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Planxty Was An Irish Folk Music Band Consisting Of Soon-To-Be-Legendary Musicians Christy Moore Vocals Acoustic Guitar Bodhrán Dónal Lunny Bouzouki Guitars Andy Irvine Mandolin Mandola Bouzouki Hurdy-Gurdy Harmonica And Liam O'Flynn Uilleann Pipes Tin Whistle . The Band Was Formed In 1972 And Quickly Revolutionized And Popularized Irish Folk Music Touring And Recording To Great Acclaim. The Band Broke Up Twice First In 1975 And Again In 1983. The Band Re-United Again In 2004. Their Final Performance To Date Was In 2005. In 1972 Christy Moore Released His Second Album Prosperous Which He Recorded With His Old Schoolmates Lunny Irvine And O'Flynn. After Recording Prosperous They Formed Planxty. The Group's First Major Performance Opening For Donovan In Galway Was A Great Success. Neither The Audience Nor The Band Knowing What To Expect Both Were Pleasantly Surprised. Irvine Unable To See The Audience Through The Lighting Was Worried That The Crowd Was On The Verge Of Rioting. It Took Him Several Minutes To Realize What He Was Hearing Was Enthusiasm. On The 2004 Retrospective The Christy Moore Box Set A Rough Quality Recording Of The Song "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Was Included Complete With Audience's Reaction. A Formative Influence On Planxty And In Particular On Christy Moore Was The Singing Of Irish Traveller John "Jacko" Reilly Who Hailed From Boyle Co. Roscommon. It Was From Reilly That Moore Learned "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Which Was Recorded On The First Planxty Album In Addition To "The Well Below The Valley" And "As I Roved Out" Which Appeared On The Well Below The Valley. Christy Later Dipped Into Reilly's Songbook Again For An Updated Version Of The Lengthy Ballad "Lord Baker" Which Was Featured On Planxty's 1983 Album Words & Music. Planxty Released The Highly Acclaimed Single "The Cliffs Of Dooneen After Which They Were Promptly Signed To An Exclusive Contract In Conjunction With Polydor Records. The Band Members Inexperienced In The World Of Business Signed A Contract For £30 000 But For Six Albums And With A Low Royalty Percentage. They Were Never To Make Much Money From Album Sales And Were Substantially In Debt By The Time The Group Dissolved. The Group Became Very Popular In The Next Few Years In Ireland Britain And Europe And They Recorded Two More Albums In The Following Two Years. After That They Split Up And A Compilation Called The Planxty Collection Was Released. As Time Passed The Personnel Changed - Johnny Moynihan Replaced Dónal Lunny In July Of 1973 And Paul Brady Stepped In For Christy Moore In 1974. Christy Andy Dónal And Liam The Original Lineup Reformed Planxty In 1979. They Recorded Three Albums And Made Several Changes And Additions To Their Lineup Most Notably The Joining Of Matt Molloy Flautist From The Bothy Band Later With The Chieftains. In 1983 Dónal Lunny And Christy Moore Left To Concentrate On Moving Hearts And Andy And Liam Started Pursuing Solo Careers The Former In The Band Patrick Street . The Band Broke Up For The Final Time.... Or So It Seemed. A Low-Key Gig In Lisdoonvarna Led To Gigs In Dublin And County Clare In 2004 And The Release Of Live 2004 On DVD And CD. It Remains To Be Seen If This Is A New Lease Of Life. Broadcaster And Journalist Leagues O'Toole Documented The Band In The Biography The Humours Of Planxty Which Was Published By Hodder Headline In 2006. Leagues O'Toole Documented The History And Development Of The Group In The Biography The Humours Of Planxty Which Was Published By Hodder Headline In 2006. LAPD 2012–2013 Friday 20 January 2012 4 Ushered In The Inaugural Gig At Dublin's Vicar Street Of A Quartet Including Three Members Of The Original Planxty Calling Themselves 'LAPD' After The Initials Of Their First Names Liam O'Flynn Andy Irvine Paddy Glackin And Dónal Lunny. They Played A Set Combining Tunes And Songs From The Repertoires Of Planxty "Jenny's Wedding/The Virginia/Garrett Barry's" "Paddy Canny's" "The Starting Gate" "The Jolly Beggar/The Wise Maid" "Arthur MacBride" "As I Roved Out Andy " "The Blacksmith/Blacksmithereens" And "West Coast Of Clare"
Irvine & Lunny "My Heart's Tonight In Ireland/West Clare Reel" "Braes Of Moneymore" "Suleiman's Kopanitsa" "The Dream/Indiana" "O'Donoghue's" And "Siún Ni Dhuibhir"
O'Flynn & Glackin "Kitty's Rambles/Humours Of Ennistymon" "The Green Island/Bantry Hornpipe" "Young Tom Ennis/Nora Crean" "A Rainy Day/The Shaskeen" "Two Flings" "Speed The Plough/Colonel Fraser" And "The Gold Ring".
