A Correction Re: [Sca-cooks] 'shillelagh law'
Sue Clemenger
mooncat at in-tch.com
Mon Jun 6 18:40:47 PDT 2005
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.
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