ROSIN THE BOW

Created on 18/11/2014
Latest update on 13/04/2024

Artist: Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Author: traditional
Label: Columbia
Year: 1964

Drinking song first published in 1838 (Irish origin). Tune frequently used in pre civil war campaign songs, even for Abraham Lincoln (as Lincoln And Liberty). Melody relates with Down In The Willow Garden (aka Rose Connelly) See: Rose Conley.

Covers:

1942:

Almanac Singers [as Tehran And Roosevelt]

1956:

A.L. Lloyd [as Rosin The Beau for Riverside]

1964:

Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem [idem]

1967:

Bob Dylan & The Band [Basement tape as Ol' Roison The Beau]

2004:

Corries [as Rosin The Beau]

2008:

Dubliners

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