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The Irish Rover" (Roud 4379) is an Irish folk song about a magnificent though improbable sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, with the lyrics changing over time due to the folk process .
The lyrics to the song also appear, printed as a poem, based on the biblical tale, Noah's Ark, in Shel Silverstein's book Where the Sidewalk Ends.In the original version of the song, the Irish Rovers speak half of the lyrics, as well as the part of the fourth chorus.
The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians that formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963 [1] and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover".
The song has been widely recorded under a number of titles by a range of performers including Black Lagoon, The King's Singers, Pete Seeger, The Blaggards, U.K. Subs, The Bolokos, Malinda Kathleen Reese, Nathan Evans and The Irish Rovers. For over 50 years, the Irish Rovers have played the song as their usual show closer. Several of their ...
The Bodleian bundle contains "The Wild Rover". [3] The Greig-Duncan collection (compiled by Gavin Greig, 1848–1917) contains six versions of the song. The song is number 1173 in the Roud Folk Song Index, which lists 200 versions, [4] many of which are broadsides, in chapbooks or song collections. About 50 have been collected from traditional ...
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.
"In the Town of Ballybay" – a "nonsense" song by Tommy Makem "The Irish Rover" – song about a seafaring disaster on a vessel sailing from Ireland to the new Americas. Written by J. M. Crofts. [21] [107] "Johnny Daddlum" – Irish version of the song known in the Roud Index as "the Crabfish" [22]
The song appears as "The Black Ribbon Band" The Irish Rovers on their album The Unicorn in 1967. Single was released 1967 on the B side of The Unicorn. The Dubliners version reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, number 4 in the Irish Singles Chart and number 28 in the European chart in 1967. [13]