Liederbuch/ Molly Malone
Irish-Folk Alternativtitel: "In Dublin's Fair City" / "Cockles and Mussels" • Text und Melodie: James Yorkston (Edinburgh) um 1883 bearbeitet von Paniolo
"Cockles and Mussels" aufgeführt von der United States Air Force Band
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Das Lied gilt als Dublin's inoffizielle Stadthymne und beschreibt die hübsche Dubliner Fischhändlerin Molly Malone, die frische "Cockles and Mussels" (Herz- und Miesmuscheln) verkaufte, bis sie jung am Fieber stirbt.
Bekannt sind u.a. die Interpretationen der Dubliners und von Sinéad O’Connor.
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Molly Malone
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- 1st Verse
- In [G]Dublin's fair [Em]city, where the [Am]girls are so [D7]pretty
- I [G]first set my [E7]eyes on sweet [A7]Molly Ma-[D7]lone
- As she [G]wheeled her wheel-[Em]barrow through [Am]streets broad and [D7]narrow
- Crying, [G]"Cockles and [Bm]mussels, a-[D7]live, alive, [G]oh!"
- Chorus
- "A-[G]live, alive, [Em]oh, a-[Am]live, alive, [D7]oh"
- Crying [G]"Cockles and [Bm]mussels, a-[D7]live, alive, [G]oh!"
- 2nd Verse
- She [G]was a fish-[Em]monger and [Am]sure 'twas no [D7]wonder
- For [G]so were her [E7]father and [A7]mother be-[D7]fore
- And they [G]each wheeled their [Em]barrow through [Am]streets broad and [D7]narrow
- Crying, [G]"Cockles and [Bm]mussels, a-[D7]live, alive, [G]oh!" (→ Chorus)
- 3rd Verse
- She [G]died of a [Em]fever and [Am]no one could [D7]save her
- And [G]that was the [E7]end of sweet [A7]Molly Ma-[D7]lone
- Now her [G]ghost wheels her [Em]barrow through [Am]streets broad and [D7]narrow
- Crying, [G]"Cockles and [Bm]mussels, a-[D7]live, alive, [G]oh!" (→ Chorus)
Melodie
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Weblinks
[Bearbeiten]- [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Down+By+The+Sally+Gardens Videos bei YouTube]