The Story I Tell You Is True-Philomena Begley

[ti:The Story I Tell You Is True] [ar:Philomena Begley] [al:How I Love Them Old Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story I Tell You Is True - Philomena Begley [00:09.76]Come stroll for a while through my memory [00:13.54]And I'll tell you of times long ago [00:17.85] [00:18.91]When we walked to school summer and winter [00:22.67]Barefoot through the fields we would go [00:27.34] [00:27.93]I remember our little thatched cottage [00:31.22] [00:31.85]And the half-door led into the hall [00:36.62] [00:37.22]The crane over the fire in the kitchen [00:40.95]And the grandfather clock on the wall [00:45.60] [00:46.61]Oh the stout it was cured with a poker [00:50.33]And poiting they said cured the flu [00:54.91] [00:55.73]The bacon it hung from the ceiling [00:59.51]Sure this story I tell you is true [01:04.17] [01:05.19]We went in the trap to mass sundays [01:08.89]And grandad would wear his best hat [01:12.72] [01:14.15]The priest would recite from the altar [01:17.87]And the women in different seats sat [01:21.99] [01:23.39]Matchmaking was part of tradition [01:27.22]And the rambling house filled up at night [01:32.03] [01:32.69]When the tailor would tell the ghost stories [01:36.36]Oh the children would shiver with fright [01:41.03] [01:41.80]Oh the stout it was cured with a poker [01:45.13] [01:45.71]And poiting they said cured the flu [01:50.19] [01:51.25]The bacon it hung from the ceiling [01:54.31] [01:54.91]Sure this story I tell you is true [01:59.63] [02:09.67]I remember the sound of the anvil [02:13.47]And the burning horse-hoof we would smell [02:18.13] [02:18.81]We passed the forge door in the evening [02:22.04] [02:22.60]With water we fetched from the well [02:26.93] [02:27.96]We spancelled the cows before milking [02:32.44]Tied the horse to the wall through the shoe [02:36.58] [02:37.36]His collar and hames his winkers and reins [02:41.91]The harness we kept it like new [02:46.29]Oh the stout it was cured with a poker [02:50.26]And poiting they said cured the flu [02:55.07] [02:55.62]The bacon it hung from the ceiling [02:59.45]Sure this story I tell you is true [03:04.05] [03:05.12]For miles to the fair in the darkness [03:08.89]With our animals we walked with delight [03:13.40] [03:14.18]When the wheeling and dealing was over [03:17.93]Every one waited on for the fight [03:22.79] [03:23.48]Now I hope that in telling this story [03:26.91] [03:28.08]I haven't detained you too long [03:31.93] [03:32.59]There is so much more I must tell you [03:35.90] [03:36.40]Some day in some other song [03:41.01] [03:41.83]Oh the stout it was cured with a poker [03:45.19] [03:45.72]And poiting they said cured the flu [03:50.52] [03:51.09]The bacon it hung from the ceiling [03:54.89]Sure this story I tell you is true [03:59.61]Sure this story I tell you is true