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"The Wearing of the Green" is an Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It is to an old Irish air, and many versions of the lyric exist, the best-known being by Dion Boucicault. [1] The song proclaims that "they are hanging men and women for the wearing of the green".
The song "All Around my Hat" (Roud 567 [1] and 22518, [2] Laws P31) is of nineteenth-century English origin. [3] In an early version, [citation needed] dating from the 1820s, a Cockney costermonger vowed to be true to his fiancée, who had been sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia for theft and to mourn his loss of her by wearing green willow sprigs in his hatband for "a ...
"The Orange and the Green" or "The Biggest Mix-Up" is a humorous Irish folk song about a man whose father was a Protestant ("Orange") and whose mother was a Catholic ("Green"). It describes the man's trials as the product of religious intermarriage and how "mixed up" he became as a result of such an upbringing.
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The unlikely pair, who both had shows on NBC at the time, took the stage to perform the theme song from "Green Acres," to rousing laughter. Naturally, they went on to be crowned champs of "Emmy Idol."
The ballad has taken the tune of another Irish ballad, "The Wearing of the Green", [1] and was first published in John Keegan Casey's 1866 collection of poems and songs, A Wreath of Shamrocks. The lyrics were written by Casey (1846–70), the "Fenian Poet", who based the poem on the failed 1798 uprising in Granard, County Longford. [1]
"I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora" is a popular song written by songwriters Al Sherman, Al Lewis and Joseph Meyer. It was published in 1934 and is protected by copyright. [1] It was featured in the short animated film My Green Fedora, directed by Friz Freleng and produced by Leon Schlesinger. Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett were the animators.
Image credits: Jon Kopaloff / Getty #6 Shawn Everett. This 42-year-old music producer no doubt loves the color red. Wearing a red track jacket that ended in pieces so long it could’ve been a red ...