Waxies Dargle
There are many versions of Waxies Dargle, but here
are two popular ones:
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The Pogues'
Version
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Traditional
Version
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Says my "owl one" to your "owl
one"
"Will ye go to the Waxies Dargle?"
Says your "owl one" to my "owl one",
"I haven't got a farthing.
I went up to Monto town
To see Uncle McArdle
But he wouldn't give me a half a crown
For to go to the Waxies Dargle." |
Says my "owl one" to your "owl
one"
"Will ye come to the Waxies Dargle?"
Says your "owl one" to my "owl one",
"Sure I haven't got a farthing.
I've just been down to Monto town
To see Uncle McArdle
But he didn't have half a crown
For to go to the Waxies Dargle." |
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What will ya have?!
I'll have a pint!
I'll have a pint with you, Sir!
And if one of ya' doesn't order soon
We'll be chucked out of the boozer! |
What are ye having, will ye
have a pint?
Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir,
And if one of us doesn't order soon
We'll be thrown out of the boozer. |
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Says my "owl one" to your "owl
one"
"Will ye go to the Galway races?"
Says your "owl one" to my "owl one",
"I'll hock me aul' man's braces.
I went up to Capel Street
To the Jewish moneylenders
But he wouldn't give me a couple of bob
For the aul' man's red suspenders." |
Says my "owl one" to your "owl
one"
"Will ye come to the Galway races?"
Says your "owl one" to my "owl one",
"With the price of my aul' lad's braces.
I went down to Capel Street
To the Jew man moneylenders
But they wouldn't give me a couple of bob on My
aul' lad's suspenders." |
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What will ya have?!
I'll have a pint!
I'll have a pint with you, Sir!
And if one of ya' doesn't order soon
We'll be chucked out of the boozer! |
What are ye having, will ye
have a pint?
Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir,
And if one of us doesn't order soon
We'll be thrown out of the boozer. |
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Says my "owl one" to your "owl
one"
"We got no beef or mutton
If we went up to Monto town
We'd get a drink for nuttin'"
Here's a nice piece of advice
I got from an aul' fishmonger:
"When food is scarce and you see the hearse
You'll know you have died of hunger." |
Says my "owl one" to your "owl
one"
"We have no beef or mutton
But if we go down to Monto town
We might get a drink for nuttin'"
Here's a piece of good advice
I got from an aul' fishmonger:
"When food is scarce and you see the hearse
You'll know you have died of hunger. |
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What will ya have?!
I'll have a pint!
I'll have a pint with you, Sir!
And if one of ya' doesn't order soon
We'll be chucked out of the boozer! |
What are ye having, will ye
have a pint?
Yes, I'll have a pint with you, sir,
And if one of us doesn't order soon
We'll be thrown out of the boozer. |
| Some Explanations of
expressions in Waxies Dargle: |
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In Dublinese, your mother is "yer owl one"
or as they say in Dublin 4, Your Old One
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Monto town was Montgomery Street, probably
the most notorious red light district in the
world, because of the large number of British
Soldiers garrisoned in Dublin. It featured
largely in Joyce's and O'Casey's works. It was
in the area now known as Foley Street. located
behind Gardiner Street and Talbot Street.
After the
establishment of the new state, Monto was
cleaned up by The Legion of Mary, lead by Frank
Duff and a Fr. Devane. however both men
later overstepped the mark in their promotion
of the Dance Hall Act. The Act
banned house dances and anybody holding such a
dance after the
enactment was charged and fined. The
clergy started to build the parochial halls to
which all were expected to go and the
Government collected 25% of the ticket-tax. It
nearly killed traditional music in
Ireland.
The
pair also got involved in The Spanish
Civil War. Now guess which side.
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| Further proof that the best
English in the world is spoken in Dublin,
Waxies Dargle, is the correct plural of Waxie
Dargle. As you will read elsewhere - the name
came from the meeting of the Dublin Shoemakers
who went on an annual skite
to Ringsend/Sandmount where they met Waxie
Dargle -the Gold Prospecting Leprechaun. |
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Uncle McArdle was a licensed Pawnbroker.
Pawnbrokers were affectionately known as your
uncle. They lent money against a pledge of
goods deposited, rather than knee-caps.
If the pledger came back within the
period with the money plus
the charges he got his goods
back. Otherwise the goods went to auction and
the pawnbroker took his costs out of the
proceeds.
Some people pledged on a weekly basis.
Everything revolved around getting paid on
Friday. One guy I knew even had a
favorite indigo suit. He used say:
Indigo Monday - Outdicome Friday
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| The Jewish moneylenders in Capel
Street were unlicensed. They came into their
own when the punter had nothing to pledge. |
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