Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - Irish Rover

[Jameson10314]

Man, do we miss these great entertainers!

[GotheAmon]

Awesome - thanks for posting, I will be downloading this.

WPWW

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[jayandirene]

And now, they're all gone. That's very sad. They were great.

[EverydayAdventures]

I'm a huge punk fan, but I find this very enjoyable. Maybe it's a fun relaxing break. Or i just like their accents. Or how much fun they have.

[jneill95]

R.I.P Liam Clancy

[gmikl]

I'm the last of the Irish Rover!!!

[pigsickasham]

We had sailed seven years when the mizzens broke out

And the ship lost her way in the fog.

And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two.

Twas meself and the captain's old dog.

Well, the ship struck a rock, and Lord what a shock!

I nearly tumbled over.

Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned

I'm the last of the Irish Rover

[Bartoniusz28]

Thanks for posting lyrics :)

[pigsickasham]

We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags,

We had two million barrels of pone.

We had three million bales of old nanny goats' tails,

We had four million barrels of bone.

We had five million hogs,

And six million dogs,

Seven million barrels of porter.

We had eight million sides of poor blind horses' hides

In the hold of the Irish Rover.

[pigsickasham]

There was Bobby McGee from the banks of the Leith.

There was Hogan from county Tyrone.

There was John D. McGirk, who was scared stiff of work,

And a chap from Westmeath named Malone.

There was Slugger O'Toole, who was drunk as a rule,

And Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover,

And a man, Mick McCann, from the banks of the Bann

Was the skipper of the Irish Rover

[rossmcl177]

It's "yer man, Mick McCann..." A subtle change but makes a big difference. 8=)

[pigsickasham]

On the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and six

We set sail from the port quay of Cork.

We were sailing away with a Cargo of bricks

For the grand City Hall of New York.

We'd a near-leaking craft, it was rigged fore and aft.

And how the trade winds drove her.

She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts,

And they called her the Irish Rover.

[veron3]

cool Absolute music sailor irland sound good

[01LunaMoonDragon]

I can only ty for these songs...I grew up listening to these albums, bought the cassettes, and lost them when the truck got stolen...I think it's time I went out and replaced them.

[FleeCorrigan33]

The Clancy brothers are really the only irish band, who could be better?

[Bartoniusz28]

There's Clancy Bros and next are Dubliners, and then are The Poguees. Clany's Bros are the best of course :)

[keithmcgrath]

@FleeCorrigan33 I think the Clancys and the Dubliners are the best Irish bands!!!!!!!!

[gmikl]

I was playing this song on my cd player with Surround Sound so loud, my wife grabbed a rolling pin and was about to smash it, she has no appreciation for this music that I grew up with.

[NumberNile]

That's a damn shame...

I remember spending nights at my grandparents' house and falling asleep to Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers every night...

[ilikpatoez]

i still do that every once in a while my granfather and his wife will sit down and play his old clancy brothers records aaallll night