| The High Kings – The Rocky Road To Dublin Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song, as with almost all, traditional Irish music is telling a story. Basically, a man leaving home making his way from eastward across Ireland while running into a few bumps along the way. I’ll go over the confusing stuff (for an American). Vs1 Tuam is a town just north of Galway near Ireland’s west coast. Brogues are shoes. Chorus During British occupation , singing certain songs was outlawed do to their Irish patriotism. So the Irish people got really skilled at making up sounds in place of actual lyrics. You can see this in play in the chorus of this song. Vs 2 Mullingar is a town quite a way east of tuam so he made considerable progress in one verse and one chorus. Drop of the pure is traditionally whiskey but now can refer to any spirited drink. This lyric has traditionally been “on ‘for’ drinking.” Vs 3 Dublin on the east coast. His “bundle” gets stolen. While skiing around for his bundle the native dubliners didn’t respond well to his accent “Connaught brogue” wasn’t in vogue. Vs 4 So he tries to leave for Liverpool. Quay is the pier Paddy is a way to refer to yourself. Holyhead is the eastern port of England. Riding at the bottom of the ship with the pigs all the way across the Irish Sea made him wish were dead or back on the road to Dublin. Vs5 Some liverpudlians were calling him a fool and insulting Ireland so he starts attacking them with his “shillelagh” walking stick. Some Irishmen were nearby helped him in the fight and they “cleared the way” won the fight for Ireland. The end. |
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