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More evidence of lands-folk's increasing familiarity with "Drunken Sailor" comes in the recording of a "Drunken Sailor Medley" (c. 1923) by U.S. old-time fiddler John Baltzell. Evidently, the tune's shared affinities with Anglo-Irish-American dance tunes helped it to become readapted as such as Baltzell included it among a set of reels .
The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians that formed in Toronto, ... In 2012, their single, "The Titanic", released from their Drunken Sailor album, ...
'Drunken Sailor' by The Irish Rovers This high-energy, swashbuckling song will instantly make you think of pirates swinging jugs o' rum and dancing atop tables, ala Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the ...
George Millar (born 14 April 1947) [1] is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist and co-founder and leader of the Irish folk group The Irish Rovers, which formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963 [2] and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover".
The Rovers is a 1980 album by the music group The Irish Rovers. It was their first album after they rebranded themselves as The Rovers , dropping "Irish" from the group name. The lively single, "Wasn't That a Party", peaked at #37 in Billboard , #40 in Record World , and #37 in Cash Box .
"Donegal Danny" - about an Irish sailor who tells the tale of a fishing boat disaster in which he was the sole survivor. "Down by the Sally Gardens" – based on a poem by W. B. Yeats, which in turn was based on a song he heard in his childhood. "The Gypsy Maiden" – words and music by Dick Farrelly. Recorded by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly ...
Songs of Christmas is the twenty-sixth album by Irish folk music group The Irish Rovers. Track listing "Bells Over Belfast" - 3:24 "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" - 3:03
While the melody bears a resemblance to the nineteenth century English sea shanty "Drunken Sailor", several versions of the Irish tune and chorus are identifiable. In 1884, Francis Hogan of Brenormore, near Carrick-on-Suir , then "well over seventy years of age", reported that "this song used to be played at the 'Hauling Home', or the bringing ...