The liner notes for this one read as follows:
"We had already finished this song that was based on general correspondences to and from the soldiers serving in Iraq when we were contacted by the family of Sgt. Andrew Farrar who had recently died while serving there. The family wanted to tell us he was a big supporter o the Dropkick Murphys. They also passed on a letter that he had written to his mother shortly before his death in which he thanks her for sending him a Dropkick Murphys CD and said that if anything should happen to him while in Iraq, he would like one of our songs played at his funeral. He also left behind a wife, Melissa and two young boys Tyler and Liam. His tour of duty in Iraq was coming to an end and he was due to come home and renew his wedding vows with Melissa to another song of ours, "Forever." Sgt. Farrar died on January 28th, on his 31st birthday. We were present at his funeral to grant his wish and played "Fields of Athenry" as his casket entered the church. This song was re-written to include exceprts from that letter."
Great song, too. Bound to be a classic.
It makes me wonder if they played it classicaly or punk rockily. I hope it was the latter.
The liner notes for this one read as follows: "We had already finished this song that was based on general correspondences to and from the soldiers serving in Iraq when we were contacted by the family of Sgt. Andrew Farrar who had recently died while serving there. The family wanted to tell us he was a big supporter o the Dropkick Murphys. They also passed on a letter that he had written to his mother shortly before his death in which he thanks her for sending him a Dropkick Murphys CD and said that if anything should happen to him while in Iraq, he would like one of our songs played at his funeral. He also left behind a wife, Melissa and two young boys Tyler and Liam. His tour of duty in Iraq was coming to an end and he was due to come home and renew his wedding vows with Melissa to another song of ours, "Forever." Sgt. Farrar died on January 28th, on his 31st birthday. We were present at his funeral to grant his wish and played "Fields of Athenry" as his casket entered the church. This song was re-written to include exceprts from that letter."
Great song, too. Bound to be a classic.
It makes me wonder if they played it classicaly or punk rockily. I hope it was the latter.