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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Seamus Ennis
Author: traditional
Label: Rounder
Year: 1939
Broadside from the days Irish boys were massively press-ganged to serve under British command in the wars against Napoleon and again popular among Irish republicans in 1916. Reissued in Lomax' series World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Ireland.
Covers:
Margaret Barry [as Gra Machree, referring to the 1798 uprising against the British by Protestant and Catholic Irishmen united]
Pete Seeger [at Carnegie Hall]
Pogues [influence on melody of Billy's Bones from Rum, Sodomy & The Lash]
Anjelica Huston [on Son Of Rogues Gallery as Missus McGraw]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)