MOLLY MALONE

[momopie]

this is the best version of this song i have ever heard.

[squirell1952]

OH, I FORGOT. THAT LOVELY MELODY, PEGGY GORDON, IS NOT IRISH EITHER. WE ADOPTED IT. BUT SOMEONE SAID REC ENTLY IT IS NOT A SCOTTISH SONG, EITHER!! APPARENTLY, IT CAME FROM CANADA. WHO THE SONGWRITER WAS IS ANYBODY'S GUESS. BUT THE SCOTS AND IRISH ADOPTED THIS LOVELY TUNE. CAN WE NOW SING IT IN A PUB SINGALONG?

OR WOULD SOME THICK  LOWER CLASS GOMBEEN TAKE OFFENCE?

[squirell1952]

SOME MUSICAL PUBS WON'T LET YOU SING DANNY BOY in DUBLIN BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT ORIGINALLY AN IRISH SONG. WELL,NEITHER IS MOLLY MALONE. EVEN KEVIN BARRY IS NOT AN IRISH SONG, MUSICALLY SPEAKING. IT'S A REWORDING OF A SEA SHANTY CALLED TAKE ME  BACK TO DEAR OLD BLIGHTY. AS FOR MOLLY MALONE, SHE WAS PROBABLY A LOWER CLASS WHORE. WHO SAYS SHE EVEN EXISTED? BY THE WAY, THE IRISH LINGO WORD FOR WHORE IS ... HOOR. JUST THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW. SLAWN LAT, MO CORRA. CONNOSS TAW TWO?

[squirell1952]

MOLLY FUCKING MALONE WAS PROBABLY NOT EVEN IRISH, LET ALONE SOME ONE FROM THE BACK STREETS OF DUVLIN-BLAW CLEE. OR ARSEHOLE GARDENS IN BALLYMUN. THE SONG IS ACTUALLY AN ANCIENT STREET SONG FROM EDDINBURROW IN BONNIE SCOTLAND. IT DIED OUT THERE AND WAS REINCARNATED IN DUBLIN WITH NEW WORDS. SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT. WARTS AND ALL. YET HER STATUE IS SITUATED WHERE THE POSH PADDIES DO ALL THEIR SHOPPING. ANNOYING, INNIT?

[MsCatlover1994]

This is perfect! I know this is random, but I'd like to share how I picture Molly Malone. I think she had dark brown hair and eyes, she was skinny but strong, and she was very simple and humble. I think she sold fish to help her family and she fell in love with ther perfect man, sadly she got a fever from working on the cold streets and died. I think she was between 16 and 18. Can any of you share your discription of Molly please?

[ctmedz]

This song brings back so many memories growing up. Beautiful song, beautiful Ireland!

[VanillaMostly]

oohhh this is so beautiful. Tne music and the voice.

[rockyirish]

my father sang this as a lullaby to me when i was a wee lad

[mletchbx72]

Irish singers and musicians are the best !!!!

[skylarandmoose]

Every St Patrick's Day I come back and listen to your version of "Molly Malone."  It is so hauntingly beautiful. <3

[shnoogz]

the tart with the cart

[CoolCausImIrish]

why were U2 randomly in that slide show?

[SmackPack08]

Molly the tart with the trolly

[betsyboopsy]

When my chrildren are grown up, I'm moving to Ireland. <3

[kg02170]

move now education system better

[irishmanandproud]

dubliners do a proper version, this is bullshit, sounds like a bad church choir

[elliediana4535]

I think i prefer the up tempo versions better but this is good to I like the feeling and emotion that is brought to this version of the song :)

[Kennemer49]

does anyone now a faster version? I was in Ireland lately and we sang this song, but the tempo was way higher. Still, this is pretty too;)

[seenherdressedinblue]

@Kennemer49 They sing it a bit faster in A Clockwork Orange.

[kcstoneguy]

god this sucks!!! Give me Luke Kelly anytime!

