Wearing of the Green (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Wearing of the Green (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins
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I'm back! I was sick for the first few weeks of the new year and didn't have the energy or the voice to make content, but I am hoping to get back on a regular schedule.
"The Wearing of the Green" is a traditional Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the Society of United Irishmen who had been inspired by the French revolution a decade prior. It is sung to an old Irish melody, and many versions of the lyric exist, the best-known by Dion Boucicault which proclaims "they are hanging men and women for the wearing of the green".
The revolutionary Society of United Irishmen adopted green as its color, and supporters wore green-colored garments, ribbons, etc.
Lyrics:
Oh! Paddy, dear, now did you hear
The news that's going round,
The shamrock is by law forbid
To grow on Irish ground.
Saint Patrick's Day no more we'll keep
His color can't be seen
For there hangin' men and women for
The wearing of the green.
I met with Napper Tandy
And he took me by the hand
And he said "How's poor old Ireland?
And how does she stand?"
She's the most distressful country
That ever you have seen,
They're hanging men and women for
For wearing of the green.
2. Then since the color we must wear
Is England's cruel red
Sure Ireland's sons will n'er forget
The blood that they have shed.
You may take the shamrock from your hat
And cast it on the sod,
But 'twill take root and flourish still
Tho' underfoot 'tis trod.
3. But if at last our color should
Be torn from Ireland's heart,
Her sons with shame and sorrow
From the dear old sod will part.
I've heard a whisper of a country
That lies beyond the sea,
Where rich and poor stand equal
In the light of freedom's day.
Oh, Erin! Must we leave you,
Driven by the tyrant's hand?
Must we ask a mother's welcome
From a strange but happy land?
Where the cruel cross of England
shall never more be seen
And in that land we'll live and die
for the wearing of the green.
For the wearing of the green
For the wearing of the green
They're hangin' men and women for
the wearing of the green
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Oh, Paddy dear, now did you hear the news that's goin' 'round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
Saint Patrick's Day no more we'll keep, his colors can't be seen
For they're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green!
Oh, I met with Napper Tandy, he took me by the hand
He said "How's dear old Ireland, and how does she stand?"
"She's the most distressful country that you have ever seen
For they're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green!"
For the wearing of the green, for the wearing of the green
They're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green
Then since the color we must wear is England's cruel red
Sure, Ireland's sons will ne'er forget the blood that they have shed
You may take the shamrock from your hat and cast it on the sod
But 'twill take root and flourish still, though underfoot 'tis trod
My father loved his country, and sleeps within its breast
While I, that would have died for her, must never so be blest
Those tears my mother shed for me, how bitter they'd have been
If I had proved a traitor to the wearing of the green
For the wearing of the green, for the wearing of the green
They're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green
But if at last our colors should be torn from Ireland's heart
Her sons with shame and sorrow from the dear old isle will part
I've heard a whisper of a land that lies beyond the sea
Where rich and poor stand equal in the light of freedom's day
Oh, Ireland, must we leave you, driven by a tyrant's hand
And seek a mother's blessing from a strange and distant land
Where the cruel cross of England shall never more be seen
And in that land we'll live and die for the wearing of the green
For the wearing of the green, for the wearing of the green
They're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green
For the wearing of the green, for the wearing of the green
They're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green
I see here in the comments that this song has brought about some good conversations that aren’t often had these days. What I admire about you is that you don’t only sing the popular, cheery tunes, you sing the songs that talk about truth and reality. While not about this particular song, A teaching moment came about from the cover you did of Saint Patrick’s Battalion. A friend of mine, who while not heavily Irish in blood but more in spirit, I sent her that song, and she said good song, but was skeptical of the concept. She wasn’t aware that the St.Patrick’s Battalion was real, and we had a decent talk about it. So the thing about music, the sad and somber songs, they serve a great purpose, and I’m glad there are people like you who still sing them.
Beautiful rendition, absolutely beautiful. Well done Seth. Such meaning in this song that’s still relevant, even today.
It's a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. Thank you for brightening my day with your exceptional talent. I adore your voice.
Nice,
can you do By the rising of the moon? and maybe Spancil Hill
I've been obsessed with your music for the past few weeks pls keep uploading :)
Will do!
My favorite rendition! Thank you! ☘️✨️
A beautiful song of liberation let's all keep singing these rebel songs till the whole world round is free from all forms of tyranny
2 months later, absolutely still loving this song. Need it on an album!
Soon!
@@sethstatonwatkins can't wait!
agreed
I was thinking I was just thinking how it would be if you sang with @Colm_R_McGuinness. That would definitely be a goose bumps moment. I personally suggest "The Star of County Down" as a song request.
He did that already
As a man from finland we fought for our independence against a stroonger power and won long live ireland rip the men that fought for freedrom 🇫🇮🇳🇬
You would make a nice job of the The Minstrel Boy lad.
