The Oyster Girl

  1. Simon DS
    Simon DS
    From Paul Hardy’s basic tunebook, there is also an old song by the same name, but no evident musical connection, details at TheSession.

    This is another (low) part of the route I run on. It’s generally quite a lot warmer in the valley and the vegetation changes as you climb up.

  2. John Kelly
    John Kelly
    You are really on a roll again here, with another fine bit of jiggery!
  3. Christian DP
    Christian DP
    Nice jig picking!
  4. Frithjof
    Frithjof
    Thanks for this, Simon.
  5. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    is it possible that the oyster girl is a colleague of Molly Malone in the cockles and mussels business?
  6. Ginny Aitchison
    Ginny Aitchison
    I really like The Oyster Girl. Are you getting close to 100 yet Simon?
  7. John Kelly
    John Kelly
    Molly Malone - or as the statue is known in Dublin, The Tart with the Cart!
  8. Simon DS
    Simon DS
    26 left to do in 16 days, Ginny, aaaaeeeii.

    Oyster girl, London Lass?
  9. Ginny Aitchison
    Ginny Aitchison
    I have a dress just like that!!
  10. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Yes John, the Dubliners are so rude - at least, they keep the statue well-polished, apparently
  11. Simon DS
    Simon DS
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone

    A bit off topic maybe, the statue makes her look quite mature, yet in the song she died of a fever at a young age. I thought young in those days meant fourteen or fifteen?
  12. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Simon, song lyrics are a binary measure for age. When you are born, you're a "young lass" until about 45, when you suddenly change to "old hag".
  13. Ginny Aitchison
    Ginny Aitchison
    You guys make me laugh every morning !
  14. Gelsenbury
    Gelsenbury
    So true! Does anyone know a song about a middle-aged woman?
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