Fiddler's Green (With Lyrics) - The New Barleycorn
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Fiddler's Green is an Irish sailor's vision of the afterlife "where the girls are all pretty and the beer it is free, and there's bottles of rum hangin' from every tree" Performed by The New Barleycorn. Lead vocal by Alec DeGabriele. Written and copyrighted by John Conolly.
We borrowed this version of this song for a slide show of pics for my sister's recent memorial service, as she had her own sailboat, and her own pirate name (Starboard Sara). My wife & I live in Cleveland, and have seen, and are acquainted with John & Alec. When they played this song at the Celtic Festival on June 24th, Wifey & I held each other and, while I sang along, we just WEPT.
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In memory of Kevin Clements friend and shipmate ,ships manager of the Mincarlo gone to fiddlers green R.I.P. Kevin.
It's amazing how many times this song is NOT attributed to John Conolly, and it should be, he's far too modest to keep claiming credit - but he wrote it and deserves the kudos for this great song. This group do it beautifully though.
I meet John Conolly when playing in a pub in north Cornwall and a nicer man you could not meet.
@@TheColinbond987 agreed ive met John too and had a long chat with him lovely man.
Grimsby through and through
I'll fourth on how nice John Conolly is, very nice and funny man and his warmth of spirit comes across in all of his songs.
"Fiddler's Green is an Irish sailor's vision of the afterlife"
Blimey, I didn't realise that Grimsby is in Ireland.
Funny isn't it?
@@BrianWMay I blame the modern school system; they obviously don't teach geography any more.
I’ll see you someday in Fiddler’s Green, Dad
Big Man Ting cuz he's getting buried at sea
As I kissed my dad on the face , I whisperd that in his ear, miss my dad still , this helps
love this song!!
Love it 😍
This is dedicated to the men on the S.S. EDMUND FITZGERALD, lost with all hands, 29, on Lake Superior, November 10, 1975
I'll see you soon, grandpa.
Great version but as Brian points out the song was written by John Conolly and he was from the Grimbsy area in England. Nothing Irish about it other than some Irish bands covered it.
It sometimes seems that almost every decent "trad-style" song is attributed as being Irish....Dirty Old Town, Shoals of Herring, dozens of others that just happen to have been played by The Dubliners, Chieftains, Clancy's or Pogues, but which have their roots away from Ireland. I've even seen a Kate Rusby performance of Steve Tilston's "Tom Paine" being described as "wonderful Irish music"....singer English, Writer English, subject of song English! Go figure.
Yes, this is of course written by John Conolly from Lincolnshire (Grimsby and all that).
Why do so many English folk songs (and songs like this written in the folk idiom) get attributed to Ireland? There's a mixture of reasons I think. Most people are more or less ignorant of the extent and variety of English folk songs. And they'd be pretty surprised at how many of the popular songs they think are Irish in origins that are in fact English.
The media and the record industry is mostly to blame I think. They push a romanticised version of Ireland and Irish music, whilst basically ignoring English folk music. It's not surprising that in their ignorance people will ascribe these songs to the Irish, since like the dance music, Irish and English folk music is closely related. Irish singers and musicians will obviously play English (and Scottish/Welsh and other) material, and that's perfectly fine, no-one would dispute this. But I wish people would go less with the lazy assumptions that everything is Irish. English folk music does exist and has made (and still does make) a massive contribution, give it its dues and help it flourish.
Dirty Old Town is another one. The song was written about Salford, although many, many people think that it is about Dublin. I know, I perform this song & that is what the people say to me.
@@robertbrusellenglishguitarist
Also 'The Wild Rover', 'The Black Velvet Band', 'The Jug of Punch', 'Sam Hall/Jack Hall' and the tune to 'The Star of the County Down' amongst many.
Im singing this in my welcome assemmbly
A very very good performance. it's so nice to discover a so beautiful group! Someone can tell me if they yet perform ?
+Shimon Rubin The New Barleycorn still perform in and around Cleveland Ohio. Their schedule can be found on their website. www.thenewbarleycorn.com/schedule.php
+Lawrence047 Thanks a lot Lawrence. I am in France now!
One of them are my grandad
Wait the artist your grandpa?if ao im sorry for your loss
They played at my sisters wedding in 2004, it was beautiful
No more 'round' the docks I'll be seen ??
He’s gone to the other side
Here for comparison is John Conolly who wrote the song singing it (he is a lovely chap with many other fine songs to his credit) ruclips.net/video/_E_yY-xJDx4/видео.html
Just a really good version of this song. Not too concerned who wrote it. Lyrics found on the internet.
Yeah, but you'll happily attribute the song as "Irish" and disregard facts that you're too lazy and shallow to look up.
So you wouldn't wish to receive acknowledgement of your work? That of course is YOUR choice . . .
its not irish , its english... not everthing sung is irish...daft prattt.......its always been the opposite of Davy Jones locker...shee!