I've a vinyl version of the first edition of the snake, bought from cheapos in soho for 2 quid. Interestingly the bloke in there claimed that a couple of weeks earlier shane had been in there and flogged all his vinyl, and that was part of the haul. it has a promo stamp on it, but who knows? anyway i'll give it a spin and check for any hidden tracks, never noticed any before though.

But thats the point of hidden tracks i guess .

oi've never seen it either, in any version, oim convienced it doesn't exist BUT it would be noice we're all wrong and Shaneo put lots of hidden stuff 8)

Shane MacGowan and the Popes The Snake (revised release)
UK: June 1995 - 0630-10402-2 (ZTT Records)

USA: Compact Disc 2-45821-P Cassette 4-45821-I

The Church of the Holy Spook
Nancy Whiskey
Song With No Name
Aisling
Roddy McCorley
Victoria
That Woman's Got me Drinking
You're the One (with Maire Brennan) (not US release)
A Mexican Funeral in Paris
The Rising of the Moon
The Snake With Eyes of Garnet
Haunted (with Sinead O'Connor)
I'll Be Your Handbag
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
Bring Down The Lamp (instrumental)
Donegal Express

http://www.shanemacgowan.com/lyrics/donegal.shtml

Albums

Shane MacGowan and the Popes The Snake (original release)
17th October 1994 - 4509-98104-2 (ZTT Records)

The Church of the Holy Spook
That Woman's Got me Drinking
Song With No Name
Aisling
I'll Be Your Handbag
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
A Mexican Funeral in Paris
The Snake With Eyes of Garnet
Donegal Express
Victoria
The Rising of the Moon
Bring Down The Lamp (instrumental

Not sure about a hidden track .
But the track listing does differ from different issues/releases.
Bring Down The Lamp being the last track on the first issue cd , While latter issues cd has extra tracks includeding Donegal Express as the last track. While the tape has different running order again eg Donegal Express before Bring Down The Lamp

So I had been taping stuff for the car......left the tape and CD going and there you have it. Like I said it was when the record came out so it was a while ago and I don't remember if I had the UK or US version. I'd never heard it listening to the CD at home because I wouldn't get through the whole thing. :oops:

The tempo was similiar to [i]Shannon[/i] with only a guitar and whistle and maybe 2 minutes long. These elements kind of spell hidden track to me.

No, there is no hidden track on my CD. Where did you find the info?

That lyric doesn't look at all familiar to me, but the meter seems very similar to The Broad Majestic Shannon.

[i]The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks
There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks[/i]

From [i]The Snake[/i] is there a hidden track which begins:

"You call me an asshole and spit in my face
You swear up and down that you're leaving this place" ???

The CD was stolen years ago and haven't replaced it, but I'm not totally convinced this song exhists.