LAPD Performed Only Occasionally To Rave Reviews But Never Recorded Before Their Final Performance Which Took Place At Sligo Live On Saturday 26 October 2013. When O'Flynn Resigned From LAPD Irvine Lunny And Glackin Were Joined By Michael McGoldrick And John Doyle To Form A New Group Named Usher's Island A Reference To The Dublin Quay . Liam O'Flynn Died 14 March 2018. "Planxty" Was A Word Used By People Who Named Works By Harper Turlough O'Carolan After His Death And Is Believed To Denote A Tribute To A Particular Person "Planxty Irwin " For Example Would Be In Honor Of Colonel John Irwin Of Sligo. "Planxty" Is Thought To Be A Corruption Of The Irish Word And Popular Toast "sláinte" Meaning "good Health." Another Possible Explanation Is That It Is Derived From The Latin Planctus A Medieval Lament. Regardless Of Its Origin The Moniker Which Replaced The Provisional "CLAD" Christy – Liam – Andy – Dónal Turned Out To Be A Good Fit As O'Carolan's Music Would Play An Important Part In The Band's Repertoire. See "Influences" Below . A Formative Influence On Planxty And In Particular On Moore Was The Singing Of Irish Traveller John "Jacko" Reilly Who Hailed From Boyle Co. Roscommon. It Was From Reilly That Moore Learned "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Which Was Recorded For The First Planxty Album In Addition To "The Well Below The Valley " Which Appeared On The Well Below The Valley. Moore Later Dipped Into Reilly's Songbook Again For An Updated Version Of The Lengthy Ballad "Lord Baker " Which Was Featured On Planxty's 1983 Album Words & Music. "Baker" Appears To Be A Mondegreen For The "Beichan" Of Earlier Versions. Reilly Died In 1969 At The Age Of 44 Shortly After Being Found Beneath His Coats In The Top Room Of His Dwelling In Boyle By Tom Munnelly Who Had Originally Collected His Songs For Archiving. The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan Appeared On A Number Of Planxty Albums Including The B-Side Of Their Very First Single Played By O'Flynn On The Pipes. Much Of This Music First Came To The Attention Of The Band Through The Work Of Seminal Irish Composer Seán Ó Riada And His Group Ceoltóirí Chualann.
