Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Johnny McCauley (23 April 1925 – 22 March 2012) was an Irish singer-songwriter, born in Myroe, near Limavady, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. As a young adult, he moved to London and in 1953 began singing professionally with his band, the Westernaires, at the Galtymore Club, Cricklewood.
The rhyme (and at least some of its variants) tells the story of an extremely beautiful girl (of Dutch descent, hence the song's title) who is popular with boys (particularly around the neighborhood, block or the whole town) and has a rather unattractive boyfriend; some versions mention that the boyfriend dumps the pretty Dutch girl in favor of an even prettier girl.
Frankie McBride (born 1944, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) [1] is an Irish country and folk singer, who rose to stardom in the second half of the 1960s.. McBride's hit single, "Five Little Fingers", reached No. 2 on the Irish charts [2] and No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart in 1967. [3]
From a father recalled as a gentle giant to university students, tourists, and a very young flower girl to be, the 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb in 1998 are to be remembered during a public ...
Its lyrics were inspired by the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland on 15 August 1998. The song lists the names of people killed in the bombing. Similarly, inspiration for the lyric, "She never got to say goodbye / To see the colour in his eyes / Now he's in the dirt" comes from the funeral of James Barker, another victim of the bombing.
A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (Cailin Deas Crúite na mBó in the Irish language) is a traditional 18th-century Irish ballad. The English version is attributed to Thomas Moore (1779–1852). [1] Originally sung in Irish Gaelic, the song was popular through the early 20th century.
"Pretty Flowers in My Backyard" [25] [26] (a.k.a. "Pretty Flower in Your Backyard") [27] [28] "The Red Cross Store Blues" "Red River" "Relax Your Mind" "Ride On" "Roberta" (parts 1 & 2) [29] "Rock Island Line" [30] "the Roosevelt Song" "Run Sinners" "Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On" "Salty Dog" "the Scottsboro Boys" "Shorty George" "Silver City ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... "Pretty Girl" † Jon B. — Bonafide: 1995 "Pretty Little Girl" Bobby Brown: L.A. Reid; Daryl Simmons; Bobby: 1992 "Pride & Joy ...