Michael Valentine "Val" Doonican (3 February 1927– 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style. A crooner, he found popular success, especially in the United Kingdom where he had five successive Top 10 albums in the 1960s as well as several hits on the UK Singles Chart, including "Walk Tall" and "Elusive Butterfly". The Val Doonican Show, which featured his singing and a variety of guests, had a long and successful run on BBC Television from 1965 to 1986 and Doonican won the Variety Club of Great Britain's BBC-TV Personality of the Year award three times. Doonican had a gentle baritone voice and, according to The Guardian, he had "an easygoing, homely charm that enchanted middle England".
Early life and career
Doonican was born on 3 February 1927 in Waterford, Ireland, the youngest of the eight children of Agnes (née Kavanagh) and John Doonican. He was from a musical family and played in his school band from the age of six. In 1941 when he was a teenager his father died, so he had to leave De La Salle College Waterford, to get factory jobs fabricating steel and making orange and grapefruit boxes. He began to perform in his hometown, often with his friend Bruce Clarke, and they had their first professional engagement as a duo in 1947. Doonican appeared in a summer season at Courtown Harbour, County Wexford. He soon featured on Irish radio, sometimes with Clarke, and appeared in Waterford's first-ever television broadcast. Then he played the drums in a band on a tour through Ireland.
Delaney's Donkey: The Val Doonican Music Show 1982
Val Doonican is often quoted as saying that it took him seventeen year's to become an overnight success. He was referring to his appearance, in 1964, on the top rated live TV show, Sunday Night at Th
published: 22 Feb 2013
Val Doonican - Walk Tall
Val Doonican - Walk Tall
published: 18 Mar 2008
Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
Elusive Butterly was a # 5 UK hit single in 1966 .
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
...
published: 09 Feb 2009
Roger Whittaker joins Val Doonican
DUETS - SERIES
Val joins Roger LIVE on The Val Doonican Music Show in 1984 as he runs through a medley of his hit songs. The Last Farewell, Durham Town and The Mexican Whistler are included.
published: 28 Mar 2017
Val Doonican's Grave - Famous Graves
Todays Famous Grave visit is Val Doonican, the legendary singer from yesteryear.
Michael Valentine Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style.
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published: 22 Jan 2023
Val Doonican - What Would I Be
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
What Would I Be was Val Doonican`s highest charting UK single peaking at number 2 in 1966.
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val...
published: 27 Jan 2009
Val Doonican-O'Rafferty's Motor Car (with lyrics)
Val Doonican sings this well good it is written by Tommie Connor.
This finishes a trilogy of Val Doonican songs which I enjoyed when young and hope others have discovered and will also reap benefit from. The pictures I have added are mostly gleaned from the tinternet via Google Images. Paint Shop Pro 10 has helped me adjust and add to them. The motor that has been adapted for O'Rafferty's motor car was a Ford Model "A"
Roadster through the years of 1929-32 ... I think.
The map where it shows the shaky road between Dublin and Cork is pretty accurate ... and the pics of O'Connell Street are from ... I guess the 20's and 30's ... the GPO being an up to date photograph. As I have said before ... Hope you get a smile and some pleasure out of this.
Post Script ... Look out for Paddy M...
published: 01 Apr 2008
Val Doonican - Thank You For The Music (Full Length Video)
A Classic performance from Val Doonican
published: 15 Oct 2021
Paddy McGinty's Goat
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Paddy McGinty's Goat · Val Doonican · Lee · Weston
Val Doonican - The Gold Collection
℗ 2019 - Fiona Doonican and Sarah Doonican
Released on: 2019-01-11
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Val Doonican is often quoted as saying that it took him seventeen year's to become an overnight success. He was referring to his appearance, in 1964, on the to...
Val Doonican is often quoted as saying that it took him seventeen year's to become an overnight success. He was referring to his appearance, in 1964, on the top rated live TV show, Sunday Night at Th
Val Doonican is often quoted as saying that it took him seventeen year's to become an overnight success. He was referring to his appearance, in 1964, on the top rated live TV show, Sunday Night at Th
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
Elusive Butterly was a # 5 UK hit single in 1...
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
Elusive Butterly was a # 5 UK hit single in 1966 .
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
1969 Sounds Gently # 22
1970 The Magic of Val Doonican # 34
1971 This Is Val Doonican # 40
1975 I Love Country Music # 37
1977 Some of My Best Friends Are Songs # 29
1990 Songs From My Sketch Book # 33
2008 The Very Best of Val Doonican
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
Elusive Butterly was a # 5 UK hit single in 1966 .
