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Up The Rebels
''Up the Rebels'' is the second album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The title, 'Up the Rebels' is a popular slogan in support of the Irish Republican Army. Track listing # The Man From Mullingar # Three Coloured Ribbon # Dying Rebel # Finding Of Moses # Banna Strand # Banks of the Ohio "Banks of the Ohio", also known as "Down on the Banks of the Ohio" and "I'll Never Be Yours", is a 19th-century murder ballad, written by unknown authors. The lyrics tell of "Willie" who invites his young lover for a walk during which she rejects hi ... # Down By The Liffey Side # Valley Of Knockanure # Blow Ye Winds # Black Ribbon Band # The Old Maid # Goodbye Mrs. Durkin # Song Of The Backwoods References External links Entry at discogs.com The Wolfe Tones albums 1966 albums {{1960s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfe Tones are an Irish rebel music band that incorporate Irish traditional music in their songs. Formed in 1963, they take their name from Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the double meaning of a wolf tone – a spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family. History 1963–1964: Formation The origins of the group date back to August 1963, where three neighbouring children from the Dublin suburb of Inchicore, Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle, and Liam Courtney, had been musical friends from childhood. In August 1964 Brian's brother Derek Warfield joined the band, and in November 1964 Tommy Byrne replaced Courtney, creating the band's most recognizable line-up, which would last for nearly 37 years until January 2001. 1964–2001 In 1989, a contract was signed by Derek Warfield, signing rights to an American distributor, Shanachie Records. The contents of this contract were apparently misrepresented to the other member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Folk
Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there were at least ten instruments in general use. These were the ''cruit'' (a small harp) and '' clairseach'' (a bigger harp with typically 30 strings), the ''timpan'' (a small string instrument played with a bow or plectrum), the ''feadan'' (a fife), the ''buinne'' (an oboe or flute), the ''guthbuinne'' (a bassoon-type horn), the ''bennbuabhal'' and ''corn'' ( hornpipes), the ''cuislenna'' (bagpipes – see Great Irish warpipes), the ''stoc'' and ''sturgan'' (clarions or trumpets), and the ''cnamha'' (bones).''A History of Irish Music: Chapter II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foggy Dew (album)
''The Foggy Dew'' is the debut album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album is named after and features the song of the same name. Most of the songs on the album are old folk songs recorded by the band such as "The Sash", " Follow Me Up to Carlow " and " Roisin Dubh"; however, there are a number of original tracks. Track listing # "The Singing Bird" # "Down in the Mines" # " Dicey Reilly" # "Galway Races" # "Louse House In Killkenny" # "The Diamond" # "The Zoological Gardens" # " The Foggy Dew" # " The Peeler and the Goat # "The Sash" # "Limerick Rake" # "Dry Land Sailors" # " Follow Me Up to Carlow" # "The Hills of Glenswilly" # "The Boys of Wexford "The Boys of Wexford" (also known as ''The Flight of the Earls'') is an Irish ballad commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and, more specifically, the Wexford Rebellion. The aim of rebellion was to remove English control from Irish affairs and ..." # " Roisin Dubh The Wolfe Tones albums 1965 debut al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rights Of Man (album)
''The Rights of Man'' is the third album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album features songs of various themes including Irish republicanism and emigration. Track list # The Rights Of Man # Raynard The Fox # Long Black Veil # Up The Border # I'm A Rover # Ode To Biddy McGee #Wrap The Green Flag Round Me # Enniskillen Fusiliers # Treat Me Daughter Kindly # Four Strong Winds "Four Strong Winds" is a song written by Ian Tyson and recorded by Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia. Tyson has noted that he composed the song in about 20 minutes in his then manager Albert Grossman's New York apartment in 1962. A significant compos ... # Banks Of The Sweet Smirla Side # Lagan Love References External links Entry at discogs.com The Wolfe Tones albums 1968 albums {{1960s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British rule. The original Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), often now referred to as the "old IRA", was raised in 1917 from members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army later reinforced by Irishmen formerly in the British Army in World War I, who returned to Ireland to fight against Britain in the Irish War of Independence. In Irish law, this IRA was the army of the revolutionary Irish Republic as declared by its parliament, Dáil Éireann, in 1919. In the century that followed, the original IRA was reorganised, changed and split on multiple occasions, to such a degree that many subsequent paramilitary organisations have been known by that title – most not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Of Mullingar
Pat of Mullingar is an Irish rebel song has been sung and recorded by several folk artists and groups, including the Irish Rovers, Derek Warfield, and The Wolfe Tones. Lyrics You may talk and write and boast about your Fenians and your clans, And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black and Tans. And view a little codger who came out without a scar. His name is Paddy Mulligan, the man from Mullingar. The Peelers chased him out of Connemara, For beatin' up the valiant Dan O'Hara. And when he came to Ballymoe, he stole the Parson's car, And he sold it to the Bishop in the town of Castlebar. Seven hundred Peelers couldn't catch him. The Chieftain paid the army for to catch him. And when he came to Dublin Town, he stole an armoured car And gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar. Well the Peelers got their orders to suppress the man on sight. So they sent for reinforcements through the county left and right. Three thousand men surrounded him, they hunted near and far. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Around My Hat (song)
