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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Flanagan Brothers
Author: Peadar Kearney
Label: Vocalion
Year: 1927
Means Ireland Forever. Scottish song (19th century) about a Highland lad mistaken for an Irishman. Irish republican yell during the 1798 uprising. During the war between the US and Mexico (1847), an Irish battalion fought with the (catholic) Mexicans with 'Erin Go Bragh' as a motto on their standard.
Covers:
John Strachan [during the Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh; reissued in the Alan Lomax Collection]
Wolfe Tones [and in '91 as A Row In The Town]
Dick Gaughan [on Handful Of Earth]
See also: The Bonny Lass Of Fyvie.
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)