Frogtoon Müzik - Şarkı Bilgisi: Arthur McBride
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"Arthur McBride" Also Called "Arthur McBride And The Sergeant" Is A Folk Song Found In Ireland Scotland And England With Slight Variations. The Song Can Be Narrowly Categorized As An "anti-Recruiting" Song A Specific Form Of Anti-War Song And More Broadly As A Protest Song. Reportedly It Was First Collected Around 1840 In Limerick By Patrick Weston Joyce Also In Donegal By George Petrie. 1 The Roots Of This Song However Likely Link Back To The 17th Century Given Ireland's Involvement In The Glorious Revolution 1688 The Nine Years War 1688-97 And Especially The Williamite War In Ireland 1689-1691 Since The Song Refers To Being "sent To France " Which Suggests The Flight Of The Wild Geese The Departure Of The Irish Jacobite Army Under The Command Of Patrick Sarsfield From Ireland To France As Agreed In The Treaty Of Limerick On 3 October 1691. In The Song The Narrator And His Cousin Arthur McBride Were Taking A Walk When They Were Approached By Three British Military Recruiters A Recruiting Sergeant A Corporal And A Young Drummer. The Recruiters Attempt To Induce The Narrator And Arthur McBride Into Military Service Extolling The Virtues Of Serving The King Having Money To Spend And Wearing Nice Clothes. Arthur McBride Tells The Recruiter If They Joined The Clothes Would Merely Be Loaned To Them And That They Would Be Made To Go To War In France Where They Would Certainly Be Killed. The Recruiter Taking Offence At Arthur's Disrespect Of The Offer Becomes Angry At Arthur And The Narrator And Threatens To Use His Sword On Them. Then Arthur And The Narrator Use Their Shillelaghs To Hit The Recruiters And The Drummer Over Their Heads And After Doing So Take Their Pouch Of Money And Throw Their Swords And The Drummer's Drum Into The Ocean. "Arthur MacBride" Has Been Recorded By Numerous Performers Including Planxty On Their 1973 Self-Titled Debut Album Planxty Andy Irvine Dave Swarbrick Martin Carthy Paul Brady A US-Based Band Ourselves Alone And In His Later Years 1992 By Bob Dylan. Most Contemporary Performers Who Have "Arthur McBride" In Their Repertoires Were Inspired By And Acquired It Via Irish And UK Sources. While Planxty's 1973 Release May Be Thought Of As The Vector Renewing The Song's Present-Day Familiarity Paul Brady's 1977 Rendition Is Of Special Interest Due To Significant Lyrical Variations From The "usual" Versions Of The Tune Including Several Additional Verses. Brady Is From Strabane In County Tyrone But Ironically He Hadn’t Heard The Song While Living In Ireland. 2 He Came Across It While Working In America In 1972. He Was Given A Copy Of Book Called A Heritage Of Songs Compiled By Collector Carrie Grover. One Of The Songs Listed Was Arthur McBride. Brady Started To Perform It To A Virtuoso Guitar Accompaniment Using An Open G Tuning. Brady's Eight Verse Version Of The Song Contains The Irish Word Spalpeen Meaning Layabout Rascal Or Ruffian.
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Planxty - Planxty Irwin Planxty - Junior Crehan's Favourite - Corney Is Coming The Mary Wallopers - The Turfman From Ardee The Dubliners - Muirsheen Durkin The Dubliners - The Rising Of The Moon The Mary Wallopers - Love Will Never Conquer Me Andy Irvine - Plains Of Kildare Ronnie Drew - Limerick Rake The Pogues - The Parting Glass Paul Brady - The Lakes Of Pontchartrain Andy Irvine - Autumn Gold Ewan MacColl - Dirty Old Town Dick Gaughan - Song For Ireland The Bothy Band - Patsy Geary's / Coleman's Cross Christy Moore - Back Home In Derry The Irish Rovers - New York Girls Sweeney's Men - Exile's Jig The Pogues - The Sunnyside Of The Street Sweeney's Men - Tom Dooley The Bothy Band - Is Trua Nach Bhfuil Mé In Éirinn Dick Gaughan - Now Westlin Winds Boys Of The Lough - Cape Breton Wedding Reel No. 2, Cape Breton, Wedding Reel No.3 Christy Moore - Ride On The Chieftains - The Foggy Dew with Sinéad O'Connor The Clancy Brothers - Mountain Dew with Tommy Makem The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem - The Wild Colonial Boy Lankum - The Wild Rover Paddy Keenan - O'Neill's March Paul Brady - Out The Door And Over The Wall Paddy Reilly - The Crack Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man Lúnasa - Road To Barga The Wolfe Tones - Rifles Of The IRA The Chieftains - Carolan's Concerto Altan - Dónal Agus Mórag Luke Kelly - The Rocky Road To Dublin The Irish Rovers - Give Me Your Hand Tabhair Dom Do Lamh Lúnasa - Morning Nightcap Ye Vagabonds - Blue Is The Eye Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Bonny Woodhall Brian Finnegan - Only Paddy Reilly - Festival Of Galway Kevin Burke - Lord Franklin The Johnstons - The Barleycorn The Clancy Brothers - The Jug Of Punch Ronnie Drew - Courtin' In The Kitchen De Dannan - The Wren's Nest Capercaillie - The Jura Wedding Reels Paddy Keenan - Drops Of Brandy Luke Kelly - Kelly The Boy From Killane The Gloaming - Allistrum's March
