The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - ON THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN

Artist: Arthur Pryor
Author: traditional
Label: Victor
Year: 1906

Instrumental. With lyrics by 'Galway poet' D.K. Gavan it was first popularized in English music hall by Harry Clifton (1824-1872).

Covers:

1948:: Leo Rowsome
1963:: Chieftains [as Comb Your Hair And Curl It on their first LP, when they started their own parallel course alongside Sean Ó Riada's Ceoltoiri Cualann folk orchestra]
1964:: Dubliners [as The Rocky Road To Dublin; B-side of first single; hit in Ireland]
1964:: Clancy Brothers
1985:: Paddy Reilly
1988:: Pogues
1990:: Bert Jansch
1995:: Chieftains & The Rolling Stones [idem]
2000:: Christy Moore
2001:: Dropkick Murphys
2006:: Young Dubliners [idem]
2010:: Altan [as Comb Your Hair And Cut It; with the RTE Concert Orch.]
2024:: Lankum [Live in Dublin]

Along The Rocky Road To Dublin by the American Quartet (1916 - Victor) is another song (Joe Young/Bert Grant).

ON THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN