David Kincaid - Song of the Irish Brigade

[ArkhipychevMaxim1]

I have it on my android phone as a rington.

[Kommradable]

3:52 is so great

[priscus6]

This might be the coolest song i've ever heard!

[TheUnholyHandGrenade]

Hmm... this sounds like a Confederate song. Which regiment used it i wonder?

The 1st Irish Battalion?

6th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry?

Give me an idea of who used this song, man.

[tj2tone]

It's pathetic when southerners attempt to portray the pro-Brit Confederacy as Celtic. There were five times more Irish fighting for the Union, the south was even more anti-Irish, and the only kilted Scottish regiments were Union regiments from NY.

[theboyoofoly]

@tj2tone during the american civil war the federal government instituted conscription (draft) for the first time in united states history, irish and non irish alike were made to enlist, as opposed to the southern army, which fielded much smaller numbers of irish and free black americans, but those who did, did so out of pride of country, there are many aspects of history which, shades of grey are quite frankly ignored, im not saying either side was right or wrong, good or bad

[TheDapperdan75]

As of July 2, 2011, one dastard Yankee paled affright with panic flight as he heard a Celtic race, from their battle place, charge to the shout of faugh-a-ballaugh!

[TThorne931]

@TheDapperdan75 you know we have five times the irish and this biragde just dicked aroud for their ulster Roots

[kpg102698]

F.U 1 peron who disliked

[TheJarheadzz]

Where did you u get this song? I am creating a project on The Republic of Ireland and I would like to add this song to my presentation. Could u refer me to the site u got this song from?

[nixtux2003]

@TheJarheadzz emusic. This is a Civil War song. Not sure if it'd fit. Some that may, Fields of Athenry, Wearing of the green, the orange and the green, and tons more. Could be wrong, just putting some ideas out there.

[theboyoofoly]

@nixtux2003 foggy dew would be perfect for that

[PolakInAKilt]

@TheJarheadzz There's also a website kicking around with 500+ song lyrics of Irish trad songs.

[TheJarheadzz]

@PolakInAKilt Veilven Danke Herr Polan =) Thanks bud but the project was turned in last week. Thx again though

[PolakInAKilt]

@TheJarheadzz if you need info PM me.

[TThorne931]

@TheJarheadzz This is a terrible song these people are Ulster Orangemen fighting for the south they aren't True Sons of Erie

[HewieOfHG]

why does it say your channel is not available

[tj2tone]

It's so weird there are so many songs about Confederate Irish. There were only about 30,000, while 150,000 fought for the Union.

It's like the Confederates wrote so many songs about the Irish brigade to make up for the fact that five times as many Irish fought for the Union.

[fearlessfred14]

@tj2tone

If you look, the Union Irish had many songs to their names as well. The fact that there were fewer Confederate Irish, however, was simply because there were more Irish in the North than the South. Both Northern and Southern Irishmen fought for whichever side their state was on.

[nixtux2003]

@tj2tone, ironically, a fair amount of Confederate and Union Irish paid dues to the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) for the future fight against Britain for the freedom of Ireland. It's interesting to read about that spot of history after the civil war.

[kanaloa0the0squidly]

@nixtux2003 The only reason the Irish doing the fighting got away with so much was partly because many of the perpetrators were also Americans, either by birth or by choice, who went back to Ireland to offer their services and military expertise.

Britain backed the South and D.C. wasn't too pleased, so Britain ended up letting a lot of men who planned and carried out the attacks go so as not to piss off the President.

[Winaska]

@nixtux2003 they shot at each other for four years, then after it was over went back to being brothers. good to hear. us Americans have a bad habit of making former country men hate each other...

[edwinalneji]

@tj2tone Watch the film 'gangs of new york' (2002) and see what was the difference between irish volunteer in south and north.

[tj2tone]

@edwinalneji That doesn't make sense for so many reasons lol. The film doesn't compare the Irish north and south, and it's a work of fiction, not a documentary lololol

[borbo23]

@edwinalneji That movie was entirely based on a book that told such gems as the story about a man so big he carried kegs around to drink from as his cups.

IE, it is not freaking evidence.

Most Irish who joined the Union side were already living here, and the ones off the boat were often just inducted into the labour force for reasons of international politics.

[theboyoofoly]

@tj2tone but you also gotta keep in mind the confederate irish fought voluntarily, most of the union irish werent given much of a choice, fight or leave

[tj2tone]

@theboyoofoly Do you have a source for that? the Irish brigades in the north had actually been formed before the war and freely chose to defend the Union (just like they chose to not parade for the prince of wales before the war). Mot Irish American leaders backed the Union. I've never found a source that claimed they were forced to fight. You couldn't force those men to do anything; they fought the brits and weren't intimidated by any yanks, north or south.

[socomfan555]

@tj2tone The Union had called for military consription prior to the Battle of Fort Sumpter.

This was considered one of Lincoln's wrong doings and acts of aggression towards the South.

Americans should really look more into their own history. The brief PC version you are taught in school is not even a scratch on the surface.

[Woutherus]

Does anyone have sheet music for this song or knows where I can find it?

[civilwarfreak1]

where are da lyrics?

[HewieOfHG]

@civilwarfreak1 are you blind their on the screen you don't need the description to know the lyrics just fallow them on screen

[civilwarfreak1]

@HewieOfHG

i posted it to the wrong song so just stfu

[HewieOfHG]

@civilwarfreak1 well at least i dont talk like a digenerate huligan its children like you that baffle me to the point of being jaded i will give you as long as you want to dither on what to fathem from this incoherent fight nolage over bad english friend

[Theirishbeaner10]

@HewieOfHG You spelled Degenerate and hooligan wrong. Next time you attack someone's grammar, make sure you spell everything right dumbass

[nixtux2003]

@Theirishbeaner10, I don't think Hewie's native language is English. Overall, it's not terrible. Some punctuate and capitalization would help.

[CapnConfederacy]

God Bless Dixie.

[montour74]

definitely a CSA song FeSo4man

[FeSo4man]

oh, ok, thanks.

[POPNFRESH271]

is this a confederate song??

[nixtux2003]

Yes it's confederate. See some of my other videos for Union action.

[FeSo4man]

@POPNFRESH271 um no its not this is union

[eirezrevenge]

glory 2 god and glory 2 ireland and her peepl we are grater and stronger than any race we are celtic peepl fuk u britanna beware ov eireann s risen sonz [ Oglaigh Na hEireann} peace can not and will not last while the devil [england] still keep 6 ov eireann s countys T.A.L. K.A.H.

[ironhead123456]

gives you chills

[yordi193]

catching tune

[Filohippo2]

Nice and funny to sing and dance.

[00JTM]

David Kincaid did a very good job on this song.

[tr230023]

what does faugh - a - ballaugh mean???

[nixtux2003]

It's a Irish battle cry meaning "clear the way."

[tr230023]

thank you

[duneranger]

yes i believe it was yelled famously at anitetam

[LAHFaust]

@nixtux2003 Specifically it was the battle cry of the Fighting 69th New York Infantry Regiment, the nucleus of the Irish Brigade.

[srvfan454]

brilliant timing on your lyrics bravo!

[longhunter96]

ERIN GO BRAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

[rifleman1122]

nice Brian Boru and Ard Righ references in that song

[Incarn]

great work, cheers! =)

[MaryToddLincoln65]

Wow! Pretty! :D *starts stepdancing*