“Never Take the Horseshoe from the Door”

Description

Singer, an Irishman, admonishes listeners to always keep a horseshoe over the door, and lists misfortunes that befell him when he failed to do so, including his wife's "bringing in a horde of her relations."

Notes

The version in Beck is fragmentary; I suspect the original is a good deal longer. - PJS

For background on Harrigan and Braham, see the notes to "Babies on Our Block." - RBW

Cross references

• cf. "The Mule (Never Take the Hindshoe from a Mule)," which is a parody of this song

References

1. Beck 85, "Never Take the Horseshoe from the Door" (1 text)
2. Roud #8839
3. BI, Be085