Oh St. Patrick's Day, what a day to celebrate. Irish folk music's charm can be really addictive, even if it isn't really your style, check out these songs. The first time I heard "I'll Tell Me Ma" was in a Medieval bar in the old fort city of Galway, Ireland. A hairy live band effectively silenced the rowdy Irishmen banging heavy beer mugs, it was an amazing sight. It's a classic Irish song(though it might have originated in England.) Tons of bands cover it, almost a musical rite of passage a la Motorhead's Ace of Spades. The chorus of each version is adapted for different cities.
If you're interested check out the hundreds of other versions
Here's a great video of The Pogues performing "Irish Rover" with the Dubliners, both Irish legends. RIP RONNIE DREW!!! Look how young Shane MacGowan is!!
And to my favorite Irishman of all time you are very greatly missed and we're all Irish today for you<3 Ni hespa go dith carad.
1 comment:
awe, we all need to celebrate for Brian, dubliners have a song called mountian dew...i wonder if he knew that.
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