Well, actually it was written and used in the movie The Waking of Ned Devine about a guy who dies in a small Irish village leaving behind a winning lottery ticket for about $7 million pounds. So the song is really about his last words to people in the village saying to raise a glass in his honor.
The movie is terrific and the song absolutely fitting,
Well, actually it was written and used in the movie The Waking of Ned Devine about a guy who dies in a small Irish village leaving behind a winning lottery ticket for about $7 million pounds. So the song is really about his last words to people in the village saying to raise a glass in his honor.
The movie is terrific and the song absolutely fitting,
It's been around since the 1700s and probably earlier still.
It's been around since the 1700s and probably earlier still.