A Correction Re: [Sca-cooks] 'shillelagh law'

[Sue Clemenger]

Really? I only ever knew of it in connection with James Joyce.  I made 
it through _Ulysses_ okay, but bogged down on _Finnegan's Wake_.
*sigh* It sure would be fun to do one of those Bloomsday tours in the 
Dublin area, though....
--maire, auld used-up English major, homesick for a place she only spent 
3 days in...maybe it's all the rain we're getting, courtesy of An Tir! ;o)

Terry Decker wrote:

> Finnegan's Wake is a 19th Century street ballad.  It is probably of 
> American origin for vaudeville.  A lot of groups have done a version, 
> because it's a fun song to sing.
> 
> Bear
> 
>> Yep that is the Orange and the Green, but I think the Rovers did 
>> Finnegan's
>> Wake also a slightly different version that the Clanceys Brothers ( the
>> finest Irish Folk Act I ever saw in person) did from the old folk 
>> song. Most
>> Irish Folk Songs that are in the top 100 have been done by several groups
>> especially back in the 1960s.