Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
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Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers is the first full-length cat-related CD by Marc Gunn
. The majority of the songs are parodies of Irish folk songs (although not necessarily drinking songs, as the album title suggests), with new cat-themed lyrics written by Marc Gunn. He later released Irish Drinking Songs: A Cat Lover's Companion which contained the 'traditional' versions of the songs he filked.
Marc Gunn
Marc Gunn is a musician and podcaster. As the autoharp-playing half of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Gunn and partner Andrew McKee developed a following with weekly performances on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. This led to gigs at renaissance faires, science fiction conventions, and...
. The majority of the songs are parodies of Irish folk songs (although not necessarily drinking songs, as the album title suggests), with new cat-themed lyrics written by Marc Gunn. He later released Irish Drinking Songs: A Cat Lover's Companion which contained the 'traditional' versions of the songs he filked.
Track listing
- "Wild Kitty" (parody Wild Rover)
- "A Cat Named Rover" (parody Gypsy Rover)
- "The Mining Ship the Red Dwarf" (parody Bonnie Ship the Diamond)
- "When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling" (parody When Irish Eyes Are SmilingWhen Irish Eyes Are Smiling"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is a lighthearted song in tribute to Ireland. Its lyrics were written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., set to music composed by Ernest Ball, for Olcott's production of The Isle O' Dreams, and Olcott sang the song in the show...
) - "Lord of the Pounce" (parody Lord of the DanceLord of the DanceLord of the Dance may refer to:Personalities* Nataraja, Shiva in his dancing posture* Lord of the Dance, a title given to Jesus Christ in some musical adaptationsLiterature* Lord of the Dance , a 1984 novel by Father Andrew GreeleyMusic...
) - "I'll Tell My Cat" (parody I'll Tell Me MaI'll Tell Me Ma"I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...
) - "The Cat Came Back... The Cat's Perspective"
- "Black Is the Color (of My Cat's Fur)"
- "Cats Chasing Butterflies"
- "The Demented Cat Game" (parody The Patriot GameThe Patriot Game"The Patriot Game" is an Irish ballad about an incident during the Border Campaign launched by the Irish Republican Army during the 1950s to bring about the reunification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland. It was written by Dominic Behan, younger brother of playwright Brendan...
) - "Black Kitty Paw" (parody The Black Velvet BandThe Black Velvet Band"The Black Velvet Band" is a traditional English and Irish folk song describing transportation to Australia, a common punishment in 19th century Britain and Ireland. The song tells the story of a tradesman who meets a young woman who has stolen an item and passed it on to him...
) - "Catnipping Green" (parody Fiddler's GreenFiddler's GreenFiddler's Green is a legendary imagined afterlife, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire...
) - "The Old Grey Cat"
- "Furagone's Wake" (parody Finnegan's WakeFinnegan's Wake"Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad that arose in the 1850s in the music-hall tradition of comical Irish songs. The song is a staple of the Irish folk-music group, The Dubliners, who have played it on many occasions and included it on several albums, and is especially well known to fans of The Clancy...
) - "Jasper Tabby Kitty Cat-y" (parody The Barnyards of Delgaty)