joolsmoroney's Podcast

Episode 7

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:06:43 +0000

The Traveling People (Ewan McColl) I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people got no fixed abode with no mat I am numbered country lanes and by ways were always my ways I'v never fancied being lumbered well we knew the woods and the resting places and the small bird sang when winter time was over then we'd pack our load and be on the road they were good times for the rover in the open ground you could stop and linger for a week or two for time was not your master then away you'd jog with your horse and dog nice and easy no need to go faster and sometimes we'd meet up with other people hear the news or else swap family information at the country fair's we'd be meeting there all the people of the travelling nation I've made willow creels and the heather besoms and I'v even done some begging and some hawkin' and I've lain there spent rapped up in my tent and I'v listened to the old folks talking All you freeborn men of the travelling people every tinker rolling stone and gypsy rover winds of change are blowing old ways are going your travelling days will soon be over. I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people got no fixed abode with no mat I am numbered country lanes and by ways were always my ways I never fancied being lumbered

Episode 6

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:51:31 +0000

The Belfast Hornpipe

Episode 5

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:33:59 +0000

The Patriot game The Patriot Game is an Irish ballad that critically examines the posture of the IRA during the 1950s. The song is set in the period following World War II when the IRA launched a new campaign to bring about the reunification of Northern Ireland (which is currently part of the United Kingdom) with the Republic of Ireland into an independent united Ireland. It was written by Dominic Behan (younger brother of playwright Brendan Behan), the tune adapted from an earlier folksong, The Merry Month Of May. The song tells the story of Fergal O'Hanlon, an IRA Volunteer from Ballybay, County Monaghan, who achieved minor fame for taking part in an attack on Brookeborough Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in County Fermanagh on 1 January 1957. O'Hanlon was killed in the attack at the age of 20. This incident took place during the IRA's failed mid-century "Border Campaign" (1956 - 1962). The attack was devised and led by Sean Garland, an IRA man from Dublin. Another volunteer, Seán South from Limerick, was also killed during the raid. The song is perhaps one of the most famous to emerge from the Irish nationalist struggle and is immensely popular amongst the IRA, as well as other groups. The Patriot Game has been recorded by numerous artists, including the Kingston Trio, The Bluebells, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers. Dylan allegedly also used the tune when writing his song With God on Our Side. Behan called Dylan a plagiarist and a thief, by claiming the melody as an original composition, in an attempt to goad him into a lawsuit. Behan's argument has some merit, especially when one compares the structure of the song's lyrics; it becomes clear that Dylan lifted the structure of Behan's song to make the song relevant to the America of the Vietnam War era. Dylan's refusal to credit Behan's work (particularly the lyrical structure) was the main issue at stake and, in response, Behan took the view that the provenance of Dylan's entire body of work must be questioned. Behan also took issue with the Clancy Brothers, who chose not to sing the verse that was critical of Éamon de Valera : This Ireland of mine has for long been half free, Six counties are under John Bull's tyranny. And still de Valera is greatly to blame For shirking his part in the patriot game. Behan's contempt of the Clancy Brothers was exacerbated by what he saw as their political shallowness which tended to render the traditional message of the Irish ballad somewhat less powerful in their hands. Behan later became close friends with Sean Garland, officiating as the best man at Garland's wedding. Garland gave the eulogy at Behan's funeral in 1989.

Episode 4

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:13:15 +0000

luke kelly

Episode 3

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:49:01 +0000

Raglan Road Singer Luke Kelly Raglan Road can refer to: "On Raglan Road," an Irish song based on a poem by Patrick Kavanagh Raglan Road (Dublin), a street in Dublin that gave the song its name

Episode 2

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:32:41 +0000

THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE The Fureys A Scottish-born Australian called Eric Bogle, wrote ‘The Green Fields of France’ in 1976. The song is also known as ‘No Man’s Land’, and as this alternative title suggests, it’s an anti-war song. The singer muses at the graveside of a soldier who died in 1916: Willie McBride, and wonders about his death and burial, and ponders over the futility of it all.

Episode 1

Jools Moroney — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:13:27 +0000

The Wolf Tones The Men Behind The Wire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "The Men Behind The Wire" is a song written and composed by Paddy McGuigan of the Barleycorn folk group in the aftermath of internment [1][2] in Northern Ireland. The song describes raids by British soldiers, and the "men behind the wire" refers to those held without charge or trial at Long Kesh prison camp,[2] Magilligan prison camp and on board the Maidstone Prison Ship[3][4][5]. McGuigan himself was picked up in a later round of internment, which some saw as the British State's revenge for writing the song[6].