Author Black 47
Stars and Stripes
The river gleams at night, stars shiver and sigh
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Contributed by Alessandro 2009/10/1 - 13:13
James Connolly
Una canzone su James Connolly e sull'insurrezione irlandese del 1916. Il testo schernisce i toni folkloristici e mette invece l'accento sulla componente marxista del movimento nazionalista.
Marchin' down O'Connell Street with the Starry Plough [1] on high
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Contributed by Io non sto con Oriana 2018/8/11 - 13:09
Song Itineraries:
Conflicts in Ireland
The Day They Set Jim Larkin Free
In due dischi compilativi dei Black 47, “Elvis Murphy's Green Suede Shoes” del 2005 e “Rise Up: The Political Songs” del 2014.
Su queste pagine abbiamo già incontrato James Larkin (1876-1947), combattivo sindacalista irlandese.
Fu uno dei leader del “Frithdhúnadh Mór Baile-Átha-Cliath”, il “Dublin Lock-Out”, il grande sciopero per il diritto all’organizzazione sindacale che paralizzò l’Irlanda dall’agosto del 1913 al gennaio del 1914 quando la repressione poliziesca (che causò almeno quattro morti, uno dei quali – il dirigente sindacale Michael Byrne – picchiato a morte sul cellulare in cui era stato rinchiuso), il crumiraggio e la fame spinsero la maggioranza dei lavoratori a tornare alle fabbriche.
Jim Larkin decise di cambiare aria per un po’, ma anche negli USA riuscì a mettersi subito nei guai: aderì all’IWW, si fece espellere dal partito socialista per via del suo entusiastico sostegno... (Continues)
Su queste pagine abbiamo già incontrato James Larkin (1876-1947), combattivo sindacalista irlandese.
Fu uno dei leader del “Frithdhúnadh Mór Baile-Átha-Cliath”, il “Dublin Lock-Out”, il grande sciopero per il diritto all’organizzazione sindacale che paralizzò l’Irlanda dall’agosto del 1913 al gennaio del 1914 quando la repressione poliziesca (che causò almeno quattro morti, uno dei quali – il dirigente sindacale Michael Byrne – picchiato a morte sul cellulare in cui era stato rinchiuso), il crumiraggio e la fame spinsero la maggioranza dei lavoratori a tornare alle fabbriche.
Jim Larkin decise di cambiare aria per un po’, ma anche negli USA riuscì a mettersi subito nei guai: aderì all’IWW, si fece espellere dal partito socialista per via del suo entusiastico sostegno... (Continues)
I see what is, I see the way things should be
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2014/10/13 - 16:12
San Patricio Brigade
I came to this country an innocent boy
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2011/10/5 - 11:48
The Big Fellah
[1994]
Home of the Brave
On 6 December 1921 Michael Collins (also known as The Big Fellow) and the British signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Sinn Fein leader Eamonn de Valera and other republicans, who were not consulted by Collins, did not agree and considered Collins as a traitor. This treaty ended the War of Independence and started the Civil War.
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Home of the Brave
On 6 December 1921 Michael Collins (also known as The Big Fellow) and the British signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Sinn Fein leader Eamonn de Valera and other republicans, who were not consulted by Collins, did not agree and considered Collins as a traitor. This treaty ended the War of Independence and started the Civil War.
www.triskelle.eu
Mo chara is mo lao thu!
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Contributed by DonQuijote82 2011/4/9 - 11:42
Song Itineraries:
Conflicts in Ireland
Ballad of Cindy Sheehan
[2008]
Album "Iraq"
"The gutter press, the talking heads on TV, the DC chicken-hawks, they all did such a job on this woman that I was a bit leery meeting her. Was she really just another egomaniac looking for attention? But those planted fears faded away in the warmth of her smile and the firmness of her handshake. All I saw was an American mother trying to stop this madness before another women loses her son."
(Larry Kirwan from Black 47)
Cindy Sheehan perse il figlio Casey, ucciso il 4 aprile 2004 durante il servizio militare in Iraq. Da quel momento la Sheenan divenne uno dei volti e delle voci più note del movimento contro la guerra.
Si veda anche la canzone di David Rovics Song for Cindy Sheehan.
Album "Iraq"
"The gutter press, the talking heads on TV, the DC chicken-hawks, they all did such a job on this woman that I was a bit leery meeting her. Was she really just another egomaniac looking for attention? But those planted fears faded away in the warmth of her smile and the firmness of her handshake. All I saw was an American mother trying to stop this madness before another women loses her son."
(Larry Kirwan from Black 47)
Cindy Sheehan perse il figlio Casey, ucciso il 4 aprile 2004 durante il servizio militare in Iraq. Da quel momento la Sheenan divenne uno dei volti e delle voci più note del movimento contro la guerra.
Si veda anche la canzone di David Rovics Song for Cindy Sheehan.
The sweetest light shines from a child’s eyes
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Contributed by Alessandro 2009/10/1 - 13:32
Downtown Baghdad Blues
[2008]
Album "Iraq"
"One weekend a month! That's what they said when we joined the Guard. Two full tours later, I'm almost used to this hellhole. Everyone's got their problems. One guy can't take the heat, another the dust, the smell, the flies, the dogs howlin', the call to prayer. And I got you… readin' between the lines of your email, wonderin' why you can't be bothered writin' a letter. Nothin' over her makes any sense but you make even less. As soon as we're gone the sand will cover up everything - just like we'd never come. So, what the hell am I doin' here in the first place?"
(Larry Kirwan from Black 47)
Album "Iraq"
"One weekend a month! That's what they said when we joined the Guard. Two full tours later, I'm almost used to this hellhole. Everyone's got their problems. One guy can't take the heat, another the dust, the smell, the flies, the dogs howlin', the call to prayer. And I got you… readin' between the lines of your email, wonderin' why you can't be bothered writin' a letter. Nothin' over her makes any sense but you make even less. As soon as we're gone the sand will cover up everything - just like we'd never come. So, what the hell am I doin' here in the first place?"
(Larry Kirwan from Black 47)
Got a buddy in Najaf, he’s playing it straight
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Contributed by Alessandro 2009/10/1 - 13:18
Bobby Sands MP
Scritta da Larry Kirwan (1954-), nativo di Wexford, Irlanda, ma naturalizzato statunitense, scrittore e musicista, fondatore nel 1989 dei Black 47 insieme a Chris Byrne, che poi lasciò la band nel 2000.
Nell’album dei Black 47 intitolato “Green Suede Shoes” del 1996.
(Bernart Bartleby)
Nell’album dei Black 47 intitolato “Green Suede Shoes” del 1996.
(Bernart Bartleby)
My name is Bobby Sands MP
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Contributed by adriana 2007/3/3 - 16:22
Song Itineraries:
Conflicts in Ireland
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Album "Iraq"
"Johnnie was just a kid. I mean we were all kids but he seemed younger, less sure of himself. Anbar changed that. Grow up or die. It only took one mistake but Johnnie didn't make any. That's what I liked about him. Guy had eyes in the back of his head. I guess his luck ran out. It was the longest hour of my life. Waiting for that chopper. Begging him to hold on. I still remember the last thing I said to him, “when we get back to Bragg, I'm gonna drink your ass under the table.” Yeah…" (Larry Kirwan from Black 47)