Alsatian Once Again by Dermot Morgan

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Alsatian Once Again
By: Dermot Morgan

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Duration:	3:28
Release Date:	1987 (Stavro Arrgolus)
Lyrics By:	Dermot Morgan (Stavro Arrgolus)
Music By:	Traditional (Stavro Arrgolus)
Produced By:	Barry Devlin (Stavro Arrgolus)
Released By:	Dolphin Records DOS-190 (Stavro Arrgolus)
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Keywords:	ALSATIAN, BLACK AND TANS, DERMOT MORGAN, DOG, FATHER TED, FIDO, GRENADE, IRISH, PARODY, TROUBLES

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"Alsatian" = German Shepherd. (Stavro Arrgolus)

Dermot Morgan's pre- 'Father Ted' parody of 'A Nation Once Again'. (Stavro Arrgolus)

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SPOKEN:
Many songs are sung and written about Emmett, Pearse and Tone
But no one knows that son of Ireland who loved to chew a bone
A patriot so fearless who fought doggedly for his nation
Not a Catholic or a Protestant but a bloody big Alsatian

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Way back in 1920 when the troubles were real bad
The Black and Tans were searching houses driving people mad
Many Irish men and women lent a hand to help the cause
Here's the story of a hero that lent a pair of paws

And it was Fido hid the hand grenade for me
When the Tans came round to search the house at tea
I said Fido, take this, eat; he thought it was a tin of meat
`Twas the hand grenade that Fido hid for me

The Black and Tans they search the house but not a thing was found
They looked for guns and bullets but they never checked the hound
They scorned and mocked and jeered us with their laughter and their tone
When Fido just exploded and went Phffft… around the room

And it was Fido hid the hand grenade for me
When the Tans came round to search the house at tea
The Tans said 'scuse me mate, was that something your dog ate
`Twas the hand grenade that Fido hid for me

The Tans went out in terror; Fido saved us one and all
So we looked at him as he laid there on the ceiling, floor and wall
Another martyr for old Ireland by Britannia cruelly slain
Some day up there I hope he'll be (wait for it...)
an Alsatian once again

An Alsatian once again
An Alsatian once again
And Fido who's now in ribbons will be
An Alsatian once again (Stavro Arrgolus)

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	Dave AuJus Offline - Artist & D.J. - 05-08-17 04:06 PM - 6 years ago
	Always happy to help out when I can!

	Stavro Arrgolus Offline - Editor, MP3 - 05-07-17 08:51 PM - 6 years ago
	Bugger all...I tore YouTube apart 7 years ago looking for this and checked again & again whenever I thought about it. This live performance is even better than the one I saw in 1993, which was a clip from a talk show. As always, I thank you for your help with these sorts of things and curse my own lack of perseverance. I'll snag & edit the audio using methods I'd rather not go into and then add the video itself.

	Dave AuJus Offline - Artist & D.J. - 05-07-17 08:35 PM - 6 years ago
	Would this here be what yer lookin' fer? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7afbXdIzkB8 --- Stavro Arrgolus: And to this day, I can't find an audio track for this anywhere.

	Stavro Arrgolus Offline - Editor, MP3 - 05-07-17 05:32 PM - 6 years ago
	And to this day, I can't find an audio track for this anywhere.

	Stavro Arrgolus Offline - Editor, MP3 - 03-14-10 09:04 PM - 14 years ago
	fiogf49gjkf0d In 1993 or thereabouts, I was watching 'Mark Russell's Irish Fling' (yes, I admit it), a PBS special featuring the singing political satirist in Ireland. He sang topical songs and interviewed people and such and one of the people he featured was a pre-'Father Ted' Dermot Morgan. In a clip that was shown, he sang this song.

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