Hommage to Lynott (August 20)

Prepared by Phenomenologist Mai Dar (Dublin, Ireland).
Historical traces of a Celtic ballad "Whiskey in the Jar" :
"The best interpretation of "Whiskey in the Jar", one of Irish-Celtic ballad about a notorious highwayman Patrick Fleming who was hanged in 1650, became the basis for one of the most loved ballads of all time.
“Whiskey in the Jar," written around the time of Cromwell's invasion of Ireland, the blackest episode in Irish history until The Famine, tells the tale of a highway robber betrayed by his lover, Molly, and ending up in a ball and chain in prison.
“Whiskey in the Jar” became a hit for Irish performers like The Dubliners and Thin Lizzy and has even been covered by Metallica and Grateful Dead, but its origins aren't as widely known as the tune itself.
In the modern era,
Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy created a magnificent new version of the old tune in the early 1970s."
(*Irish historical facts via webs)
AUDIO:
Super Blues by Unicorn Heads