The song "All Around my Hat" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 567 and 22518, George Malcolm Laws, Laws P31) is of nineteenth-century English origin. In an early version, dating from the 1820s, a Cockney costermonger vowed to be true to his fiancée, who had been sentenced to seven years' Penal transportation, transportation to Australia for theft and to mourn his loss of her by wearing green willow sprigs in his hatband for "a twelve-month and a day", the willow being a traditional symbol of mourning. The song was made famous by Steeleye Span in 1975, whose rendition may have been based on a more traditional version sung by John Langstaff. Synopsis A young man is forced to leave his lover, usually to go to sea. On his return he finds her on the point of being married to another man. In some versions he goes into mourning, with the green willow as a symbol of his unhappiness (willow is considered to be a weeping tree). In other versions he reminds her of her broken promise, and she dies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dying Rebel
"The Dying Rebel" (My Only Son was Shot in Dublin) is a popular Irish rebel song about a man finding a dying Irish rebel from County Cork in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising. Its age is uncertain, but it is still sung by contemporary Irish singers. The song does not refer to the death of any particular rebel. It reflects on the human cost of rebellion rather than the glorification of the conflict and the martyrdom of its leaders. It has been performed and recorded by many Irish artists. It originates from sometime before 1961, but the author is unknown. In 1957, the Glasgow born skittle player Lonnie Donegan made a recording of the song, which was released in 1958. It was recorded in Ireland on the Glenside label in 1961 by Patricia Blake. It was recorded by Tommy Drennan and the Monarchs in 1966 and released on the Ember label album ''Fifty Years After''. It was re-released on the Celtic Pride label, on ''Kevin Barry'', in 1999. Dominic Behan recorded it on the soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banna Strand (song)
"Banna Strand" (also known as "The Lonely Banna Strand" - "The Ballad of Roger Casement" is a different song) is an Irish rebel song about the failed transport of arms into Ireland for use in the Easter Rising. Authorship of the song is unknown. The final verse was written by Derek Warfield of the Wolfe Tones in 1965 when Roger Casement's remains were finally returned to Ireland. The first and second verses were re-written in 2016 by 'Tintean' a Kerry-based folk group, to provide a more factual and historically correct depiction of events. Lyrics 'On the twenty first of April, good Friday at the dawn. A German boat was seen to float outside of Carrahane. 'With twenty thousand rifles, all ready for to land.' And waiting for a signal from the shores of Banna Strand Banna Strand, (Gaeilge: Trá na Beannaí) also known as Banna Beach, is situated in Ballyheigue Bay. It is an Atlantic Ocean beach extending from Ballyheigue Beach at the Blackrock in the North to Barrow Beach at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks Of The Ohio
"Banks of the Ohio", also known as "Down on the Banks of the Ohio" and "I'll Never Be Yours", is a 19th-century murder ballad, written by unknown authors. The lyrics tell of "Willie" who invites his young lover for a walk during which she rejects his marriage proposal, and once they are alone on the river bank, he murders the young woman. The song was first recorded by country musicians in 1927, and has been performed by many country and folk singers since. Olivia Newton-John released a version in 1971 and her recording reached No. 1 in Australia and No. 6 in the UK. Background The song is similar to other murder ballads in the idiom of songs such as "The Lexington Murder" and "The Knoxville Girl". These ballads may be traced back to the British broadside tradition of songs dated to at least the end of 18th century, such as "The Oxford Girl" and "The Berkshire Tragedy" (Roud 263; Laws P35), songs that may have been based on real events. In these songs, the murderer posing as the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley Of Knockanure
''The Valley of Knockanure'' is the name of several ballads commemorating a murder by the Royal Irish Constabulary that occurred during the Irish War of Independence at Gortaglanna (Gortagleanna) near Knockanure, County Kerry, Ireland. The best-known of these was written by teacher and poet Bryan MacMahon (d. 1998) at the request of a local schoolmaster, Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin. Historical background On 12 May 1921, a troop of Black and Tans were travelling out from Listowel towards Athea when they arrested four young unarmed men in Gortaglanna. Prior to this the barracks in Listowel had been burnt out and in retaliation the troops, who were under the influence of alcohol, decided to execute the young men. The first to be shot was Jerry Lyons. When this happened, Cornelius Dee decided, as he was going to be shot anyway, to make a run for it. He did, and almost immediately took a bullet in the thigh but managed to keep going. He ran for about three miles and survived. He was nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
"My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean", or simply "My Bonnie", is a traditional Scottish folk song that is popular in Western culture. It is listed in Roud Folk Song Index as No. 1422. The song has been recorded by numerous artists since the beginning of the 20th century, and many parody versions also exist. The best known recording of the song may be a rock n' roll version titled "My Bonnie" by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles, recorded in the first ever commercial recording session that featured the Beatles, and the resulting single is generally regarded as the Beatles' first single. History Although the song's origin is uncertain, its original subject could possibly be Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie'): after the defeat of the Prince at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 and his subsequent exile, his Jacobite supporters could have sung this song or one like it in his honour; and thanks to the ambiguity of the term "Bonnie", which can refer to a woman as well as to a man, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
