Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - God bless England

[JohnTheHutDweller]

this is awaesomw I love the sarcasm

[ashevlane]

Ah lads relax.

[srkane48]

God Save the Queen. God Bless England so we pray. May God curse and destroy the slime known as the Republic of Ireland. Death to all that inhabit that sorry shithole.

[TrueIrishJuggalo]

@srkane48 oh yes, all hail to your sorry figurehead...

Hatemongering prick, go back into whatever hole you crawled out of

ps: dumbass... if your god is ANYTHING like you say he is...  you think he's going to smite anyone?... you forgot to actually READ the bible didnt you?...

can you read? or did you have a friend type that for you come to think of it

[Briginvdb]

Irish humour at its very best

[RonnieStigg]

Great Britain is still the greatest country on earth as we had the biggest empire in human history and no one will ever beat that and this song is funny

[Xaymaicana]

@RonnieStigg biggest empire in human history? LOL.

[carimacavan]

No one does satire like the Irish! I love this song.

Up the long ladder and down the short rope...

[lescowboy]

NYC

pinting to YA ALL today

[poplogan]

My Dad started to examine our Scotch/Irish ancentry in the early 1960's, and a part of that was the purchase of many Clancy Brothers albums to play on the new Stereo phono. I know all the songs by heart, and still have Dad's albums, tho after nearly 50 years of hard use, some of that under the advice of the devil Whisky, they are not in the best of shape! It was nice to hear one of my Favourites played so clean and clear! God rest you Tommy Makem, and May God Save Ireland!

[jimbob885]

@poplogan "Scotch"? very peculiar that your ancestors were a drink

[scotsprovo]

through the war the clanceys made our feet tap and made us smile.up the long ladder an down the short rope t hell wi king billy and god bless the pope if that doesnt do we will tear him im in two and send him to hell in there red,white and blue!!!!!!

[meggiemeown]

I have loved this song since I was a child...funny, my childhood lullabies were mostly Irish fighting songs, with a few Irish Drinking songs thrown in for good measure!

[cigamrats]

sounds like we had the same kind of childhood take care!!!!!!

[meggiemeown]

Aha! Now I got it! Yes, we did I guess...

[bettyswollex]

I remember singing "braud black brimmer" at the wee age of 5-6, But me Nanny thaught me everything about real traditional ballads.Clancys agus tommy go breadh!

[kevinjjfr]

i am 17 this is my favorite song.. my name is Fitzpatrick can i get more Irish^^

[tarlachmgc]

yes

[bettyswollex]

@kevinjjfr Fitz is an irish "pre name" such as O =son of...Ni=daughter of. Ui wife of. Fitz =illegetimet of..

[TheGuerrillaPoet]

@bettyswollex mac means son of, O (which is an anglicised form of Ui) means descendant of, Fitz is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning son of....but gradually became to mean the illegitimate son of a prince or nobleman.

[kevinjjfr]

@bettyswollex The surname Fitzpatrick is the translation of Mac Giolla Phádraig from the original Irish to English. Giolla Phádraig (the devotee of St. Patrick) was King of Ossory, a kingdom in Leinster in Ireland. According to Carrigan, this kingdom was founded by Aengus Osrith who flourished some time about the latter half of the second century of the Christian era. Giolla Phádraig's reign commenced some eight centuries later in 976 AD and he reigned until he was slain in 996 AD.

[kevinjjfr]

@bettyswollex His sons were styled Mac Giolla Phádraig (son of Giolla Phádraig). As part of the colonisation of Ireland by England, natural Irish names had to be restyled in the English format. Mac Giolla Phádraig was anglicised as Fitzpatrick.

[martianshoes]

I first encountered this tune...as in the Leon Uris novel of Ireland, "Trinity"...the hero of the book sings this song while tied to a frame and being lashed by a British soldier...kinda makes you shiver to consider..

[Bigassjay]

I feel the Irish blood pulsating in my veins.

I want to go to my motherland and drink pints.

[im4wur]

I get seasick, so I'll raise a pint from here!

[djsmurfie]

@Bigassjay You're about as Irish as a Chinese monk. You're an American.

[Bigassjay]

@djsmurfie Yes, you are right. But at some point my family came over from the motherland a long time ago.

[bondie45]

Just brilliant, well done...