Correction to statements above: This song is a poem originally written by famous Irish playwright Brendan Behan. Brendan Behan did not write the Irish national anthem (called The Soldier's Song for those of us not familiar), that was written by his uncle Peadar Kearney.
This song was I believe first performed by The Clancy Brothers. The Pogues did without a doubt the best version of it. I was happy to find that DKM did a cover of it, until I heard the cover... Sure enough, they butchered what was once a very pretty song.
Correction to statements above: This song is a poem originally written by famous Irish playwright Brendan Behan. Brendan Behan did not write the Irish national anthem (called The Soldier's Song for those of us not familiar), that was written by his uncle Peadar Kearney.
This song was I believe first performed by The Clancy Brothers. The Pogues did without a doubt the best version of it. I was happy to find that DKM did a cover of it, until I heard the cover... Sure enough, they butchered what was once a very pretty song.