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Jug of Punch
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The only song we ever heard Genevieve sing in English, but as always accapela.
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An itinerant bunch of traditional/contemporary Celtic musicians and singers with a loyal following in Hanoi, Vietnam and friends and former members around the w
The Social Weevils are a fluid bunch of musicians and singers who perform sets of traditional and contemporary Celtic tunes and songs from Ireland and Scotland. The band's first CD, "One for the Road," was recorded on January 3, 2000 at the Army Recording Studios in Hanoi, Vietnam, using instruments that were mostly cheap and/or broken. On that CD the Social Weevils were Peter Taylor (button accordion, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Kevin Higgins (tenor banjo, mandolin), Don McIntyre (fiddle), Huub Buise (guitar, vocals), Bob Baulch (guitar, vocals), and Mary O'Keeffe (vocals on one song). On Christmas Eve, 2000, the band recorded another CD, "Live at the R&R," at the R&R Tavern in Hanoi, Vietnam, thanks to owner Jay Ellis his wife and their son, and Ralph Raymond at the 4-track mixing board. The line-up that night was Peter Taylor on all his usual instruments and vocals, Don McIntyre on his fiddle, Ann Russell on recorders, Alec Soucy on tin whistle, Genvieve Thibault on bodhran and accapela vocals, Mary O'Keeffe providing Irish and English vocals, Joe Peters on guitar, mandolin and vocals, and assorted other friends (instruments, vocals, hand claps and foot stomps). The band's second studio CD, "Over the Ocean," was recorded in March 2004 at Kien Quyet Studio in Hanoi. The line-up for that album included Don McIntyre (fiddle, vocals), Anna Russell (recorders), Liz Druitt (bass clarinet), Darryl Rees (guitar, vocals), & Joe Peters (guitar).
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Peak #199
Peak in subgenre #13
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Traditional
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Unknown
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October 01, 2004
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MP3 1.6 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Genevieve Thibault, originating from the Canadian province of Quebec, was with the Social Weevils for awhile in 2000 while working for the Canadian embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam. She played bodhran in the band, and sang accapela, always in French, with this one exception...and she only sang it once...but we got it on tape Christmas Eve, at the R&R Tavern. For the longest time we did not know the name of this song, but a kindly listener of this soundclick site told us it is called The 23rd June. More recently another listener advised us that the song is actually called Jug of Punch. Thanks to listeners taking the time to keep us informed!
Lyrics
Listen to what Genevieve says about the lyrics at the end of the song... Jug Of Punch It being on the twenty-third of June-o As I sat weaving all on my loom I heard a thrush singing on yon bush And the song she sang was a jug of punch. Chorus: Ladderly fol the dee Ladderly fol the dee deedle eedel dum Dithery idle dum dithery idle deedle dum Dithery idle dum dithery idle deedle dum Dithery idle deedle eedle eedle dum dum dee. What more pleasure could a boy desire Than to sit him down-o, beside the fire And in his hand-o a jug of punch Aye, and on his knee-o, a tidy wench. Chorus What more hardships could a boy desire Than sit him down-o behind the door And in his hand-o no jug of punch Aye, and on his knee-o, no tidy wench. Chorus When I am dead, all my drinking's o'er I'll drink one glass and I'll drink no more For fear I mightn't get it on that day I will drink it now and I'll drink away. Chorus When I am dead and left in my mould At my head and feet place a flowing bowl And every young man that passes by He can have a drink and remember I. Chorus
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