{"id":11853,"date":"2021-08-03T20:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=11853"},"modified":"2023-08-27T06:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T06:48:12","slug":"paddys-dream","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/paddys-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy’s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Paddy Magee’s Dream
The three dreams
Bologna Song,
Johnny Bull was an Englishman
John Boiler<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>c1863<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>George Ware<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN3272<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>George Ware, Sam Collins, Harry Clifton<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Hubbard, Mrs. Salley A. USA : Utah ; 1947
Dornan, Angelo; Canada : New Brunswick; 1954 – 60 Gerwig, Mrs. Viola USA : W. Virginia; 1954
Pinkney, Mrs. W.J. Canada : Ontario : 1964
Reardon, Ambrose Canada : Newfoundland : 1968
Mooney, Jim Canada : Newfoundland : 1977
Doherty, Jim Ireland : Co. Donegal 1986<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Tony Pastor's Waterfall Songster (1866)\n\nPaddy's Dream<\/strong>\nAs sung by Tony Pastor\nWritten by G.Ware\n\nJohn Bull he was an Englishman,\nAnd went to tramp one day, \nWith three-pence in his pocket\nTo take him a long way; \nHe tramped along for miles and miles.\nYet no one did he see, \nTill he fell in with an Irishman,\nWhose name was Paddy McGee.\n\n\"Good morning, Pat\" said John to him,\n\"Where are you going to?\" \nSays Paddy: \"I hardly know myself,\nI want a job to do.\" \n\"Have you got any money about you?\"\nSaid John Bull unto Pat \n\"It's the only thing I'm wanting,\nFor I haven't got a rap.\"\n\nThen they overtook a Scotchman,\nWho, like them, was out of work; \nTo judge by his looks, he was hard up\nAnd as hungry as a Turk. \n\"Can you lend me a shilling, Scotty?\"\nAt last said Paddy McGee; \n\"I'm sorry I canna,\" said the Scotchman,\n\"For I ha'e na got ane baubee\"\n\nSaid the Englishman, \"I three-pence have,\nWhat shall we do with that?\"\n\"Och! buy three-pen'orth of whisky,\nIt will cheer us up\" said Pat. \n\"Nay, dinna doo that\" said the Scotchman,\ni'll tell thee the best to doo; \nJust buy three-pence worth of oat-meal,\nI'll make some nice burgoo.\n\n\"Now I think we had better buy a loaf,\"\nThe Englishman did say; \n\"And then in yonder hay-stack\nOur hunger sleep away. \nWe can get a drink of water\nFrom yonder purling stream, \nAnd the loaf shall be his in the morning,\nWho has the greatest dream!\"\n\nThe Englishman dreamt by the morning,\nTen million men had been \nFor ten years digging a turnip up,\nThe largest ever seen; \nAt last they got the turnip up,\nBy working night and day; \nThen it took five million horses\nThis turnip to pull away.\n\nSaid the Scotchman: I've been dreaming\nFifty million men had been \nFor fifty years making a boiler,\nThe largest ever seen\".\n\"What was it for?\" said the Englishman,\n\"Was it made of copper or tin?\" \n\"It was made of copper\" said Scotty,\"\n\"To boil your turnip in\"\n\n\"Och!\" said Paddy, \"I've been dreaming\nAn awful great big dream; \nI dreamt I was in a hay-stack,\nBy the side of a purling stream, \nI dreamt that you and Scotty was there\nAs true as I'm an oaf; \nBy the powers! I dreamt I was hungry.\nSo I got up and eat the loaf!\"<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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There are several 19th century songs which were on occasion called Paddy’s Dream<\/em>, reflecting the popularity of the stage Irish stereotype on both sides of the Atlantic. This one was written by George Ware<\/a> and most famously performed by himself, \u00a0Sam Collins<\/a> and Harry Clifton<\/a>.  Collins performed the song as early as 1858, but it first seems to have been published by Hopwood and Crew as a result of its association with Clifton in 1866. In the USA it featured in the repertoire of the famous early vaudevillian, Tony Pastor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song has entered traditional singing and has evolved into a number of variants – check out The Piece of Baloney <\/em>below or John Boiler <\/em>at the Irish Traditional Music Archive.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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