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"The Auld Triangle" is a song by Dick Shannon, often attributed to Brendan Behan, who made it famous when he included it in his 1954 play The Quare Fellow. He first performed it publicly in 1952 on the RTÉ radio programme 'The Ballad Maker's Saturday Night', produced by Mícheál Ó hAodha.
The Auld Triangle", a song from the opening of the play, has become an Irish music standard and is known by many who are unaware of its link to The Quare Fellow.
"The Auld Triangle" Dick Shannon Also known as "The Royal Canal" and "The Banks of The Royal Canal", the song is often misattributed to Brendan Behan as it featured in his first play, The Quare Fellow , which is set in Mountjoy Prison , Dublin .
Behan's prison song The Auld Triangle (which featured in his play The Quare Fellow —this term being prison slang for a prisoner condemned to be hanged), has become a standard and has been recorded on numerous occasions by folk musicians as well as popular bands such as The Pogues, The Dubliners, the Dropkick Murphys and The Doug Anthony All ...
For auld lang syne. “They sing it so quickly, but kindness is a word that is used in the ‘Auld Lang Syne’ in the chorus,” he said. “Really look at the lyrics and just start the new year ...
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The phrase “for auld lang syne” essentially means “for (the sake of) old times”, which positions it as an apt song to sing at a time when people reflect on the past 12 months.
Put simply, “Auld Lang Syne” is a poem put to paper by the Scottish writer Robert Burns in the 1780s that, set to music, became a popular recitation on New Year’s (a holiday known as ...