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This song has also been recorded by Lac La Belle, on their first album, called Lac La Belle, in 2009 (Detroit, USA). Jim Moray has recorded a version of this song which is available on his 2010 album In Modern History. The song is sung by Marideth Sisco in the 2010 film Winter's Bone. English folk trio The Staves often perform
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.
The time has scarce gone round boys Three hundred years ago When Rebels on old Derry's Walls Their faces dare not show When James and all his rebel band Came up to Bishops Gate With heart and hand, and sword and shield We caused them to retreat. Chorus. We'll fight and won't surrender But come when duty calls With heart and hand, and sword and ...
Many sources state the song was the work of Joe Perkin (1809–1868), [3] a choirmaster at Holmfirth in the mid 19th century. [4] A local tradition maintained that Perkin lived at Cliffe near Holmfirth, was a woolsorter by profession, and was paid 2 guineas by the Holmfirth Choral Society for arranging the song.
Music hall songs were sung in the music halls by a variety of artistes. Most of them were comic in nature. There are a very large number of music hall songs, and most of them have been forgotten. In London, between 1900 and 1910, a single publishing company, Francis, Day and Hunter, published between forty and fifty songs a month.
The song has an 'upbeat' rhythm and is meant to be the words of an Irishman returning to his native County Donegal after becoming successful in the United States. Dear Old Donegal was also performed by Judy Garland , Zina Bethune , and Vic Damone as part of the All-Purpose Holiday Medley on The Judy Garland Show in 1963. [ 1 ]
As a drinking song, the chorus chimes, "Take a drink for Old Rosin the Beau" and uses dark comedy, with jests about his grave or tombstone, taken in stride while repeating the sing-song melody. As with many folk songs, the song is structured where soloists can sing a verse, and then the group can join the chorus/refrain portion after each verse.
Lyrics usually include the line (or a slight variation): "The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies; she brings us glad tidings, and she tells us no lies." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Thomas Goldsmith of The Raleigh News & Observer , "The Cuckoo" is an interior monologue where the singer "relates his desires — to gamble, to win, to ...