[svenyouanga]

Dumbass! Dont comment when u dont understand... peewee Brain

[kcstoneguy]

i understand shit, and this is shit

[vv651yandex]

Wonderful song!

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

Beautiful expression of restrained sorrow, grief, with a touch joy in the memory.

[VOJISLAVzvaniGAVRA]

What a beautiful version of this old song.

[shauna09xox]

i song this at choir lol

[bjr43]

Beautiful version, and I like Oconner's version to.

[bigtough14kid]

Amazing!

[Comi007007]

Believe it or not, My Grandma is named Molly Malone

[cabman2407]

beautiful...

[bubalips1984]

Ma granda Daisley used to sing this to me when i was a kid...., iv never actually heard it sung properly before....i play it on the guitar now....really like the way this is done tho!!!! xxxxxx

[roCKtheARTs93]

omg that's so wierd my grandmother used to sing this to me when i was little. =)

[MinixoxMya]

haha mine to! He was from Cork...he used to sing me to sleep with this song...i miss him so much

[bubalips1984]

Me too babe xxxxxx

[safeJea]

My dad use 2 sing this 2 me wen i was little brings back gurdd memories :)

love it !!

[kcnccarolina]

The pics are a bit fuzzy? blurred. My fav. Irish born singer was not listed here & he had a record breaking hit in US, clue: A US sports team adopted his song: The Boys are Back in Town. Metalica "remade" one of his songs & it became a US #1 hit. He has a statute in Ireland.

[mickpaddyirish]

Metalica didn't remake a Thin Lizzy song. Whiskey in the Jar is as old as the hills, it's a traditional Irish song.

[WexfordBoyo18]

hahahahahahah ur fucking retarted, whiskey in the jar is a traditional song not to be played by the likes of mettalica, for the unintelligent such as kcnccarolina might give them credit for such a great song

[CaraV18]

i love scotland and hate ireland, but i had to look up this song cuz of the teacher of m.o. and it sucks

[psypher19111911]

it dosn´t suck, but apparently your mind is coloured.....Scotland and Ireland is both great.....like every other country...everyone got their special stuff....don´t hate just for the hating

[CaraV18]

it's not just for the hating and my mind isn't coloured at all. and this song DOES suck to me. That's cuz everyone's got their oppinions and I say that this song sucks bad

[hifififi]

This is a wonderful song. I love this, and Ireland too.

Szép ez a szám Nagy szeretem Írországot is;)

[Patyodon3]

I agree this is not a good version of the song! You sound like a pompus ass. This country was built by the sons and daughters of the Irish who came to this country. My father came to this country seeking a better life and was proud to be an Irish-American. I don't think he would appreciate your saying his daughter was not really Irish because I was not born in Ireland. I'm not sure if you know this but you only need be 1/4 Irish to be a dual citizen of the US and Ireland. I doubt your Irish.

[areinavein]

look this is not a good version of this song.. I grew up hearing it being sung in my family. This is torment to listen to..

And irish-americans need to realise something.. You might have helped us through hard times, but that doesn't mean you own everything that is irish.. You can't roll in on your coaches calling everything sweet and adorable..

In my eyes you can only call yourself irish if you were born there!!

[crimsonicebutterfly]

If any one of your ancestors is Irish it makes you Irish as well.

[callum709]

Well i'm english so impartial. I think you can't beat the Irish version though tbh...

[13smilinggirls]

25sec is that molly malone?

[Fonzeeee]

im irish blooded, so i no how this song is meant to be sung. yanks should stick to playin there banjos, obease inbred fucks. this really is insulting 2 me.

[JonathanPepper]

Nice American screen name, by the way. Kill yourself, hypocrite.

[crimsonicebutterfly]

Yankee is a sports team name so don't be an ass just because that person uses it as a screen name.Don't tell someone to kill themselves just because they like a team.

