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"The Star of Donegal" – an old song recorded by Delia Murphy. [53] "The Star of Slane" [15] "The Captain with the Whiskers" – an old song recorded by Delia Murphy. [53] "Molly Bawn" – tragic story about a man who shoots his young lover [73] "Thank You Ma'am, Says Dan" – an old song recorded by Delia Murphy. [53]
Patrick Joseph McGuigan (8 December 1939 – 17 March 2014), known as Paddy Joe McGuigan, was an Irish traditional musician and songwriter who played for some years with The Barleycorn folk group. He wrote a number of well-known Irish rebel songs, including " The Men Behind the Wire ", " The Boys of the Old Brigade ", " Irish Soldier Laddie ...
The song describes a veteran of the Easter Rising telling a young man about his old comrades in the Irish Republican Army. Each chorus ends with the Irish language phrase "a ghrá mo chroí (love of my heart), I long to see, the Boys of the Old Brigade". [2] [3] Oh, father why are you so sad On this bright Easter morn' When Irish men are proud ...
The Irish Rovers pay tribute to ol' Seth Davy, a sad puppeteer who makes dolls dance in an old crate on the corner of Beggars Bush, in this 1968 folk song. 'Lift the Wings' by Bill Whelan
I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" is a traditional Scottish or Irish music hall song [1] written from the point of view of a rich landowner telling the story of his day while buying drinks at a public house. According to Archie Fisher, the song is "an Irish narrative ballad that has been shortened to an Aberdeenshire drinking song". [1]
Pat of Mullingar is an Irish rebel song that has been sung and recorded by several folk artists and groups, including the Irish Rovers, Derek Warfield, and The Wolfe Tones. [1] The initial rendition of the song typically featured a portrayal of an Irish carman praising the exceptional attributes of his horse. [2]
A cover version by Irish showband singer Doc Carroll reached #1 in the Irish Singles Chart, staying there for two weeks in 1966. [2] [3] At the time, it was claimed that County Mayo people bought up the record in large quantities so that the Royal Blues would be the first West of Ireland act to reach number one. [4]
The song was popular with Irish Traveller children. [2] A similar song, "Old Mother Lee", is sung in playgrounds in Liverpool. [4] The refrain "Weile Weile Waile" (/ ˈ w iː l j æ ˈ w iː l j æ ˈ w ɔː l. j æ /) is a version of the Middle English expression of grief "wellaway!" (Old English wā lā wā, "woe, la!, woe). [5] [6] [7]