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Following on from their recent single ‘Talk to Joe’, Ispíní na hÉireann share ‘Please Don’t Start the Fun’, the
next taster of what’s to come on their debut album, due for release October 28 th 2022.
Written by Tomás Mulligan, Adam J. Holohan and Stephen McCann in early 2021, ‘Please Don’t Start the Fun’
was recently brought in studio with the powerful Kilian O’Flanagan, to record it at BIMM on Francis Street.
They describe it as “A song about the hesitation to return to the craic of Pre-Pandemic life, however contrast to
its lyrics, the music to the song would convey that the fun is only just beginning…”
lyrics
Please Don’t Start the Fun
G C D C
Ba Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da DaDa Ba Da DaDa | BaDa Da Da Dada Da Da (x2)
(Chorus)
G
Oh please don’t start the fun,
C
I’ve been getting so much done,
D
I’m eating well and I’m sleeping right,
C
And I’m just back from my run
Verse 1
G
My ma says I look great,
C
I’m going on a date,
D
Just for a wee stroll through the zoo
C
to watch the lions mate
G
And since the pubs been shut
C
I haven’t gone to the chicken hut
D
I’m eating salad every second day
C
And the gouts gone from my foot
G C D C
Ba Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da DaDa Ba Da DaDa | BaDa Da Da Dada Da Da (x2)
(Chorus)
Verse 2
When the pubs closed down that March
I was drinking pints in the Marble Arch
But since the took all that away
I’m drinking cans now in the dark
Oh I’m sick of feeling cold
My socks are growing mould
I’m giving up on this bush-lushing
And I’m searching for my soul
G C D C
Ba Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da DaDa Ba Da DaDa | BaDa Da Da Dada Da Da (x2)
(Chorus)
G
Now the Covid is here to stay (booo)
C
And we can’t go out and play (nooo)
D
And pretend to be all lovey-dovey
C
I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY
G
And it suits met to stay home
C
Playing on my mobile phone
D
While you’re at parties eating disco smarties
C
I’m on my Toblerone
G C D C
Ba Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da DaDa Ba Da DaDa | BaDa Da Da Dada Da Da (x2)
(Chorus x 4)
G
Oh please don’t start the fun, (please don’t start the fun)
C
I’ve been getting so much done, (getting so much done)
D
I’m eating well and I’m sleeping right,
C
And I’m just back from my run (he’s just back from his run)
Ba Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da DaDa Ba Da DaDa | BaDa Da Da Dada Da Da
Ba Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da Dada da da | Bada Da Da DaDa Ba Da DaDa | BaDa Da Da Dada Da Da
credits
released October 7, 2022
Tomás Mulligan - Vocals & Guitar
Adam J. Holohan - Vocals & Banjo
Kilian O'Flanagan - Fiddle, recording, & mixing
Pádraig Óg Mac Aodhagáin - Saxophone
Cian Kinko Ceallaigh - Bodhrán
Aongus MacAmhlaigh - Cello
Chris Rich Barry - Sly licks and a kind ear
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