http://www.wordnik.com/lists/tunie-colcannon.xml I first heard this sung by Bob Hallett of Great Big Sea, though I know several other artists recorded it first. <br /> <br />Did you ever have <a href="/words/colcannon">colcannon</a> made with lovely <a href="/words/pickled">pickled</a> <a href="/words/cream">cream</a> <br />And the greens and <a href="/words/scallion">scallion</a>s <a href="/words/mingle">mingle</a> like a picture in a <a href="/words/dream">dream</a>? <br />Did you ever make a hole on top to hold the <a href="/words/melting">melting</a> <a href="/words/flake">flake</a> <br />Of the <a href="/words/creamy">creamy</a> <a href="/words/flavored">flavored</a> <a href="/words/butter">butter</a> that your mother used to make? <br />Oh you did, so you did <br />So did he and so did I <br />And the more you think about it, sure the nearer I to <a href="/words/die">die</a> <br />Oh weren’t them the <a href="/words/happy">happy</a> days when <a href="/words/troubles">troubles</a> we knew not <br />And our <a href="/words/mothers">mothers</a> made colcannon in the little <a href="/words/skillet">skillet</a> pot? <br /> <br />Did you ever take <a href="/words/potato cake">potato cake</a> in <a href="/words/boxty">boxty</a> off to school <br /><a href="/words/Tucked">Tucked</a> underneath your <a href="/words/oxter">oxter</a> with your <a href="/words/books">books</a>, your <a href="/words/slate">slate</a>, your <a href="/words/rule">rule</a>? <br />And when <a href="/words/teacher">teacher</a> wasn’t looking sure a great big <a href="/words/bite">bite</a> you’d take <br />Of that creamy flavored butter that your mother used to make <br />Oh you did, so you did <br />So did he and so did I <br />And the more you think about it, sure the nearer I to <a href="/words/cry">cry</a> <br />Oh weren’t them the happy days when troubles we knew not <br />And our mothers made colcannon in a little skillet pot? <br /> <br />Did you ever go <a href="/words/a-courting">a-courting</a> maid when the evening sun went down, <br />And the <a href="/words/moon">moon</a> began a-creeping from beyond the hill of Down? <br />Did you wander down the <a href="/words/boreen">boreen</a> where a [clúrachán] was seen <br />Did you whisper loving praises to your own dear sweet [cáilín]? <br />Oh you did, so you did <br />So did he and so did I <br />And the more you think about it, sure the nearer I to cry <br />Oh weren’t them the happy days when troubles we knew not <br />And our mothers made colcannon in a little skillet pot? <br /> http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/colcannon Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/colcannon http://www.wordnik.com/words/pickled Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pickled http://www.wordnik.com/words/cream Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cream http://www.wordnik.com/words/scallion Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/scallion http://www.wordnik.com/words/mingle Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mingle http://www.wordnik.com/words/dream Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dream http://www.wordnik.com/words/melting Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/melting http://www.wordnik.com/words/flake Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flake http://www.wordnik.com/words/creamy Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/creamy http://www.wordnik.com/words/flavored Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flavored http://www.wordnik.com/words/butter Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/butter http://www.wordnik.com/words/die Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/die http://www.wordnik.com/words/happy Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/happy http://www.wordnik.com/words/troubles Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/troubles http://www.wordnik.com/words/mothers Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mothers http://www.wordnik.com/words/skillet Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/skillet http://www.wordnik.com/words/potato cake Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/potato cake http://www.wordnik.com/words/boxty Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/boxty http://www.wordnik.com/words/tucked Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tucked http://www.wordnik.com/words/oxter Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/oxter http://www.wordnik.com/words/books Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/books http://www.wordnik.com/words/slate Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/slate http://www.wordnik.com/words/rule Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rule http://www.wordnik.com/words/teacher Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/teacher http://www.wordnik.com/words/bite Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bite http://www.wordnik.com/words/cry Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cry http://www.wordnik.com/words/a-courting Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/a-courting http://www.wordnik.com/words/moon Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moon http://www.wordnik.com/words/boreen Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/boreen http://www.wordnik.com/words/clúrachán Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/clúrachán http://www.wordnik.com/words/cáilín Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cáilín