There is drinking at the party and someone steps out of line causing one of the guests to be insulted. There is a suggestion in the song that the party is being thrown so that the young man can show off his dancing skills. The song tells the story of a party that is thrown for a specific young man’s recently passed father. "Lanigan's Ball" is often used as a metaphor to describe a situation that has gone horribly awry. In the past, it has been recorded by The Clancy Brothers, The Kingston Trio, The Highwaymen (who had a Top 40 hit with the song), Elton Hayes, The Seekers, The Wiggles, Carmel Quinn and Glenn Yarbrough. This tune, sometimes called “The Whistling Gypsy,” has a blurred history but was eventually copyrighted by Dublin songwriter, Leo Maguire around 1950. The Rare Auld Mountain Dew” "The Gypsy Rover" Most famously, it is referenced in The Pogues “Fairytale of New York”: It was first recorded in New York in 1927. It is about the intoxicating properties of Irish moonshine, Poitín. This song was printed in a collection of songs called “Irish Street Ballads” in 1916. She later dies of a fever but her ghost still wheels the barrow through Dublin. It tells the story of a fishmonger named Molly and her admirer. So much so that there is a statue of Molly at the end of Grafton Street in the city center and June 13 is Molly Malone Day. >Molly Malone is the official anthem of Dublin City. The Clancy Brothers have also recorded it, as have the more recent Dropkick Murphys. The Lambeg drum, loyalist symbol, mixes it up with Irish dancingĭated from the 1850s and the music-hall tradition of comical songs, "Finnegan's Wake" is one of The Dubliners better know songs.18-year-old Bono! Watch U2’s first ever TV performance in 1978.
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