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Planxty Was An Irish Folk Music Band Consisting Of Soon-To-Be-Legendary Musicians Christy Moore Vocals Acoustic Guitar Bodhrán Dónal Lunny Bouzouki Guitars Andy Irvine Mandolin Mandola Bouzouki Hurdy-Gurdy Harmonica And Liam O'Flynn Uilleann Pipes Tin Whistle . The Band Was Formed In 1972 And Quickly Revolutionized And Popularized Irish Folk Music Touring And Recording To Great Acclaim. The Band Broke Up Twice First In 1975 And Again In 1983. The Band Re-United Again In 2004. Their Final Performance To Date Was In 2005. In 1972 Christy Moore Released His Second Album Prosperous Which He Recorded With His Old Schoolmates Lunny Irvine And O'Flynn. After Recording Prosperous They Formed Planxty. The Group's First Major Performance Opening For Donovan In Galway Was A Great Success. Neither The Audience Nor The Band Knowing What To Expect Both Were Pleasantly Surprised. Irvine Unable To See The Audience Through The Lighting Was Worried That The Crowd Was On The Verge Of Rioting. It Took Him Several Minutes To Realize What He Was Hearing Was Enthusiasm. On The 2004 Retrospective The Christy Moore Box Set A Rough Quality Recording Of The Song "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Was Included Complete With Audience's Reaction. A Formative Influence On Planxty And In Particular On Christy Moore Was The Singing Of Irish Traveller John "Jacko" Reilly Who Hailed From Boyle Co. Roscommon. It Was From Reilly That Moore Learned "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Which Was Recorded On The First Planxty Album In Addition To "The Well Below The Valley" And "As I Roved Out" Which Appeared On The Well Below The Valley. Christy Later Dipped Into Reilly's Songbook Again For An Updated Version Of The Lengthy Ballad "Lord Baker" Which Was Featured On Planxty's 1983 Album Words & Music. Planxty Released The Highly Acclaimed Single "The Cliffs Of Dooneen After Which They Were Promptly Signed To An Exclusive Contract In Conjunction With Polydor Records. The Band Members Inexperienced In The World Of Business Signed A Contract For £30 000 But For Six Albums And With A Low Royalty Percentage. They Were Never To Make Much Money From Album Sales And Were Substantially In Debt By The Time The Group Dissolved. The Group Became Very Popular In The Next Few Years In Ireland Britain And Europe And They Recorded Two More Albums In The Following Two Years. After That They Split Up And A Compilation Called The Planxty Collection Was Released. As Time Passed The Personnel Changed - Johnny Moynihan Replaced Dónal Lunny In July Of 1973 And Paul Brady Stepped In For Christy Moore In 1974. Christy Andy Dónal And Liam The Original Lineup Reformed Planxty In 1979. They Recorded Three Albums And Made Several Changes And Additions To Their Lineup Most Notably The Joining Of Matt Molloy Flautist From The Bothy Band Later With The Chieftains. In 1983 Dónal Lunny And Christy Moore Left To Concentrate On Moving Hearts And Andy And Liam Started Pursuing Solo Careers The Former In The Band Patrick Street . The Band Broke Up For The Final Time.... Or So It Seemed. A Low-Key Gig In Lisdoonvarna Led To Gigs In Dublin And County Clare In 2004 And The Release Of Live 2004 On DVD And CD. It Remains To Be Seen If This Is A New Lease Of Life. Broadcaster And Journalist Leagues O'Toole Documented The Band In The Biography The Humours Of Planxty Which Was Published By Hodder Headline In 2006. Leagues O'Toole Documented The History And Development Of The Group In The Biography The Humours Of Planxty Which Was Published By Hodder Headline In 2006. LAPD 2012–2013 Friday 20 January 2012 4 Ushered In The Inaugural Gig At Dublin's Vicar Street Of A Quartet Including Three Members Of The Original Planxty Calling Themselves 'LAPD' After The Initials Of Their First Names Liam O'Flynn Andy Irvine Paddy Glackin And Dónal Lunny. They Played A Set Combining Tunes And Songs From The Repertoires Of Planxty "Jenny's Wedding/The Virginia/Garrett Barry's" "Paddy Canny's" "The Starting Gate" "The Jolly Beggar/The Wise Maid" "Arthur MacBride" "As I Roved Out Andy " "The Blacksmith/Blacksmithereens" And "West Coast Of Clare"
Irvine & Lunny "My Heart's Tonight In Ireland/West Clare Reel" "Braes Of Moneymore" "Suleiman's Kopanitsa" "The Dream/Indiana" "O'Donoghue's" And "Siún Ni Dhuibhir"
O'Flynn & Glackin "Kitty's Rambles/Humours Of Ennistymon" "The Green Island/Bantry Hornpipe" "Young Tom Ennis/Nora Crean" "A Rainy Day/The Shaskeen" "Two Flings" "Speed The Plough/Colonel Fraser" And "The Gold Ring".
