Tune Req: My heart's got a hole? / Molly Brannigan

Subject: Me heart's got a hole in it
From: GUEST,Irish Maureen
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 03:11 PM

Plese help me find the song that this bit of lyric comes from:

Me heart's got a hole in it you can roll a turnip in. Me heart's got a hole in it you can roll it out again.

A very dear nun is celebrating a jubilee on Saturday, April 13, and we're having an Irish band, etc. Unfortunately, we can't find the words and tune to the whole song. If you know anything I would appreciate a quick note ASAP. I just got called with this, or I would have been searching sooner.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Maureen

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Me heart's got a hole in it
From: Noreen
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 05:27 PM

Sounds like it might be Molly Brannigan (click here), Maureen. The lyrics and tune are both there.

Best of luck with the jubilee.

Noreen

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Me heart's got a hole in it
From: 53
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 06:12 PM

Blackhawk has a song called Hole In My Heart.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Me heart's got a hole in it
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 Apr 02 - 03:08 PM

There is a French folk song called Le Petit Bonheur (the little happiness) in which somebody finds a little happiness, takes it home, cherishes it till it blooms, and then it leaves, and he shows it the great big hole it's leaving in the bottom of his heart, but the little happiness leaves anyway... it's the only place I've found the phrase.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Me heart's got a hole in it
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 12 Apr 02 - 12:29 AM

You done stomped on my heart, and you mashed that sucker flat
You just sorta stomped on my aorta
You started going out with guys, I felt us drift apart
And every step you took was a stomp upon my heart (Mason Williams)

Not exactly Irish, and not exactly a hole...but the tone seemed to fit!

Aloha,
Mark