by Drunken Damsels The Drunken Damsels were getting sick and tired of poor mistreated lassies being eaten by dragons in the song “Do Virgins Taste Better” and “The Dragon’s Retort” so they wrote their own parody with the same “Irish Washerwoman” melody. Oh, I am a virgin with something to sayI’m quite tired of being […]
Category Archives: Song Lyrics & Poetry
Lyrics by Marc Gunn and of songs he plays as well as chords as played on the autoharp.
They Call Me Crazy (Lyrics)
by Marc Gunn, July 10, 2004 Falling in love is a funny thing. It’s often not very rational. You just fall. Even if you shouldn’t. I recorded it for my non-typical love songs CD A Tribute to Love. They call me crazyFor falling in love with you.I know I’m hastyBut I can’t waste another sunsetOr […]
Star of the County Down (Lyrics)
Lyrics and music traditional Listen: LoFi | Download | Email It | Chords | Donate From: A Tribute to Love Near to Banbridge Town, in the County Down One morning last July, Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen, And she smiled as she passed me by; Well, she looked so sweet from her […]
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ (Lyrics)
words and music traditional I learned this song from my dad. These are the lyrics he used to sing to me as a kid. It was always a favorite song, which is why I recorded for my CD, “A Tribute to Love“. Frogg went a-courtin’ and he did go, uh-huhFrogg went a-courtin’ and he did […]
She Said Her Name Was Saffron (Lyrics, Firefly)
Yay! I finished it. Just under the wire too. Today, I finished recording my newest song called, “She Said Her Name Was Saffron“. If you missed the entry, the song was written about Saffron, the beautiful and dangerous woman from Firefly’s “Our Mrs. Reynolds”. Awesome episode! SerenityStuff.com was holding a contest for a song about […]
She Said Her Name Was Saffron (Firefly Song)
by Marc Gunn, June 13, 2007 I received an email while I was in Ireland for a contest by SerenityStuff.com to write a song about Saffron (or YoSaffBridge), the beautiful and manipulative vixen from Firefly. She was one of my favorite bad guys in the show. And being in Ireland, a melody came easy. I […]
Valley of Opportunity
by Marc Gunn, March 30, 2007 After twenty-five years of wearing glasses, I had LASIK Eye Surgery. It’s like being able to see for the first time. It is magical. I remember free climbing a mountain on the North Shore of Oahu. The rock crumbled as we climbed, But turning to look at the ocean, […]
Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits (Lyrics)
“Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits” lyrics and music by Marc Gunn, March 11, 2007 Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits and What Color Is Your Dragon? Don’t go drinking with hobbits. Sure, you’ll have a grand time all night long. But if you go drinking with hobbits, my friends You may […]
Green Grow the Rashes (Lyrics)
I am loving the studio right now. Andrew and I had SUCH a productive day working on “Ye Jacobites By Name”. He also sent me a mix of the Robert Burns song, “Green Grow the Rashes”. It is from our upcoming CD, Real Men Wear Kilts. Hope ye like! Listen: “Green Grow the Rashes” Green […]
Tiziano Gunn (Lyrics, parody “Old Fenian Gun”)
by Marc Gunn, February 7, 2007 In my first cat CD, Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, I felt like I had a song for Jasper and a song for Torre, but no real song FOR Tiziano, my other tabby cat. Lyrics came to me based on the Irish song, “Old Fenian Gun” that just […]
