LETRAS - "ALL FOR ME GROG"

Como novedad, he decidido añadir esta sección que recogerá letras de canciones tradicionales y/o clásicos. Temas popularizados por bandas como The Dubliners, Wolfe Tones, Dublin City Ramblers, Planxty o Christy Moore y que en muchos casos ya cuentan con versiones de punk celta. Al final pondré una lista de CDs en los que aparecen estas versiones.

ALL FOR ME GROG
(Tradicional)

(Se trata de un tema popular entre los "baladeers" irlandeses. Es una celebración de los tres vicios más famosos: vino, mujeres y canción, y el coste de nuestra indulgencia. Old Grog es el mote de Edward Vernon, fallecido en 1757, almirante inglés responsable de diluir el ron de los marineros.)

And it's all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin' gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed
Since first I came ashore with me plunder
I've seen centipedes and snakes and me head is full of aches
And I have to take a path for way out yonder

And it's all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin' gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

Where are me boots, me noggin', noggin' boots
They're all sold for beer and tobacco
See the soles they were thin and the uppers were lettin' in
And the heels were lookin' out for better weather

And it's all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin' gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

Where is me shirt, me noggin', noggin' shirt
It's all sold for beer and tobacco
You see the sleeves were all worn out and the collar been torn about
And the tail was lookin' out for better weather

And it's all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin' gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

Where is me wife, me noggin', noggin' wife
She's all sold for beer and tobacco
You see her front it was worn out and her tail I kicked about
And I'm sure she's lookin' out for better weather

And it's all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin' gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

Where is me bed, me noggin', noggin' bed
It's all sold for beer and tobacco
You see I sold it to the girls until the springs were all in twirls
And the sheets they're lookin' out for better weather

And it's all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin' gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

Esta canción, aparte de en multitud de grabaciones de los Dubliners, se puede escuchar en:

- The Keltics "Irish Folk Rock" (1994) Alles Records DTM 40172

- The Mahones (la banda de Alemania), split con Garlic Stench "Live: Satte Wiesen ... Pralle Euter" (1996)

- Barstool Hooligans "Cheap Shots" (2004)

- The Pubcrawlers "Another Night on the Floor" (2005)
.
.
.