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A writer named Stephen L. Suffet wrote a song in 1997, from the point of Willie McBride respectfully answering Bogle, set to the same tune as "No Man's Land", and saying that he doesn't regret fighting in the First World War. [14] The lyrics were included in the book Eric Bogle, Music and the Great War: 'An Old Man's Tears'. [15]
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, they recorded several singles such as Pete Seeger's Rainbow Race, studio versions of The Dutchman, Dandelion Wine and The Town of Ballybay, as well as new material including Kitty from Baltimore, A Place in the Choir, Willie McBride, The Ballad of St Anne's Reel, The Garden Song, and Gentle Annie; some of ...
Willie Garcia and Thee Midniters were regarded in the East LA of the 1960s as The Beatles on a smaller scale, though they sounded (and still sound) more like a big, soul-gospel review group with a hefty dose of salsa. [2] Casey Kasem, a well-known disc jockey, said, "They were the best band I ever hired". Kasem filled a regular slot on KRLA top ...
Willie, against his mother's advice, goes to May Margaret's home, where he is not admitted. He drowns in the Clyde. May Margaret wakes and says she dreamed of him. Her mother tells her that he had been there half an hour before. She goes after him and likewise drowns.
Fired and shot her false Willie, And the bride at his right hand. The captain is so impressed he marries her, or makes her the commander of a ship or two. [8] [6] And then the captain stepped up to her, Was well pleased at what she'd done. He took her and made her a bold commander Over a ship and all his men. [7]
Walsingham was a popular Elizabethan ballad tune. There are various versions of the lyrics, which relate to a pilgrimage site, suppressed during the English Reformation. The "Walsingham" theme, as arranged for keyboard by John Bull. The tune provided inspiration for Elizabethan composers, notably William Byrd.
Willie O Winsbury (Child 100, Roud 64) is a traditional English-language folk ballad. The song, of which there are many variants, is a traditional Scottish ballad that dates from at least 1775, and is known under several other names, including " Johnnie Barbour " and " Lord Thomas of Winesberry ".