The Rare Old Mountain Dew
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"The Rare Old Mountain Dew" is an Irish folk song dating from 1882.
History
"The Mountain Dew" was a song about
78 rpm era was made in New York in 1927 by John Griffin for the Columbia
label. Some later recordings used the title "The Rare Old Mountain Dew."
The song is referenced in The Pogues' song "Fairytale of New York":
And then he sang a song
The Rare Auld Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you.
Recordings
- Four to the Bar on their live album Craic on the Road.
- Sam Hinton on "the Wandering Folksong".
- Orthodox Celts on their album Green Roses.
- The Pogues with Ronnie Drew from The Dubliners, singing together with Shane MacGowan.
- The Dubliners.
- The Clancy Brothers performed it on several albums, in some versions also together with The Dubliners.
- Carolina Chocolate DropsAppalachian style version performed on album Heritage with fiddle and banjo.
- Wake Up Jeffas "Bucket of Dew/Paddy Condon from Cobar".
- The Irish Rovers
- The Corries
- Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Lyrics
Lilting is often added to the song, either after every second verse or once at the beginning and once at the end, to the same tune as the lyrics. While these vocables vary with the singer, one typical version is "hi dee diddley idle dum, hi dee doodle dydle dum, hi dee doo dye diddly aye day", repeated once.
