WEARING OF THE GREEN, THE

Created on 27/01/2023
Latest update on 25/05/2023

Artist: John McCormack
Author: Dion Boucicoult
Label: Victor
Year: 1905

Roud #3278. See also: The Rising Of The Moon, another ballad dealing with the 1798 Rebellion, when they were hanging men and women for the wearing of the green. And further on in the lyrics: And if the colour we must wear is England's cruel red, Will serve to remember of all the blood that she (= Ireland) has shed.

Covers:

1905:

J.W. Myers

1912:

John McCormack [new version]

1938:

Bunny Berigan

1940:

Judy Garland

1940:

Frankie Trumbauer [in medley with The Irish Washerwoman]

1958:

Peggy Lee

1979:

Kelly Family

1985:

Wolfe Tones

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