Boolavogue - Irish Ballad

Boolavogue is an old Irish ballad, written by Patrick Joseph McCall in 1898 to commemorate the centenary of the 1798 rebellion and the campaign of Father John Murphy.
Fr Murphy was a priest who rose up to fight against british rule as part of the 1798 rebellion, he and his men defeated the British at Oulart Hill and at Enniscorthy Co.Wexford. He was eventually captured at Tullow Co.Carlow and executed soon after.
Lyrics below;
At Boolavogue as the sun was setting
O'er the bright May meadows of Shelmalier,
A rebel hand set the heather blazing
And brought the neighbours from far and near.
Then Father Murphy from old Kilcormack
Spurred up the rocks with a warning cry:
'Arm! Arm!' he cried, 'For I've come to lead you;
For Ireland's freedom we'll fight or die!'
He led us on against the coming soldiers,
And the cowardly yeomen we put to flight:
'Twas at the Harrow the boys of Wexford
Showed Bookey's regiment how men could fight.
Look out for hirelings, King George of England;
Search every kingdom where breathes a slave,
For Father Murphy of County Wexford
Sweeps o'er the land like a mighty wave.
At Vinegar Hill, o'er the pleasant Slaney
Our heroes vainly stood back to back,
and the Yeos at Tullow took Father Murphy
and burned his body upon a rack.
God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy
And open Heaven to all your men,
The cause that called you may call tomorrow
In another fight for the Green again.

[@MrEpeeFencer]

Cheers from a Yank across the pond. Been listening through your channel and haven't heard a bad song from you yet.

[@barbarapalmer8224]

Beautiful song paddy..and you have a voice.

[@studslannigan6286]

Greatest Irish Reb song ever and that's saying something given the thousands of songs in competition 🎉🎶🎵🎉

[@peterpauldonoghue7024]

God grant you glory brave Father Murphy and open heaven to all your men
The cause that called you may call tomorrow in another fight for the Green again.

[@patoconnor1773]

Great rendition of a great song
LOCH GARMAN ABU !!

[@ourLiam40]

Great voice very easy listining ..

[@nualahall6859]

Love this Paddy

[@richardobrien3004]

Great song so wonderfully sung 👏👏👏☘️🙋🏻‍♂️

[@odettehokemeir4425]

This is really beautiful!

[@murphk87]

10 year old video.. cant tell you how much this means, and how beautiful your voice is. Thanks for this

[@michaelbarry3038]

Got me welling up Paddy, off to bed goodnight Amigo

[@karinsmederevac6138]

I am german and i love your voice❤

[@patriciaharkin1571]

Beautiful Paddy.

[@rawdog314]

Amazing cover man👍

[@leeleef]

From Galway, but I love this song

[@gc7782]

Beautiful song

[@michaelbirt8499]

Class!

[@mobilegoat1]

Good job Paddy

[@ttfweb1]

Really nice.

[@marcosquinones8511]

If able please put on Apple Music. Thank you.

[@mobilegoat1]

Great job paddy . My ancestors left Ireland because of the potato famine .

[@PeteC-vp6de]

Can I buy a Paddy Boyle CD?

[@dustydebmcmurray5028]

I'm looking for a CD of his, also.