The Dubliners - Limerick Rake

[beamerball666]

3 people have mental issues

[JamesDestry1]

Heidoism is a worthy philosophy, second only to individuality.

[bannanachops]

beautiful

[Spiderdjeru]

BIt of a laugh at the folks missin that the cow ain't a cow

[TheMalufs]

i can´t get enof of this song it´s the one of the best.

[Epidemic52]

His voice sounds a bit scratchy, but from the sound of that cough, it seems rather expected. Anyone know when this was recorded?

[ProbeOneMusic]

Ciaran's finest musical moment I reckon. Utterly brilliant.

[computertrick]

lol messed up cough at first

[savvyjesse]

RIP Ronnie Drew

[brettske178]

@savvyjesse this isn't ronnie drew....

[Aristurtle89]

I love the Dubliners, god bless all of em! Ronnie, Luke, Ciaran, John, etc. i have many of their albums but i've never heard this before- what album is this on? i've only heard the Pogues version

[OVETIMIRP]

@Aristurtle89

Its on an album called "A Drop of the Hard Stuff"

[Hogo69]

Yer, i'd marry all those women... and share a pint with me friends !

[elpy124]

mieeeerda!  catarro, querido? xD

[dcuddy4]

this song is about girls and booze, dont bring hate into it.

[hackfresse2011]

isnt this the same melody as darby o'leary?

[davor89011]

yap, it is...

[celticchristian91]

Technically Darby O'Leary is the same as this. Limerick Rake came first.

[lrishRebeI]

up the irish :)

[richiejervis]

brilliant song

[C24C0CU]

Shane McGowan LOL

[barcelona36]

Always loved Ciaran's voice. There were three great singers in the Dubliners.

[Pyro8]

What about Barny? :-)

[celticdragon91]

barcelona36... Luke kelly, Ronnie Drew, Paddy Reilly, Jim McCann, Patsy Watchorn are excellent singers dubliners have and also u must be counting ciaran from your comment so that is over 3 i count there... tell me 3 of them that you say isnt great?

[fearghus66]

yeah ur also forgetting bob lynch and seán cannon

[mirojarcz]

and eamonn campbell

[Tenz0r]

And for lots of people Barney can matched not by vocal but by emotion in his song to all the above.

[parakarter]

Must agree with you, sammcc102 - a bit of an intellectual too and made a fantastic job of singing songs in Gaelic. A rare feature indeed. Handsome fella.. :o)

I think the laugh at the end of the song reflects on the great life sung about in the song - with women a-plenty!!

[sammcc102]

very much under rated dubliner

[rakovsky]

why does he laugh at the end?

[berryjewell]

Why not? Laugh, rail against the pain, seems to work for me. Anyway, he seems to be singing about having many a woman and well, some of the lyrics about cows and all are funny to myself. I don't see much or any pain in this song at all or chor a bith anyway. Given a choice I'd like to see you laugh, smile just the same.

[dirtyminded604]

@berryjewell Well put sir. This song describes a man who doesn't give a fuck. Enjoys his life, and is content with what he has. "what is mine, is yours"

[LordOfNumenor]

I've got this by Shane McGowan it's a fantastic song.