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"The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin In The Green)" was released by Dermot O'Brien (who also played accordion on the track) [6] in 1966 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, with an arrangement by Dominic Behan, and was number one on the Irish Singles Chart for six weeks.
Dermot O'Brien and the Clubmen had considerable musical success, with their hit single "The Merry Ploughboy" (a cover of a Jeremiah Lynch/Dominic Behan song about joining the Irish Republican Army) reaching the top of the Irish Singles Chart in only seven days and holding that position for six weeks in late 1966.
1 1958 Irish Songs (Recalled) 10" Topic 10T28; 2 1958 The Singing Streets: Childhood Memories of Ireland and Scotland LP Folkways FW 8501 issued on Topic 12T41 in 1959 as 'Streets of Songs' (Ewan MacColl and Dominic Behan) 3 1958 Easter Monday, 1916 Songs of the I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army) LP Riverside 12-820 US release (Recorded Nov. 1957)
[1] 27 June 4 July 11 July 18 July "Sunny Afternoon" The Kinks: 25 July "More Than Yesterday" Gregory and The Cadets: 1 August 8 August 15 August "The Travelling People" The Johnstons: 22 August "Yellow Submarine" The Beatles 29 August 5 September "Pretty Brown Eyes" Joe Dolan: 12 September 19 September 26 September "The Merry Ploughboy (Off To ...
The film's songs are included in full, with "Christmas In Heaven" having a longer fade-out than appears in the film. The original UK vinyl release had the traditional George Peckham messages etched on the runout grooves. The first side read: "GADZOOKS!!! NO TIME LEFT. TURN OVER FOR "THE MEANING OF LIFE" NOW.
"Every Sperm Is Sacred" is a musical sketch from the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. A satire of Catholic teachings on reproduction that forbid masturbation and contraception, the song was released on the album Monty Python Sings and was nominated for a BAFTA Music Award for Best Original Song in a Film in 1983. [1] [2]
You're gonna foul up your life if you don't write another verse of that song!' " Martin told EW . The lyrics were changed to, “Have yourself a merry little Christmas; let your heart be light.
"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.