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
1969 Sounds Gently # 22
1970 The Magic of Val Doonican # 34
1971 This Is Val Doonican # 40
1975 I Love Country Music # 37
1977 Some of My Best Friends Are Songs # 29
1990 Songs From My Sketch Book # 33
2008 The Very Best of Val Doonican
DUETS - SERIES
Val joins Roger LIVE on The Val Doonican Music Show in 1984 as he runs through a medley of his hit songs. The Last Farewell, Durham Town and Th...
DUETS - SERIES
Val joins Roger LIVE on The Val Doonican Music Show in 1984 as he runs through a medley of his hit songs. The Last Farewell, Durham Town and The Mexican Whistler are included.
DUETS - SERIES
Val joins Roger LIVE on The Val Doonican Music Show in 1984 as he runs through a medley of his hit songs. The Last Farewell, Durham Town and The Mexican Whistler are included.
Todays Famous Grave visit is Val Doonican, the legendary singer from yesteryear.
Michael Valentine Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer...
Todays Famous Grave visit is Val Doonican, the legendary singer from yesteryear.
Michael Valentine Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style.
If you would like to support the channel, there is a donate tab on the main Youtube banner on the right hand side or here
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#famousgraves #Valdoonican #singer
Some of the information used in this video is citied from Wikipedia
Todays Famous Grave visit is Val Doonican, the legendary singer from yesteryear.
Michael Valentine Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style.
If you would like to support the channel, there is a donate tab on the main Youtube banner on the right hand side or here
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/paulalland33
All proceeds go towards travelling costs. Thank you
You can follow me on Insta https://www.instagram.com/unusual_things666
#famousgraves #Valdoonican #singer
Some of the information used in this video is citied from Wikipedia
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
What Would I Be was Val Doonican`s highest c...
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
What Would I Be was Val Doonican`s highest charting UK single peaking at number 2 in 1966.
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
1969 Sounds Gently # 22
1970 The Magic of Val Doonican # 34
1971 This Is Val Doonican # 40
1975 I Love Country Music # 37
1977 Some of My Best Friends Are Songs # 29
1990 Songs From My Sketch Book # 33
2008 The Very Best of Val Doonican
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
What Would I Be was Val Doonican`s highest charting UK single peaking at number 2 in 1966.
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
1969 Sounds Gently # 22
1970 The Magic of Val Doonican # 34
1971 This Is Val Doonican # 40
1975 I Love Country Music # 37
1977 Some of My Best Friends Are Songs # 29
1990 Songs From My Sketch Book # 33
2008 The Very Best of Val Doonican
Val Doonican sings this well good it is written by Tommie Connor.
This finishes a trilogy of Val Doonican songs which I enjoyed when young and hope others have...
Val Doonican sings this well good it is written by Tommie Connor.
This finishes a trilogy of Val Doonican songs which I enjoyed when young and hope others have discovered and will also reap benefit from. The pictures I have added are mostly gleaned from the tinternet via Google Images. Paint Shop Pro 10 has helped me adjust and add to them. The motor that has been adapted for O'Rafferty's motor car was a Ford Model "A"
Roadster through the years of 1929-32 ... I think.
The map where it shows the shaky road between Dublin and Cork is pretty accurate ... and the pics of O'Connell Street are from ... I guess the 20's and 30's ... the GPO being an up to date photograph. As I have said before ... Hope you get a smile and some pleasure out of this.
Post Script ... Look out for Paddy McGinty's Goat and Delaney's Donkey, the other two of Val Doonican songs. Rock on Val ...
I thought it interesting to show the lyrics ... so ...
O'Rafferty's Motor Car
(Tommie Connor)
Now Dinny O'Rafferty's motor car
Is the greatest I declare
It's made up of bits and pieces
That he's picked up here and there
The engine must be ages old
But it's still got lots of power
With a gallon of stout in the petrol tank
It does ninety miles an hour
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Now two of the wheels are triangular
And the third one's off a pram
The fourth is the last remaining wheel
From off a Dublin tram
The number plate's in Gaelic
And the plug's won't even spark
And the chassis came off a tinker's cart
That collapsed in Phoenix Park
Now go for a ride in that motor car
And you'll end up with the shakes
The road from Cork to Dublin
Is a vale of pains and aches
When traffic lights turn red ahead
Then you'd best jump out the door
For the moment that Dinny treads on the break
Then his foot goes through the floor
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Now if you could see the upholstery
Then your eyes would start to pop
It's nothing but empty beer crates
With a load of sacks on top
The windscreen's gone to Lord knows where
And there's mothballs in the horn
And I reckon he'd only get half a quid
If he took it to the pawn
Now Dinny was driving around last week
When the engine did the splits
It went up in smoke and nearly blew
O'Connell Street to bits
They searched around for Dinny and found
That he'd landed up by heck
Away on top of the GPO
With his L-plates round his neck
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Val Doonican sings this well good it is written by Tommie Connor.
