Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year

Tripping Along The Ledge


danny kaye

CAN’T TELL ME NOTHING (2007)


Babysitting my three month old niece Lola today. We went for a walk to Kilmainham Hospital and sat down and I sang her songs from my iPhone. Her favourites? Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, The Kinks’ Lola (obviously, although if she grows up to be a promiscuous, transvestite man I may have to accept some of the responsibility), Danny Kaye’s Inchworm, and the Velvet Underground’s I’m Sticking With You.

She absolutely hates Kanye West and cried every time I put him on. But her favourite song by a country mile (as I was later to discover)? Read the rest of this entry »

INCHWORM (1952)


One of my favourite children’s songs of all time. Incidentally, a superior version of the song is here (sublime audio, tacky video.)