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The Boys of the Old Brigade is an Irish rebel song written by Paddy McGuigan about the Irish Republican Army of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), [1] and the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
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.
The Boys of the Old Brigade - 2:58; Children of Fear - 4:28; The Boys of Fair Hill - 1:39; The Bodenstown Churchyard - 3:56; The Grandfather - 3:30; The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale - 3:54; Broad Black Brimmer - 2:38; Laugh and the World Laughs with You - 3:23; A Soldier's Life - 2:17; Give Me Your Hand - 3:12; Must Ireland Divided Be - 3:53 ...
"The Boys from the County Armagh" – written by Thomas P. Keenan, made famous by Bridie Gallagher [81] "The Boys of Fairhill" - a popular Cork song, original version by Con Doyle, recorded by Jimmy Crowley. [32] "Bunclody"- by Luke Kelly "Carraigfergus" – a translation of an Irish-language song from Munster, referring to Carrickfergus
The Old Brigade is a slow march composed in 1881 with music by Irishman Edward Slater, and words by Frederic Weatherly. It was popularised by a recording of 1926 by Peter Dawson . [ 1 ] This is a slow march that is always played in Britain at the annual Festival of Remembrance and at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday when the Chelsea ...
The Boys' Brigade emblem on a stained glass window in a parish church. It features the anchor and the motto, "Sure and Stedfast". The object of the Boys Brigade is "the advancement of Christ's kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-respect and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness."
Chambers wrote several cornet solos and nearly ninety marches.His most widely known works include The Boys of the Old Brigade (unrelated to the Irish republican song of the same name) and Chicago Tribune, both marches.
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