This finishes a trilogy of Val Doonican songs which I enjoyed when young and hope others have discovered and will also reap benefit from. The pictures I have added are mostly gleaned from the tinternet via Google Images. Paint Shop Pro 10 has helped me adjust and add to them. The motor that has been adapted for O'Rafferty's motor car was a Ford Model "A"
Roadster through the years of 1929-32 ... I think.
The map where it shows the shaky road between Dublin and Cork is pretty accurate ... and the pics of O'Connell Street are from ... I guess the 20's and 30's ... the GPO being an up to date photograph. As I have said before ... Hope you get a smile and some pleasure out of this.
Post Script ... Look out for Paddy McGinty's Goat and Delaney's Donkey, the other two of Val Doonican songs. Rock on Val ...
I thought it interesting to show the lyrics ... so ...
O'Rafferty's Motor Car
(Tommie Connor)
Now Dinny O'Rafferty's motor car
Is the greatest I declare
It's made up of bits and pieces
That he's picked up here and there
The engine must be ages old
But it's still got lots of power
With a gallon of stout in the petrol tank
It does ninety miles an hour
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Now two of the wheels are triangular
And the third one's off a pram
The fourth is the last remaining wheel
From off a Dublin tram
The number plate's in Gaelic
And the plug's won't even spark
And the chassis came off a tinker's cart
That collapsed in Phoenix Park
Now go for a ride in that motor car
And you'll end up with the shakes
The road from Cork to Dublin
Is a vale of pains and aches
When traffic lights turn red ahead
Then you'd best jump out the door
For the moment that Dinny treads on the break
Then his foot goes through the floor
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Now if you could see the upholstery
Then your eyes would start to pop
It's nothing but empty beer crates
With a load of sacks on top
The windscreen's gone to Lord knows where
And there's mothballs in the horn
And I reckon he'd only get half a quid
If he took it to the pawn
Now Dinny was driving around last week
When the engine did the splits
It went up in smoke and nearly blew
O'Connell Street to bits
They searched around for Dinny and found
That he'd landed up by heck
Away on top of the GPO
With his L-plates round his neck
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
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Paddy McGinty's Goat · Val Doonican · Lee · Weston
Val Doonican - The Gold Collection
℗ 2019 - Fiona Doonican and Sarah Doonic...
Provided to YouTube by Crimson
Paddy McGinty's Goat · Val Doonican · Lee · Weston
Val Doonican - The Gold Collection
℗ 2019 - Fiona Doonican and Sarah Doonican
Released on: 2019-01-11
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Provided to YouTube by Crimson
Paddy McGinty's Goat · Val Doonican · Lee · Weston
Val Doonican - The Gold Collection
℗ 2019 - Fiona Doonican and Sarah Doonican
Released on: 2019-01-11
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Val Doonican is often quoted as saying that it took him seventeen year's to become an overnight success. He was referring to his appearance, in 1964, on the top rated live TV show, Sunday Night at Th
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
Elusive Butterly was a # 5 UK hit single in 1966 .
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
1969 Sounds Gently # 22
1970 The Magic of Val Doonican # 34
1971 This Is Val Doonican # 40
1975 I Love Country Music # 37
1977 Some of My Best Friends Are Songs # 29
1990 Songs From My Sketch Book # 33
2008 The Very Best of Val Doonican
DUETS - SERIES
Val joins Roger LIVE on The Val Doonican Music Show in 1984 as he runs through a medley of his hit songs. The Last Farewell, Durham Town and The Mexican Whistler are included.
Todays Famous Grave visit is Val Doonican, the legendary singer from yesteryear.
Michael Valentine Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style.
If you would like to support the channel, there is a donate tab on the main Youtube banner on the right hand side or here
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/paulalland33
All proceeds go towards travelling costs. Thank you
You can follow me on Insta https://www.instagram.com/unusual_things666
#famousgraves #Valdoonican #singer
Some of the information used in this video is citied from Wikipedia
Popular Irish balladeer & tv host who had a successful UK chart & album career from 1964 until the early 70`s.
What Would I Be was Val Doonican`s highest charting UK single peaking at number 2 in 1966.
UK chart singles -
1964 Walk Tall # 3
1965 The Special Years # 7
1965 I`m Gonna Get There Somehow # 25
1966 Elusive Butterfly #5
1966 What Would I Be # 2
1967 Memories Are Made Of This # 11
1967 Two Streets #39
1967 If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` #3
1968 Youre The Only One # 37
1968 Now #43
1968 If I Knew Then What I Knew Now #14
1969 Ring Of Bright Water # 48
1971 Morning ~ 12
1973 Heaven Is My Woman`s Love # 34
Uk chart albums -
1964 The Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican #2
1966 Gentle Shades of Val Doonican # 5
1967 Val Doonican Rocks But Gently # 1
1968 Val # 6
1969 The World of Val Doonican # 2
1969 Sounds Gently # 22
1970 The Magic of Val Doonican # 34
1971 This Is Val Doonican # 40
1975 I Love Country Music # 37
1977 Some of My Best Friends Are Songs # 29
1990 Songs From My Sketch Book # 33
2008 The Very Best of Val Doonican
Val Doonican sings this well good it is written by Tommie Connor.
