Thomascows version The Merry Ploughboy was an Irish1966 number one hit for Dundalk man Dermont Obrien. written by Dominic Behan. He was a prolific composer and had more than 450 songs published during his lifetime. His songs were very popular in Ireland and also among the Irish living in England, especially "The Patriot Game", "McAlpine's Fusiliers", "Avondale", "The Merry Ploughboy", "Famine Song" and "Liverpool Lou". In 1958, he released The Singing Streets: Childhood Memories of Ireland and Scotland on Folkways Records along with fellow folksinger Ewan MacColl
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