Clancy Brothers fans check-in!

[elshiva]

[1gobluedem]

1. We grew up on the Clancy Brothers

My favorite song when I was four was 'Riley's Daughter.' Our mother had/has all the CB albums.

Best song ever...The Irish National Anthem

The Soldier's Song

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus

Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale!
The long watched day is breaking;
The serried ranks of Inisfail
Shall set the Tyrant quaking.
Our camp fires now are burning low;
See in the east a silv'ry glow,
Out yonder waits the Saxon foe,
So chant a soldier's song.

Chorus

[elshiva]

7. I loved "God Bless England"

[Bridget Burke]

2. Yes! Pioneers in Irish music & still lots of fun.

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem came to NYC to become actors & began singing in bars. The Folk Music Boom was happening, so they picked up guitar, banjo & penny whistle. They were quite popular & I've got several of their LP's.

Previously, "Irish music" had been Bing Crosby singing "Toora Loora Loora". Back in Ireland, Sean O Riada was working with serious, traditional Irish music. His experiments led to The Chieftans & most "modern traditional" Irish music.

You might consider The Clancys forerunners of The Dubliners--strong vocals & lively spirit rather than subtle tunes in a minor key. But still lots of fun. Apparently their LP's have been reissued in many different CD's. Time to warm up the old turntable.

[LisaM]

3. I LOVE the Clancys

I grew up on them too! (well, to be fair, I did grow up in the same house as 1gobluedem....) we saw them in Ann Arbor in the 1980s and they were as wonderful as ever.

One of my favorite anecdotes from the Maya Angelou books is when she was riding somewhere in the first class section on a plane and saw the Clancy Brothers - whom she knew - and they all sang Irish songs together much to the surprise of the rest of the passengers.

My favorite song of theirs used to be The Shoals of Herring, though now I prefer the more revolutionary ones.

[roguevalley]

4. saw them in concert numerous times. LOVE THEM! Bob Dylan

said Liam Clancy had the most beautiful tenor in the world and he used to hang with them in the 60's. Ah, the day!

[1gobluedem]

5. Did you ever hear him sing 'The Dutchman?'

Bet you anything you can't listen without crying. It's gorgeous.

[1gobluedem]

6. Dupe: delete

[mcscajun]

8. Loved 'em! Still do. Especially when Tommy Makem was 'in the mix'

Although I lean more towards traditional Irish music these days, you just can't beat the Clancy Brothers for fun, drinking and fighting songs.

Favorites: "Tim Finnegan's Wake", "Whiskey, You're the Devil", "Kelly, the Boy from Killanne", "Johnny McEldoo", "Brennan on the Moor", and without a doubt, "Roddy McCorley"