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It alters the lyrics of an English folk tune, "The Jolly Ploughboy," about an Englishman who leaves behind the plough to join the British Army. [3] [4] "The Merry Ploughboy" is about an Irish farmer who joins the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and talks about going to Dublin in order to fight and retrieve "the land the Saxon stole." [5]
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.
"All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough" (Roud 346) [1] or The Ploughman's Song is an English folk song about the working life of horsemen on an English farm in the days before petrol-driven machinery. Variants have been collected from many traditional singers - Cecil Sharp observed that "almost every singer knows it: the bad singer
"The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin In The Green)" Dermot O'Brien: 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 October 7 November "Somewhere My Love" Charlie Matthews & The Royal Showband: 14 November "Mursheen Durkin" Johnny McEvoy: 21 November 28 November 5 December "Green, Green Grass of Home" Tom Jones: 12 December 19 December 26 December
"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.
Dominic Behan (/ ˈ b iː ə n / BEE-ən; Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin; 22 October 1928 – 3 August 1989) was an Irish writer, songwriter and singer from Dublin who wrote in Irish and English.
The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a holiday classic, but its genesis goes back to Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis.It turns out, she helped this melancholy Christmas ...
By their second album release, Irishmen Johnny Patterson and Mitch McCoy were added. The band's album, The Merry Ploughboy, was the first Canadian album to be released on cassette tape. [2] McCoy departed after 2 years, replaced by Bob Lewis (of Nova Scotia). [3] This would be the usual lineup from about 1968 through the mid-70s.