Secretaría de Educación Pública

Subsecretaría de Educación Media Superior y Superior

Dirección General de Formación y Superación Docente
Departamento de Educación Normal
Escuela Normal “De las Huastecas”
COORDINACIÓN DE IDIOMAS
English Language Academy

“IRISH STEW” Song

Listening Activities

1. Listen and correct the errors in verse one. There are 3 errors
One fine day after sleeping hard
I was walking home from my Da's farmyard
Lachy: With a rumble in me belly skipping one, two, four
Wondering what my ma had awaiting me
I asked me ma, "What's in that phone?"
Emma: "Ah, son"
Lachy: She said
2. Listen and put the sentences in the correct order (write the number next
to the sentence)
"There's an awful lot
'Tis Irish stew, oh Irish stew
It's filled with everything you need"
Emma:
It's a recipe your grandma gave to me
As we danced to the song of the one, two, three
Just boil in the pot and it's good for you
Lachy: As she danced to the song of the one, two, three
Oh Irish stew, oh Irish stew
Just boil in the pot and it's good for you
Wiggles:
Not a devil of a bit that you cannot do
When you've got a belly full of Irish stew
(Whistling during instrumental break)
3. Listen and fill in the blanks – First guess what words are missing
The very next ________ that I awoke
Lachy: I'd a skip in me step and a song in me throat
I said to me ma "How can this be?"

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 Secretaría de Educación Pública
Subsecretaría de Educación Media Superior y Superior
Dirección General de Formación y Superación Docente
Departamento de Educación Normal
Escuela Normal “De las Huastecas”
COORDINACIÓN DE IDIOMAS
English Language Academy

"I'll tell you ________ with a one, two, three

It's the boiling in the ________, when you mix up the lot,
Emma: That gives you the strength that you have not got
Puts the goodness in your ________ and the dance in your shoe
And gives you all the strength for a ________ like you"
Lachy: (Scat singing)
Have it for your lunch and have it for your tea
You'll skip down the road singing 'diddle-ee-dee'
Emma:
With a tra-la-la, skipping one, two, three
It'll keep you strong, as a boy should be
(Whistling during instrumental break)
Now I thank me ma in every way
For making me the man that I am today
Lachy:
She fed me with that magic brew
The bubbling of the pot of the Irish stew
Oh Irish stew, oh Irish stew
Just boil in the pot and it's good for you
Wiggles:
Not a devil of a bit that you cannot do
When you've got a belly full of Irish stew

Song Credits:
Adapted to the tune of Irish Washerwoman
Tom McGlynn (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
Main Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
Mandolin: Anthony Field
Drums: Jae Nelson
Bass: Alex Keller
Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
Organ: Lachlan Gillespie