LAPD Performed Only Occasionally To Rave Reviews But Never Recorded Before Their Final Performance Which Took Place At Sligo Live On Saturday 26 October 2013. When O'Flynn Resigned From LAPD Irvine Lunny And Glackin Were Joined By Michael McGoldrick And John Doyle To Form A New Group Named Usher's Island A Reference To The Dublin Quay . Liam O'Flynn Died 14 March 2018. "Planxty" Was A Word Used By People Who Named Works By Harper Turlough O'Carolan After His Death And Is Believed To Denote A Tribute To A Particular Person "Planxty Irwin " For Example Would Be In Honor Of Colonel John Irwin Of Sligo. "Planxty" Is Thought To Be A Corruption Of The Irish Word And Popular Toast "sláinte" Meaning "good Health." Another Possible Explanation Is That It Is Derived From The Latin Planctus A Medieval Lament. Regardless Of Its Origin The Moniker Which Replaced The Provisional "CLAD" Christy – Liam – Andy – Dónal Turned Out To Be A Good Fit As O'Carolan's Music Would Play An Important Part In The Band's Repertoire. See "Influences" Below . A Formative Influence On Planxty And In Particular On Moore Was The Singing Of Irish Traveller John "Jacko" Reilly Who Hailed From Boyle Co. Roscommon. It Was From Reilly That Moore Learned "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Which Was Recorded For The First Planxty Album In Addition To "The Well Below The Valley " Which Appeared On The Well Below The Valley. Moore Later Dipped Into Reilly's Songbook Again For An Updated Version Of The Lengthy Ballad "Lord Baker " Which Was Featured On Planxty's 1983 Album Words & Music. "Baker" Appears To Be A Mondegreen For The "Beichan" Of Earlier Versions. Reilly Died In 1969 At The Age Of 44 Shortly After Being Found Beneath His Coats In The Top Room Of His Dwelling In Boyle By Tom Munnelly Who Had Originally Collected His Songs For Archiving. The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan Appeared On A Number Of Planxty Albums Including The B-Side Of Their Very First Single Played By O'Flynn On The Pipes. Much Of This Music First Came To The Attention Of The Band Through The Work Of Seminal Irish Composer Seán Ó Riada And His Group Ceoltóirí Chualann. read less
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Irvine & Lunny "My Heart's Tonight In Ireland/West Clare Reel" "Braes Of Moneymore" "Suleiman's Kopanitsa" "The Dream/Indiana" "O'Donoghue's" And "Siún Ni Dhuibhir"
O'Flynn & Glackin "Kitty's Rambles/Humours Of Ennistymon" "The Green Island/Bantry Hornpipe" "Young Tom Ennis/Nora Crean" "A Rainy Day/The Shaskeen" "Two Flings" "Speed The Plough/Colonel Fraser" And "The Gold Ring".
