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My uncle is a TD? Song title?

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  • 12-02-2011 3:23am
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    MyKeyG
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    Hey lads and lassies I don't know if this is the right place but I'm looking for a song I heard on Clare FM the other night. It's to trad music and it's called something like 'My Uncle is a TD' or something like that. It's a funny song. Anyone know the name so I can hunt it down.

    Cheers
    M


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    [Deleted User]
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    The Mudcat Cafe is a great site for music trivia.
    Apparently the tune is McNamara's Band, music by Shamus O' Connor, lyrics by God knows who. I'd say it dates from the late forties/early fifties.


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    MyKeyG
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    Cheers will give a check there.


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    MyKeyG
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    Got it straight away, honest thanks mate. Never heard of this site before. It's called my uncle's in the Dail. Hillarious song.


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    sensibleken
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    I sing a different version learned from Mick Lavelle in westport

    It was at the last election boys me brother he got in
    He was all full of politics so a seat we knew he'd win
    he went around to canvas, he wandered all about
    he said he raise the price of milk and bring down the price of stout

    ch:
    Ah me brother he is a TD me boys, me brother he is a TD
    He got me mother the pension and her only forty three
    we built a grand big house for him and we let the auld one fall
    because it wasnt good enough for a member of the Dail

    well were only poor old farmers, but that dont matter at all
    for now they tip their hats to him, hes a member of the dail
    he goes into pubs and drinks all night he never comes home at all
    sure the cops will never throw him out, hes a member of the dail

    ch

    well he never went to school me boys, he never went to school
    but you know in irish politics it dont matter as a rule.
    me sister was made a forman but she never built a wall
    and thats the good of havin' the brother in the Dail

    ch

    Well on one of his trips to dublin he brought home a lovely wife
    the nicest little girl you ever saw in all your life
    now the three of us sleep together and they put me next to the wall
    but when hes out she doesnt know whos the member of the dail

    ah the brother he is a TD me boys, me brother he is a TD
    and when hes up in dublin sure theres nothing doin for me
    last night i lied beside her she began to scream and ball
    get out says she, your not says she, a member of the dail


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