Celtic Folk Music With A Difference!
One more Still into Folk show, Streamtour Live, a full online theater show for you, this Rapalje livestream will feature our lovely dancers and will have all the wonderful ingredients of our Still into Folk shows.
So one last time Still into Folk, save the date! Sunday 29 november at 16:00. Will we see you there?
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This is a special version of The Craic was 90 in the Isle of Man, we play at our own Zomerfolk Festival, it is late on saturday night and David decides to bring out all the balloons we have backstage and crowdsurf with the inflatable unicorn. You can hear Maceál laugh during the track, great memories for us, and a great song!
The important word in this song is of course Craic, or the Craic. The word has an unusual history; the Scots and English crack was borrowed into Irish as craic in the mid-20th century and the Irish spelling was then reborrowed into English. Craic or crack is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, the term has great cultural significance in Ireland.we often use it as a memory of a good time, do you remember that one night out – Yeah, the craic was 90!
Weren’t we the rare oul’ stock? Spent the evenin’ gettin’ locked
In the Ace of Hearts where the high stools were engaging,
Over the Butt Bridge, down by the dock
The boat she sailed at five o’clock
“Hurry, boys,” said Whack, or before we’re there we’ll all be back
Carry him if you can The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man.
Before we reached the Alexander Base; The ding dong we did surely raise
In the bar of the ship we had great sport, as the boat she sailed out of the port
Landed up in the Douglas Head enquired for a vacant bed.
The dining room we soon got shown by a decent woman up the road.
‘Lads, ate it if you can, The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man.
Next morning we went for a ramble round; Viewed the sights of Douglas Town
Then we went tor a mighty session, in a pub they call Dick Darby’s.
We must have been drunk by half-past three; To sober up we went swimmin’ in the sea
Back to the digs for the spruce up, and while waitin’ for the fry
We all drew up our plan; The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man.
That night we went to the Texas Bar; Came back down by horse and car.
Met Big Jim and all went in to drink some wine in Yate’s.
The Liverpool Judies, it was said, were all to be found in the Douglas Head
McShane was there in his suit and shirt, Them foreign girls he was tryin’ to flirt
Sayin’ “Here girls, I’m your man,” The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man.
Whacker fancied his good looks; On an Isle of Man woman he was struck.
But a Liverpool lad was by her side. And he throwin’the jar into her.’
Whacker thought he’d take a chance; He asked the quare one out to dance.
Around the floor they stepped it out, And to Whack it was no bother.
Everythin’ was goin’ to plan; The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man.
The Isle of Man woman fancied Whack; Your man stood there till his mates came back
Whack! they all whacked into Whack, and Whack was whacked out on his back.
The police force arrived as well, Banjoed a couple of them as well,
Landed up in the Douglas jail, until the Dublin boat did sail,
Deported every man, The Crack was Ninety in the Isle of Man.
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Did you know that Sinterklaas really loves to get children and adults Rapalje gifts? He makes sure he gets them in time, so he can surprise every Rapalje fan in the Netherlands (and sometimes even abroad) with the best Rapalje presents in their shoe or on December 5th. Have you been good this year? What Rapalje item is on your wishlist?
Even the smallest gifts like buttons, stickers, playing cards or one of the beautiful Rapalje Fyndlingh coin necklaces could really brighten up someones day in these strange times. Sinterklaas of course knows this and we are hoping he will have lots of Rapalje goodies to deliver and this way spread a little joy everywhere. This not only helps us as a band survive during these gig-free months, but truly makes us happy as well. We hope you all enjoy the Rapalje gifts Sinterklaas will send you!
One more Still into Folk show, Streamtour Live, we mentioned it last week already, we are planning a full online theater show for you, this live stream will feature our lovely dancers Rosalie & Madelief and will have all the wonderful ingredients of our Still into Folk shows.
So one last time Still into Folk, save the date! Sunday 29 november at 16:00. Will we see you there?
To watch our streams tickets are not needed, but we really appreciate your support, virtual tickets are available.
Live on on Facebook, YouTube and our website
The lyrics to this song are written by our own William for the album Scotland’s Story, we performed it for the first time at our Celtic Folk Night in Wilhemshaven. At the end of all our theatre shows we play this song to get the polonaise going, David & Maceal march through the concert hall and all the audience follows.
Scotland the Brave is the bagpipe tune David plays during Flatlands, it is a Scottish patriotic song, one of several often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem. The tune was first played probably in the late 19th century. The lyrics commonly used now were written about 1950 by Scottish journalist Cliff Hanley for singer Robert Wilson as part of an arrangement by Marion McClurg. “Scotland the Brave” is also the authorised pipe band march of the British Columbia Dragoons of the Canadian Armed Forces
Good evening lads and lassies, are you happy all the way
We’re coming from the Flatlands, so some people say
We try our very best to make you allright tonight
We’re playing lovely folk songs and some tunes half the night
I was born to be a singer, but I didn’t knew by then
I had my first guitar when I reached the age of ten
My fingers were not bleeding, but I really tried out hard
So come on move your dancing feet, when the music starts
So there’s no other place, where I would rather be
To sing about this fucking life in peace and harmony
So won’t you come along and drink a pint or two with me
To sing about this fucking life in peace and harmony
I was lots of times in trouble, in my days at school
Just learning ‘n turning by the way and living by the ruule
We were waiting ’till the bell would ring and we’d go home, on straight
And picking up our instruments, “it’s getting really late”
I like to dance with women and I sang it all before
I drink a lot of whiskey and I drop dead on the floor
And when the cab is driving home and I remember when
The places where I’m going and the places that I’ve been
The night is coming to an end, but there’ll be plenty more to come
The crowd is going wild and they’ve been asking for “encore”
We don’t know where we’re going and whenever we’re coming back
I’ll see you all the next time, on the latest track
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Sadly we have had to cancel most of our shows for the rest of the year including the show in Roosendaal this friday but we do have some great streaming plans!
This weekend we will be doing our Songs at the Campfire stream, we have many song requests already, do you have another one?
And at the end of november we will be doing a special theatershow stream with our wonderfull dancers Rosalie & Madelief, more info on that stream coming next week.
So we hope to see you all soon! To watch our streams tickets are not needed, but we really appreciate your support, virtual tickets are available.
Did you enjoy our Halloween live stream? You can watch the complete stream below in case you missed it
During the stream we started a special new deal, our Scotland’s Story Record + CD + T-shirt normal price €50 now only €35 click the link below to go to the deal!
Come one, come all!
Rapalje invites you to a very special scary Halloween stream this saturday 31.10.2020 we will be streaming from 19:00 with lots of tricks or treats, will we see you there in the chat?
Do you have any song requests?
Tickets are not needed, but we really appreciate your support!
See you soon in Bad Oeynhausen, we will play there 07.11.2020 coronaproof so you couldn’t have come at a better time!
