One of the first cds I ever owned (and to date I own very few of the things) was a Dubliners 'greatest hits' collection. The Dubliners remain one of my favourite bands, and I have recently begun to listen to them again. The one song I keep returning to, though, is 'Seven Drunken Nights'. In it the protagonist returns home thoroughly plastered every night only to find some foreign item in his house. Each of these items belongs in fact to a stranger the man's wife is having an affair with. The wife has an explanation ready for these mysterious objects - objects ranging from a horse to the other man's head itself - and the man, being thoroughly plastered, notes the discrepancies ("a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before") but accepts these explanations. Oh the way it is sung by Ronnie Drew. Never fails to make me laugh.
In the Dubliners song, only five days of the week are accounted for. As a young'un I didn't particularly care to find out why, but now I know. Weekends are not for the prudish.
It was only a few days ago, however, that I discovered that there is a video for this song. And the video features some very crude clay model animation. I am currently obsessed with making ugly little plasticine people and monsters, so the entire thing is a double treat for me.
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But this is most immoral. A wife, whether faithful or no, should not be putting a tin whistle in her thingy where her husband's thingy should be. What, are male thingies no longer required?
But surely lips are for speaking (or whistling with, as the case may be)?
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