Yes please!
Wonderful, as always.
Sincerely grateful for your work.❤️
Many thanks!
babe wake up seth watkins dropped a song
IRISH SCOTTS KEV HERE.Not to be THE WIERD FAN.BUT TO HAVE A SPOUSE AS BEUTIFUL INSIDE INSIDE N OUT SIDE LIKE YOU.❤THANK U FOR SHARING YUR (OBVIOUS)GOD GIVEN TALENT N HEART.MORALS.ECT.✌️🤟🤟🙏🙏🙏🏴🇨🇮🍀🙏
What a wonderful cover Seth! Great Job as always! Children of Fear by the Wolfe Tones next?
Why does this sound so close to rising of the moon
Same tune, but this is technically the original
Brilliant song
can you sing the last farewell of the wolfe tones ? beautifull song !
Bring the old version of The Kerry Recruit back please!
Cuir gaeilge ar sea!
I was a bit worried you wouldn’t cover this one because you already got Rising of the Moon
I was trying to place the tune but couldn't find it! Thank you!
Absolutely love everything you do!
Can you do the rare old Mountain Dew and rosin the bow
I and all mine got up this morning and went to the St Pat's parade here in Jackson Mississippi we were over 30000 strong. We never will forget the Green. Wish ya were here!!
Leaving from Mobile in March for St. Paddy's in Savannah. Woulda gone to Chicago or New York, but if you're not Hispanic, Islamic or gay I don't believe they want ya there.
I put together a playlist of songs that remind me of my honeymoon in ireland with the love of my life. This cover definitely reminds me of drinking full cups of fireball whiskey with our good friend paul in his living room somewhere in northern ireland, picking around on his guitars and singing together through the night and then waking up half drunk to shovel down some bacon and beans on toast and guzzle tea before heading to the giant's causeway. It was the most amazing place in the world and we had the best time at the quiet little villages, just browsing the shops and historic buildings. Thanks for taking me back to that, even if just for a moment.❤
Amazing!
Another fine rendition Seth, bravo! Would U ever consider doing Top Ra Loo Ra?
This is an awesome rendition! Have you considered doing "Boy's of the old brigade" I think you could do an amazing job with that one.
It’s on his first album on streaming platforms (and iTunes). Look for track 7 on Easter Rising
@@menyou1443 Thank you for the heads up I'll be sure to give it a listen.
Spancill hill needs to be done please
I was waiting for you to upload.
Another amazing song!! Encore!! Encore!!!!
Haha thank you!
I've been listening to Liam Clancy's cover of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle a lot recently. Something tells me you sir, would be phenomenal if you did a rendition of that song.
omg you are so talented!!
Hey man, I know you don't usually respond to comments or the like, but it'd be really cool if you re-uploaded your original cover of the Kerry Recruit, I personally prefer it to the other version you have up.
Beautiful song and I understand why they had to flee Ireland but I wonder how American Indians would feel about this song
Oh no doubt the line about a land across the sea is false and lacks nuance. I try not to take that line too seriously and focus on their story in Ireland. The Irish were treated horribly when they immigrated to the United States, and of course would have then witnessed the abject horrors of chattel slavery and indigenous genocide, to the dismay of many, like Thomas Meagher.
@@sethstatonwatkins Your comment blatantly show how you have been brainwashed into thinking that Irish nationalism is about civil right when it is evidently not. I say this partially because "the line about a land across the sea" is not about North America rather it is about France and the Irish of 98 who had to flee to France such as Napper Tandy. This just shows that you know absolutely nothing. I honestly find it disgusting that degenerates such as you try to equate themselves to Irish Nationalist who died fighting for their homeland and religion. You are not an Irish Nationalist, you care not for the people of Ireland, you care not about preserving Irish identity, sovereignty and/or culture. You simply care for advancing your own twisted degenerate worldview and you simply want to infiltrate Irish nationalism and republicanism and use it as a way to further your own degenerate agenda! SHAME!!! SHAME!!! SHAME!!!
Ahem..."The best-known version is by Dion Boucicault, adapted for his 1864 play Arragh na Pogue, or the Wicklow Wedding, set in County Wicklow during the 1798 rebellion. In the second verse, Boucicault's version recounts an encounter between the singer and Napper Tandy, an Irish rebel leader exiled in France. Boucicault claimed to have based his version on a half-remembered Dublin street ballad. His addition of the third and last verses is in notable contrast to the middle verse in advocating emigration to America rather than staying in defiance. Boucicault himself fled to New York after leaving his wife for a young actress." The narrator is in France at the start of the song, but refers to the United States in that verse. Also, I have never claimed to be an Irish nationalist, I merely show support for revolutionary causes including Irish reunification, but also those led by the people of Palestine, Yemen, Iran, etc. But all that aside, anyone that gets this angry about the use of a song to advocate for basic human rights is a bad egg.
