Just seen the finale, thank you. I do wonder if I should start loading renditions on to my channel. Until recently, I didn't even know I actually had one. Bob.
I heard you play today in Enchanted Forest, and you guys are amazing!!! Super fun talking with you all!! There's just something special about hearing live Celtic music that makes me so happy! Keep playing with your wonderful talent!!!
My only complaint is substituting "show your hand" for "show your legs," as in most other renditions. That and the man-bun on the guy with the whistle.
They also cut out the last verse (the one where she and the soldier end up drowning themselves on the night before the wedding to be together.) in favor of some run away "happy ending"
We perform a lot in a family park and got used to doing this version. That change was on purpose at the time, but we sing it both ways. At the park we also don't sing about them dying, as in the traditional song, but now we rarely sing it at the park and have the beautiful verse where they die.
My wife whos an Irish farm girl in the West Country sings this all the time ( in her Irish accent ) and it sounds so much purer in its folk version with just a taboran skin. I’ve heard this with just a fiddle and it sounds great. This sounds a bit too Americanised for our ears!
Thanks for the feedback. We also love just a purer folk version, and often perform it that way in small pub settings, especially when we are only performing with a few bandmates. Would love to hear any recording, even just on a phone, of your wife singing it. If you ever do that, just send it to us via our facebook messenger or my email susan@enchanteddforest.com
We changed the word for our young audience. We often perform in a child friendly theme park, The Enchanted Forest, and we decided to alter the lyric for that audience. We also liked the idea of "showing your hand," and "hand in marriage." We also altered the end as you notice and the lovers run away rather than dying.
@@PossiblyIrish wait wait wait, so has "Show your leg" been a, mature... lyric all this time, because if it has I've been thinking it meant something completely different, and been singing it loud and proud. Oh. Welp.
We're not locked into the 19th century and we don't all wear a flat cap. Its not my favourite version of this song but its not bad, a little too upbeat for me. Maith sibh.
You can tell this is America. "Show your legs" has been the traditional lyric whether, as far as I'm aware, in Ireland, England or wherever, whether on children's show or not. Camille Paglia would probably say that it's to be expected in white bread, WASP middle America with its horror of sex and earthy paganism.
Bro, did the name "possible irish" not tip you off? And the theme park probably wouldn't let them keep the lyrics, just chill out and enjoy the music or leave.
We perform a lot in a family park and got used to doing this version. That change was on purpose at the time, but we sing it both ways. At the park we also don't sing about them dying, as in the traditional song, but now we rarely sing it at the park and have the beautiful verse where they die.
