Présentation Irish Rover

The Irish Rover

Introduction

The Irish Rover

The dubliners and the Pogues

The Dubliners

1962 - Dublin

Ciarán Bourke, Luke Kelly, John Sheahan Barney McKenna, Ronnie Drew

Irish folk songs, traditional street ballade and instrumentals

- 30 albums - 40 million records - sold-out tours (last 50 years).

The Pogues

Historical Context

The origin

20th century, by the Clancy Brothers

tale of adventure at sea

exaggeration

themes

fate and luck

The story

27 masts

Barney McGee, the captain, a dog, Mickey Coote, ...

cargo in enormous amounts

measles broke out

ship got lost in the fog

struck a rock

The lyrics

Version of the bounding main

Version of The Dubliners and The Pogues

Original version

In the year of our Lord fifteen hundred and six We set sail from the cold bay of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For that grand city hall down in York An elegant craft she was rigged fore and aft And how the trade winds drove her She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts And they called her the Irish Rover

On the Fourth of July, Eighteen Hundred and Six We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For that grand city hall down in York 'Twas a wonderful craft She was rigged, fore and aft And oh, how the wild wind drove her She stood several blasts She had twenty seven masts And they called her The Irish Rover

In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six, We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand City Hall in New York 'Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged 'fore and aft And how the wild winds drove her She 'stood several blasts, she had twenty-seven masts And they called her the Irish Rover

The story

Conclusion

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