This is one source (magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/leininger_miller.html) but it also just makes sense given the chronology of the song. He is already in France talking with Napper Tandy by verse 2 so it wouldn't make sense for him to reference France again as nothing more than mere whispers. Also, the lyricist immigrated to the United States and likely wrote that verse in relation to his own desires. That verse was not part of the original street ballad but was added later, in the 1840s by Dion. Second, you seem confused about how any of this works. It just so happens that both of those songs were heavily requested by my viewers, many of whom are Irish. I don't like Sean South. He was a right wing fascist and I only sang that song because I enjoy the melody, and again it was requested of me. I made clear in the description that I do not agree with his politics (a sentiment shared by many of my viewers as well). Next, "My Old Man's a Provo" is a parody enjoyed by many people, most of whom are far removed from the politics and I did not use either of these songs to promote my worldview (read the descriptions). Regarding the PIRA, they did distance themselves from traditional Marxist/Leninist/Maoist communism but they were still majority socialist (unlike Sean South). They began to downplay their socialist beliefs to gain support from Irish Americans but they also received money and weapons from eastern bloc countries that would have been at the approval of the Soviet Union. Their major disagreement with the OIRA was related to their desire to continue their reliance on brute force rather than sit-ins, protests, electoral victories, etc. but a socialist republic was still their stated goal. People like Sean South (capitalist, fascist, imperialist shills...he openly admired the likes of A.K. Chesterton, a leading British fascist) were a minority and that was well known in his time, even among other conservative Catholics. For you to simply overlook and discount the majority socialist Irish revolutionaries over the last century is hypocritical at best, and blatantly treacherous at worst. Finally, many native Irish relate their own historical strife to the contemporary struggles of different peoples across the globe, and those struggling do the same when they listen to these songs and find courage to fight their own battles. This is evident in my own comment sections. That is the wonderous legacy of these songs that you would have tarnished by your xenophobia.
Could you possibly do a rendition of tobacco island
One of my favorite songs, you've done right by it! Fantastic ☘️ thank you
The tune reminds me of rising of the moon
Same melody, this is the original but only by a decade or two
You should do the full version of the Irish national anthem; it’s a great rebel song in and of itself! 🇮🇪
☘️💜 Irish Pride 💜☘️ written by an English sympathizer 💜☘️
10/10 as always 🥰
I'd love to hear a rendition of either Back Home in Derry, or The Jackets green by you Seth.
Live for what you yearn, and die for what you love.
Seems like this song is to the same tune as "The Orange and the Green" if I'm not mistaken?
It shares the same tune as "The orange and the green" and "the rising of the moon". He has covers for both of these. This song isn't the original tune though , "the rising of the moon" is. Its tune is also used in the civil war songs "the army of the free" and "the wearing of the grey"
@@pintoffanta2510 I knew the Orange and the Green had something in it! Had no idea they were the same tho. Thanks for clarifying I’m not crazy(:
It shares the same tune as The Rising of the moon.
My ancestors love this
That’s cool(: what’s their story? Did they also wear the green?
My cousin-Henry Joy McCracken-led the Society of United Irishmen and was taken for wearing the green…
Beautiful as always Seth please release on Spotify
Stunning rendition of a moving song. Well done, as usual!
Great Rendition! What is the necklace? A Hammer?
Indeed
For Wearing Red black and green! Free Palestine!!!!
Its also a civil war song, "the army of the free" and "the wearing of the grey"
This is the original, the music and tune were used to make those songs! Amazing songs the both, but if not for this, they wouldn’t have a catchy and amazing tune.
@@gallantcavalier3306 I believe "the rising if the moon" was the original
Edit: I have just googled at and you are right, however the rising of the moon was written very soon after this one
@@pintoffanta2510 thanks for the bonus info! I recognized it instantly but didn’t know the chicken and the egg of this one(:
Wearing of the grey was the first I heard. As I grew up in Texas, it's still seen as a folk song.
Please don’t promote pro-slavery songs
Isn't this same song as rising of the moon? With just a different text.
Indeed! This is the original.
Now you have to do the wearing of the grey
idk ig I can make two requests but if I can I would like to request
Farewell my home in Greta and
Men of harlech I think your voice suits these songs well just discovered you and it just sparked a love for these music
Right now, the Irish government is hanging their own people for the wearing of the green. For standing up for their own people and for their safety.
really?
@willcrisp496 Nonsense. The far-right fascist protesters in Ireland are not standing up to oppression. They are stepping on the little guy. Refugees and asylum seekers have every right to seek safety in Ireland and elsewhere.
I like to change one of the lines, myself. 'I've heard lies told me of a land, that dwells beyond the sea, where rich and poor stand equal in the light of freedom's day'