6/11/2023 0 Comments Arm arm ye brave lyrics![]() ![]() Here, not to hear Tom Paxton or Bob Dylan but to hear Irish lads and lassies, sing out a folk song as only we, with our unbroken tradition can. There is also the point that continental and American visitors, come Them, in a friendly way of course, that these songs are a carrying on of the traditions of rebel songs as long as the injustice continues, and we are sure that all honest English visitors, once they know the facts will admit that this is an injustice and will probably end their visit to an Irish ballad session shouting ''Up The Rebels.'' Partition, or British troops in the Six Counties, perhaps our Irishįriends who bring visitors to hear such rebel songs, could explain to. If on the other hand the song is a contemporary one, and mentions Go to ballad sessions know quiet well that the songs are not aimed at them personally, and if the songs tell the same wrong doing in the past, surely they can appreciate it for its historical significance. Just in case these letters should increase in the coming months and perhaps discourage our folk groups from singing our rebel songs.įirstly we are quiet sure that the majority of overseas visitors who We would like to point out however, some facts that have a bearing on the matter. Now far be it for us to suggest that these letters are part of some sinister campaign to undermine the confidence of our singers in their own folk songs. These letters usually close with a pious wish that folk singers in the coming tourist season will not offend our English visitors. Of late we have noticed a number of letters appearing in the evening newspapers proporting to be from annoyed Irish people who claim that during the tourist season last year, they brought their English visitor friends to some ballad session or other, only to be embarrassed by the singing of rebel songs. It's a sort of explanation as to why rebel songs are played at sessions in pubs in Ireland. ![]() Here's a story that appeared in Folk Magazine in 1968.
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