This finishes a trilogy of Val Doonican songs which I enjoyed when young and hope others have discovered and will also reap benefit from. The pictures I have added are mostly gleaned from the tinternet via Google Images. Paint Shop Pro 10 has helped me adjust and add to them. The motor that has been adapted for O'Rafferty's motor car was a Ford Model "A"
Roadster through the years of 1929-32 ... I think.
The map where it shows the shaky road between Dublin and Cork is pretty accurate ... and the pics of O'Connell Street are from ... I guess the 20's and 30's ... the GPO being an up to date photograph. As I have said before ... Hope you get a smile and some pleasure out of this.
Post Script ... Look out for Paddy McGinty's Goat and Delaney's Donkey, the other two of Val Doonican songs. Rock on Val ...
I thought it interesting to show the lyrics ... so ...
O'Rafferty's Motor Car
(Tommie Connor)
Now Dinny O'Rafferty's motor car
Is the greatest I declare
It's made up of bits and pieces
That he's picked up here and there
The engine must be ages old
But it's still got lots of power
With a gallon of stout in the petrol tank
It does ninety miles an hour
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Now two of the wheels are triangular
And the third one's off a pram
The fourth is the last remaining wheel
From off a Dublin tram
The number plate's in Gaelic
And the plug's won't even spark
And the chassis came off a tinker's cart
That collapsed in Phoenix Park
Now go for a ride in that motor car
And you'll end up with the shakes
The road from Cork to Dublin
Is a vale of pains and aches
When traffic lights turn red ahead
Then you'd best jump out the door
For the moment that Dinny treads on the break
Then his foot goes through the floor
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
Now if you could see the upholstery
Then your eyes would start to pop
It's nothing but empty beer crates
With a load of sacks on top
The windscreen's gone to Lord knows where
And there's mothballs in the horn
And I reckon he'd only get half a quid
If he took it to the pawn
Now Dinny was driving around last week
When the engine did the splits
It went up in smoke and nearly blew
O'Connell Street to bits
They searched around for Dinny and found
That he'd landed up by heck
Away on top of the GPO
With his L-plates round his neck
What a wonderful motor car
It's the greatest ever seen
It used to be black as me father's hat
Now it's forty shades of green
On TV and the radio
And in every public bar
The burning question of the day
Is O'Rafferty's motor car
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Paddy McGinty's Goat · Val Doonican · Lee · Weston
Val Doonican - The Gold Collection
℗ 2019 - Fiona Doonican and Sarah Doonican
Released on: 2019-01-11
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Michael Valentine "Val" Doonican (3 February 1927– 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style. A crooner, he found popular success, especially in the United Kingdom where he had five successive Top 10 albums in the 1960s as well as several hits on the UK Singles Chart, including "Walk Tall" and "Elusive Butterfly". The Val Doonican Show, which featured his singing and a variety of guests, had a long and successful run on BBC Television from 1965 to 1986 and Doonican won the Variety Club of Great Britain's BBC-TV Personality of the Year award three times. Doonican had a gentle baritone voice and, according to The Guardian, he had "an easygoing, homely charm that enchanted middle England".
Early life and career
Doonican was born on 3 February 1927 in Waterford, Ireland, the youngest of the eight children of Agnes (née Kavanagh) and John Doonican. He was from a musical family and played in his school band from the age of six. In 1941 when he was a teenager his father died, so he had to leave De La Salle College Waterford, to get factory jobs fabricating steel and making orange and grapefruit boxes. He began to perform in his hometown, often with his friend Bruce Clarke, and they had their first professional engagement as a duo in 1947. Doonican appeared in a summer season at Courtown Harbour, County Wexford. He soon featured on Irish radio, sometimes with Clarke, and appeared in Waterford's first-ever television broadcast. Then he played the drums in a band on a tour through Ireland.
Where sun and wind play on a ring of bright water That's where my heartland will be The deer on the hill in the first snow of winter the gull in the sky winging free I wandered away from the dark crowded city, Leaving my old life behind, And came to a place where a ring of bright water, Dazzled the care from my mind. So I live with the wonder of the sky and the sea And I'll always remember who revealed them to me But now you are gone with your whirlpools of laughter Racing me down to the sea But I always smile when a ring of bright water Echoes your laughter to me. (key change) But now you are gone with your whirlpools of laughter Racing me down to the sea But I always smile when a ring of bright water Echoes your laughter to me. Echoes your laughter to me
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