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"Molly Durkin" is a derivation made popular by Murty Rabbett in the 1940s in the United States. [5] The song has a lively tempo and tells a whimsical tale of a man who decides to give up his work as a mortar shoveller in order to take up mining gold.
Fiddler's Green is the title of a 1950 novel by Ernest K. Gann, about a fugitive criminal who works as a seaman after stowing away. [ 7 ] The author Richard McKenna wrote a story, first published in 1967, titled "Fiddler's Green,” in which he considers the power of the mind to create a reality of its own choosing, especially when a number of ...
15 Years On is the eleventh studio album by the Irish folk band The Dubliners. This album was created to celebrate the band's 15th anniversary from the day they started music together. The album was released on the Chyme label in 1977. The album features 24 tracks on two records (nine of which were previously unreleased).
"Fiddler's Green", a song written in 1966 by English songwriter John Conolly. Famous versions include those by Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, The Dubliners, The Irish Rovers, Schooner Fare, and Bounding Main; Fiddler's Green, an album by Tim O'Brien; Fiddler's Green (band), a German band playing Irish independent speedfolk music
Springsteen changed the traditional lyrics slightly. In the original song, Mrs. McGrath would rather have her "son as he used to be than the King of France and his whole navy." In Springsteen's version, this is changed to "King of America." Fiddler's Green recorded the song with slightly different lyrics for their 2009 album Sports Day at Killaloe.
The Dubliners in 1964; Luke Kelly in 1973 (this version is featured in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes) Ryan's Fancy in 1973; Paddy Reilly in 1985; The Pogues in 1988; Bert Jansch in 1990; Fiddler's Green in 1992; The Irish Descendants in 1993; Young Dubliners in 1994; The Chieftains featuring with The Rolling Stones on The Long Black Veil in ...
Kelly in turn taught it to the folk group The Dubliners and the singer Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers, who were then living and working in America. In 1964, both The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers (with Tommy Makem) recorded their versions, making it very popular in the Irish music scene in both Ireland and the United States. The Clancy ...
The Dubliners. Instrumental, circa 1964. Also the song "For what died the sons of Róisín". Joanie Madden, leader of Cherish the Ladies, tin whistle instrumental on her solo album Song of the Irish Whistle (1997) Máire Ní Chathasaigh recorded an instrumental version for solo harp on her duo album with Chris Newman Live in the Highlands (1995)