Guitar: Tim Finnegan's Wake

"Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad that arose in the 1850s in the music-hall tradition of comical Irish songs.
It is famous for being the basis of James Joyce's masterwork, Finnegans Wake, in which the comic resurrection of Tim Finnegan is symbolic of the universal cycle of life. Whiskey, which causes both Finnegan's fall and his resurrection, is derived from Irish uisce beatha (IPA: [ˈiʃkʲə ˈbʲahə]), meaning "water of life." So too, the word "wake" represents both a passing and a rising. Joyce removed the apostrophe in the title of his novel to suggest an active process in which a multiplicity of "Finnegans," that is, all members of humanity, fall and then wake and arise.
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem would introduce this song by pretending to read Joyce's book, but really only read the first couple of paragraphs.

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[vlotter78]

you are awesome

[threelegsoman]

@vlotter78 Thank you for your kind comment

[DanielM2910]

your good

[threelegsoman]

@DanielM2910 Thank you it is kind of you to say so.

[Mordeth87]

Well done :)

[threelegsoman]

Thank you, glad you liked it.

[BaschOria]

Nice one! Best part is when Tim revives and he is like: "What the f*ck!?"

[threelegsoman]

Thanks for the kind comment Bryan.

[Bryan198026]

Once again you do justice to yet another of my favorite Irish tunes. And it was my brother who got me started on this whole Irish music business in the first place.

[threelegsoman]

One of my favourites, especially the Corries version.