Sinéad O' Connor - Paddy's Lament

I love this song
Live at Celtique festival

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• Connor

[Chicagoan444]

Love this song, and the way she sings it. I think of this song as coming from the American Civil War,although I don't know if it dates from that time. It's a perspective of that war in particular that we don't generally hear, from that of the immigrant who got caught up in that war and suffered for it. Good anti-war song in general . . .

[Plingpli]

Amazing voice

[MManuRere]

This is Sinéad's performance of a song whose content is more Irish-American than strictly Irish -- more than one of my ancestors (including three members of the famous Irish Brigade of the U.S. (Union) Army) came to the U.S. under circumstances more or less identical to those described by the song. (At least they were on the right side of the war they fell into -- though that was probably mostly a matter of chance.)

[hamr3773]

how do you say with proper grammar in Gaelic, "My shillelagh I let fly"?

[mosesmcmillian]

@Chicagoan444 without a cop ? do u know a native american who calls Paddy ?? all u're cops are irish and u're thieves italians or nigger

[MikeMcMikerson]

I really liked this song...until you dedicated it to France..wtf Sinead...wtf..

[sheilaowens55]

In '"The Gangs of New York" (which is supposed to be mostly based on facts) the Irish immigrants were led off the boats and made to sign papers and told they had to go and fight for Lincoln. In one scene part of this song is sung. Singer sounds just like Delores Keane, not sure. Any case, the Irish got the shaft. I'm an American and proud to be of Irish decent. I am ashamed of some things done in my country.

[TheDallasDragon]

I live in Engayland london and i just want to say i fukking hate this place

word engayland make me feel angry

[NightriderPoet]

Beautiful song and she is such a beautiful woman. She does Ireland proud.

[midwestsmoker913]

flogging molly is better

[Fckschoen]

short haired cunt

[brewers97]

@TinyArts

from an AMERICAN of Irish descent. yes you did, but only after you had knelt to Brian the High King of Ireland, or more specifically his 6yr old son! Ya lost there boyos........get over it. And by they way ya didnt stand too long to Nazi Germany either. If only our Atlantic Fleet had stood by Norway. The Nazi bastatrds would not have liked the sting of USS NY, MA, Washington, Idaho....and 3 heavy fleet carriers, USS Saratoga, Lexington, and Yorktown