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- There are two versions of ‘The Ballad of Old Seth Davy,’ the original one written by Glyn Hughes and an Irish one which replaces some of the Liverpool place names with Dublin ones.
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It is sometimes called "The Ballad of Seth Davy". The song laments the death in 1902 of a performer, Seth Davy, who sang and performed with a set of "dancing dolls" outside a public house in Liverpool.
May 18, 2021 · There are two versions of The Ballad of Seth Davy. There is the original one written by Glyn Hughes and there is an Irish one replacing the Liverpool placenames with Dublin ones.
- Pauline Murphy
It is sometimes called "The Ballad of Seth Davy". The song laments the death in 1902 of a performer, Seth Davy, who sang and performed with a set of "dancing dolls" outside a public house in Liverpool. The dolls were attached to the end of a plank, and when the plank was struck and vibrated, this caused the dolls to "dance".
The song is sometimes referred to as 'The Ballad Of Seth Davy". The Irish version of the song refers to Beggars Bush which is located in Dublin. First Irish Release: 1968 - Danny Doyle popularized the song reaching No. 1 on the Irish charts where it remained for 10 weeks.
Jul 20, 2024 · Whiskey on a Sunday / The Ballad of Old Seth Davy, written by Glyn Hughes in the 1950s. The song was written about the old busker Seth Davy who would perform with his dancing dolls on...
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Feb 24, 2021 · Whiskey On A Sunday – The Dubliners. Font. Chords. Autoscroll. Transpose. Print. Report bad tab. [Verse] C Am Dm F G C Oh, he sits at the corner of Beggars Bush, astride of an old packing case,...
