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Music
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music Asked by: cridder-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
09 Dec 2002 10:05 PST
Expires: 08 Jan 2003 10:05 PST Question ID: 121881 |
Subject music: The old US Calvary tune "Gary Owens". Where, when and why did it originate. Are there lyrics and if so what are they. Who was it named after? |
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Re: Music
Answered By: nellie_bly-ga on 09 Dec 2002 10:15 PST |
"Gary Owens is actually all one word. Garryowen is the "motto" of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. `Garryowen' is two Irish words, componded. It means `Garden of Owen' and is the name of the Regimental March of the 7th Cavalry. "...the real "gari owens" was not a person but a field in or near Dublin known to the Royal Irish Fussiliers." http://www.angelfire.com/bc/RPPS/fullosia_press_2002/aug_2002_dog_daze/New_3.htm A full discussion of the song's origin and the lyrics are at http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/master/garryowen.html "Thomas Moore (1779-1882) wrote these lyrics to the tune Garry Owen. CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: The tune is first documented as Auld Bessy in 1788." "In the United States it was adopted as a favorite marching air by General George Custer's 7th Cavalry, an association which helped to popularize the jig throughout country following Custer's demise." Lyrics Let Bacchus' sons be not dismayed But join with me, each jovial blade Come, drink and sing and lend your aid To help me with the chorus: Chorus: Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale And pay the reckoning on the nail; No man for debt shall go to jail From Garryowen in glory. We'll beat the bailiffs out of fun, We'll make the mayor and sheriffs run We are the boys no man dares dun If he regards a whole skin. Chorus Our hearts so stout have got no fame For soon 'tis known from whence we came Where'er we go they fear the name Of Garryowen in glory. Chorus Search strategy: "gary owens" cavalry |
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