LAPD Performed Only Occasionally To Rave Reviews But Never Recorded Before Their Final Performance Which Took Place At Sligo Live On Saturday 26 October 2013. When O'Flynn Resigned From LAPD Irvine Lunny And Glackin Were Joined By Michael McGoldrick And John Doyle To Form A New Group Named Usher's Island A Reference To The Dublin Quay . Liam O'Flynn Died 14 March 2018. "Planxty" Was A Word Used By People Who Named Works By Harper Turlough O'Carolan After His Death And Is Believed To Denote A Tribute To A Particular Person "Planxty Irwin " For Example Would Be In Honor Of Colonel John Irwin Of Sligo. "Planxty" Is Thought To Be A Corruption Of The Irish Word And Popular Toast "sláinte" Meaning "good Health." Another Possible Explanation Is That It Is Derived From The Latin Planctus A Medieval Lament. Regardless Of Its Origin The Moniker Which Replaced The Provisional "CLAD" Christy – Liam – Andy – Dónal Turned Out To Be A Good Fit As O'Carolan's Music Would Play An Important Part In The Band's Repertoire. See "Influences" Below . A Formative Influence On Planxty And In Particular On Moore Was The Singing Of Irish Traveller John "Jacko" Reilly Who Hailed From Boyle Co. Roscommon. It Was From Reilly That Moore Learned "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" Which Was Recorded For The First Planxty Album In Addition To "The Well Below The Valley " Which Appeared On The Well Below The Valley. Moore Later Dipped Into Reilly's Songbook Again For An Updated Version Of The Lengthy Ballad "Lord Baker " Which Was Featured On Planxty's 1983 Album Words & Music. "Baker" Appears To Be A Mondegreen For The "Beichan" Of Earlier Versions. Reilly Died In 1969 At The Age Of 44 Shortly After Being Found Beneath His Coats In The Top Room Of His Dwelling In Boyle By Tom Munnelly Who Had Originally Collected His Songs For Archiving. The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan Appeared On A Number Of Planxty Albums Including The B-Side Of Their Very First Single Played By O'Flynn On The Pipes. Much Of This Music First Came To The Attention Of The Band Through The Work Of Seminal Irish Composer Seán Ó Riada And His Group Ceoltóirí Chualann. read less
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"Arthur McBride" (also called "Arthur McBride and the Sergeant") is a folk song found in Ireland, Scotland and England with slight variations. The song can be narrowly categorized as an "anti-recruiting" song, a specific form of anti-war song, and more broadly as a protest song.
Reportedly, it was first collected around 1840 in Limerick by Patrick Weston Joyce; also in Donegal by George Petrie.[1] The roots of this song, however, likely link back to the 17th century, given Ireland's involvement in the Glorious Revolution (1688), the Nine Years War(1688-97), and especially the Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691), since the song refers to being "sent to France," which suggests the Flight of the Wild Geese: the departure of the Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on 3 October 1691.
In the song, the narrator and his cousin, Arthur McBride were taking a walk when they were approached by three British military recruiters, a recruiting sergeant, a Corporal and a young drummer. The recruiters attempt to induce the narrator and Arthur McBride into military service, extolling the virtues of serving the King, having money to spend, and wearing nice clothes. Arthur McBride tells the recruiter, if they joined, the clothes would merely be loaned to them and that they would be made to go to war in France where they would certainly be killed. The recruiter, taking offence at Arthur's disrespect of the offer, becomes angry at Arthur and the narrator, and threatens to use his sword on them. Then, Arthur and the narrator use their shillelaghs to hit the recruiters and the drummer over their heads, and after doing so, take their pouch of money, and throw their swords and the drummer's drum into the ocean.
"Arthur MacBride" has been recorded by numerous performers, including Planxty (on their 1973 self-titled debut album, Planxty); Andy Irvine; Dave Swarbrick; Martin Carthy; Paul Brady; a US-based band, Ourselves Alone, and in his later years (1992), by Bob Dylan. Most contemporary performers who have "Arthur McBride" in their repertoires were inspired by and acquired it via Irish and UK sources. While Planxty's 1973 release may be thought of as the vector renewing the song's present-day familiarity, Paul Brady's 1977 rendition is of special interest due to significant lyrical variations from the "usual" versions of the tune, including several additional verses. Brady is from Strabane in County Tyrone but, ironically, he hadn’t heard the song while living in Ireland.[2] He came across it while working in America in 1972. He was given a copy of book called, A Heritage of Songs, compiled by collector Carrie Grover. One of the songs listed was Arthur McBride. Brady started to perform it to a virtuoso guitar accompaniment using an open G tuning. Brady's eight verse version of the song contains the Irish word spalpeen meaning layabout, rascal or ruffian. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.