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"Paddy McGinty's Goat" is a comic song written in 1917 by English songwriters Bert Lee and R. P. Weston in collaboration with the American performing duo The Two Bobs. It tells the story of an aggressive goat which comes to the village of Killaloe in Ireland and terrorises it by butting its inhabitants and eating everything in sight. The song was performed in music halls from 1917 by The Two Bobs. The Irish baritone Mick O'Brian performed it for the cinema in a Pathé News short in 1942. It was recorded by the Irish singer Val Doonican in 1964 on the Decca label as the B Side of "Delaney's Donkey". Although it never made the hit parade in the UK, it came to be associated with the singer and became well known through him. It was recorded by the Ennis Sisters of Canada in 2003. The 4/4 melody is in D major on the original sheet music, with a D sharp diminished passing chord between the phrases. The second half of each stanza moves to a higher register. It was originally published by Francis, Day & Hunter. more »
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