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Erin go Bragh (/ ˌ ɛr ɪ n ɡ ə ˈ b r ɑː / ERR-in gə BRAH), sometimes Erin go Braugh, is the anglicisation of an Irish language phrase, Éirinn go Brách, and is used to express allegiance to Ireland. It is most often translated as "Ireland Forever."
Sam Shackleton was born in Lancashire, England. [1] He participated in various musical projects throughout the years, playing in punk bands as a teenager and later performing as part of a dancehall duo with Earl Fontainelle (aka Vengeance Tenfold). [1] [2] He first began producing music on a computer in 2003. [3]
The song concerns the Diggers' revolt, [9] and is the first of two songs on the album, the other being "Worker's Song", to concern workers' rights and restore politics to the "front line" of folk music. [15] [9] The traditional song "The Snows They Melt the Soonest", which concerns rejection from a woman, is performed in an intimate style. [15]
"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.
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The song traces back from at least 1869, in The Wearing Of The Green Songbook, where it was sung with the melody of the music "The Wearing of the Green", and not with the more melancholic melody we know today. [2] Another early publication of the song was in a 19th-century publication, The Irish Singer's Own Book (Noonan, Boston, 1880). [3]
"Rifles of the I.R.A." is an Irish folk song associated with the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. The song contains several references Irish historical events including the execution of Irish republican Kevin Barry, the Easter Rising and the Burning of Cork.