# Song ID assistance related. Irish pub types probably most helpful **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112 "2005-03-18T04:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/1 "2005-03-18T04:22:36Z")
I didn’t get to see a local band, The Irish Balladeers, this week, and I’m a little bummed about it. There are three songs they do that are aided greatly by drunken audience participation. The Scotsman, Seven Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory, and a third one. I was able to get my fix of the first two on line, but not the third I have no idea what the title is, and O’Google isn’t being particularly helpful. What I remember is that it has something to do with a husband finding boots under the bed, and he screams to his wife, (this is where the audience chimes in, well, slurs loudly along with the band) “Hey! Wife!”…and I forget what’s next. Does anyone have any idea what song I may be talking about, and if you do, can you link me to either the lyrics or a free mp3 kind of thing? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/2 "2005-03-18T04:31:02Z")
MIGHT be Seven Drunken Nights. Audience participation varies, but [here](http://celtic-lyrics.com/lyrics/450) are the lyrics if you want to take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/3 "2005-03-18T04:34:42Z")
Round of drinks for the **LifeOnWry** table, please. He got it in one! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/4 "2005-03-18T04:36:40Z")
You’re welcome - glad I could help! (PS: I’m female.) ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/5 "2005-03-18T04:45:40Z")
Incidentally, I’ve never heard the Irish Balladeers, so don’t know if they have CDs, but if you like the bawdy bar songs, you might check out Oscar Brand. There’s a list of his CDs available here: [Demented Records](http://stevexs.tripod.com/comedy/records.html) Another one you might like is [Axel the Sot.](http://www.chivalry.com/axel/) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/6 "2005-03-18T04:46:30Z")
[Found a free download](http://irishrow.com/mainpages/downloads.htm) page if anyone is wondering what the drunken hell I’m talking about. 😃 Hey, Life! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/7 "2005-03-18T04:58:51Z")
The Balladeers are a local cover band. They’re extremely popular among the Irish-type pubs and bars in Scranton and the rest of the region. They always draw a crowd in the weeks leading up to [Parade Day](http://www.stpatparade.com/), St. Patrick’s Day, and the local “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” celebrations. They do a lot of drinking songs, audience participation, etc. I don’t know if they have a CD or not, but if they do, I’d be happy to send you one. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-assistance-related-irish-pub-types-probably-most-helpful/295112/8 "2005-03-18T05:22:50Z")
When I was a kid, we had an old album by Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners on which they sang “The Seven Drunken Nights,” but prefaced it by saying “We’re only allowed to sing 5 of them.” My brothers and I sang all those old songs, and didn’t figure out until YEARS later that anything naughty was going on! I’m still not 100% sure what happened on Saturday and Sunday that was too risque to be put on the record! But I suppose a song didn’t have to be TOO obscene to be banned in Ireland in the late 1960’s.