[yankeegurl62]

Sorry, not inbred at all. I'm on my fathers side, English, Scots, Welsh, and German, and my mother's family came to this county at the turn of the century from Sweden. my daughter's father family is from Ireland, Scotland and of the Indian nation. I raised her to be proud of ALL the nations her family is from. Thanks for insulting me, I work hard, no one hands me nothing!

[crimsonicebutterfly]

Not all americans play banjos.

[Fonzeeee]

this sucks ass, so americanised, my grandad used 2 sing this 2 me, and the fuckin yanks have dun 2 it what they do 2 everything, fucked it up.

[Yeahyeahteva]

I hate this version. I grew up with my mother singing me this song. This isn't how you're supposed to sing this. These guys are trying way too hard. They're clearly American.

[lucasleivia]

pfff! trying too hard?? what you on about "clearly american" Would you rather irish americans completely forgot theyre heritage and disowned there roots? Im proud that when irish people travel the world they bring their culture with them. Its not like the Irish have a glorious history to brag about its a wonder anyone wants to be associated with small minded arseholes like you. when my family were on the breadline we were glad we had relations in america who would send money at christmas.

[Yeahyeahteva]

I live in america, i'm exposed to irish-americans on a daily basis. They are not celebrating irish culture, theye're making a joke of it, stereotyping it. The irish do have a wonderful history and they have fought so much adversity. I'm not being closed minded, i have no problem with americans, just with the way they treat irish culture. and you're not the only one who had family on the breadline, but my family survived through it with no help from abandoners.

[yankeegurl62]

Not everyone in America does this.

[vandergraff]

Thats damn good. i was searching for sineads version, but this really flows. dunno what else to say. Make more music.

[cillianmccolgan]

oops, i did that 2 apologies

[fiddleit]

Great song, sappy arrangement. yuk.

[aldenamesworetakenR]

yeah molly no wonder.but member wen u wore 10 we used 2 sing it 4 u n u would get pisssed

[xXxmollybxXx]

ah i luv dis song!xx

[Branvie]

Great voice. I'd like to hear more.

[darc0hart]

i love this song. its very sad. my mum used to sing it to me and i sing it to my little baby cousins

[fergusmorvan]

I do cry each time i hear this wonderful song.

Fred, french lover of Ireland

[lampenkap]

the vocal is to soft with the music..

but its a great song

[milesian2005]

here get the methadone express to Finglas...

[momopie]

your voice is so wonderfull

[asevenxshadows]

This makes me cry everytime I hear it.

[queenirish]

My dad used to sing this to me.

[ncvk14]

sad song..

[pendule87]

it's not a sad song:)he doens't sing it in the original "happy" version, if you listen to the text you'd know.

[fergusmorvan]

I perfectly know the text, guy, and it is indeed a sad song... "she died of a fever" is not a very happy event...

[pendule87]

well it is a used as a drinking song at student's cantus in our country, I've sung it many times and I never saw anyone shed a tear over it, and according to my english professor it's packed with sexual connotations, so maybe that fever wasn't as killing as it ought to have been

[ilven001]

indeed, a beautifull cantussong. But drinkingsong or not, a song of true beauty and music!

proset senior

proset corona

ad libidum!!!

praesidium Educata, Leuven!!!!

[cillianmccolgan]

Im irish and i think youll find she died of an STD. She was a part time prostitute. But its not a drinking song. Its a song and irish people drink, thats the relation. and this is worst version of the song ever. what a pathetic wannabe irish idiot. plus Bono and U2 are a bunch of arrogant idiots who think there Jesus 2

[cillianmccolgan]

Im irish and i think youll find she died of an STD. She was a part time prostitute. But its not a drinking song. Its a song and irish people drink, thats the relation. and this is worst version of the song ever. what a pathetic wannabe irish idiot. plus Bono and U2 are a bunch of arrogant idiots who think there Jesus 2

[leanneduggan]

Bellissimo.