey
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Presumably not to be confused with "irish cow tipper"NicoMoreno wrote:Looking up "irish cow stripper" gets lots of hits.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. (Anything is more impressive if you say it in Latin)
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Bogman said "Jig of Slugs" - I've heard more often "Jar of Slugs."
"The Waltz of Liz Carroll" can puzzle or amuse people when it turns out to be a jig.
I'm too new here and far too bashful to mention the other name for Banish Misfortune!
"The Waltz of Liz Carroll" can puzzle or amuse people when it turns out to be a jig.
I'm too new here and far too bashful to mention the other name for Banish Misfortune!