Irish Drinking Tunes

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heading to Dublin for a buddies bachelor party! Post some of your favorite irish old timey drinking tunes (aren’t they all!). Favorite of mine…

#2

I’M A SAILOR PEG AND I LOST MY LEG!

#3

An old classic.

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American mate.

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which the Mountain Goats stole the chorus (including the bit in Irish - poorly) for…

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haha is that just a tune you listen to while drinking?

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Check out my buddies band Lynched

#14

ah they’re great

#15

That’s what they were looking for right? This is one too.

#16

No idea now.
My initial reaction was “But David Byrne is Scottish!”

#17

CLIMBING UP THE TOP SAILS, I’VE LOST MY LEG!

#18

Still American :grin:

#19

Not a drinking tune but there’s not many threads on DiS where I would get an excuse to post a song by an Irish folk singer. I’ve always loved a bit of Christy Moore, someone partly handed down to me by by Limerick-native dad. Viva La Quinta Brigada is one of his best songs, a tribute to the Irish volunteers who fought for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War:

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