"Patriot Game" Lyrics
Rob S. Rice
translated) lyrics to the Irish ballad, "The Patriot Game?" The only
version I've ever heard was by a bunch of Tax Protesters.
Many thanks,
Rob S. Rice
rr...@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Ira Solomon
> Could someone please point me to a source for the original (albeit
> translated) lyrics to the Irish ballad, "The Patriot Game?" The only
> version I've ever heard was by a bunch of Tax Protesters.
The song is not translated, but was written by Dominic Behan (Brendan's brother). It is in a
number of books. But the "horse's mouth", so to speak is:
Ireland Sings
Dominic Behan
ISBN 0-8256-9341-1
The song is seldom sung as written. The section on DeValera and on the police are often
taken out.
Good Luck.
Mick Casey
>From: rr...@netnews.upenn.edu (Rob S. Rice)
>Subject: "Patriot Game" Lyrics
>Date: 22 Jan 1995 04:37:33 GMT
> Many thanks,
> Rob S. Rice
> rr...@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Rob,
The Patriot Game is by Domenic Behan ... brother of Brendan Behan the famous
Irish writer.
Regards, Mick.
Robert Ansell
appropriate publishing information. I have tried to locate "Ireland
Sings"but local libraries don't seem to have it listed.
Thanx!
pla...@theride.com
Try the Judy Collins album "Whales and Nightengales" which is probably
still easy to find. It has the song "The Patriot Game". "The Patriot
Game" was probably the song Bob Dylan was, shall we say, parodying when
he wrote "God on Our Side". Some use less polite words than parody.
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PiperBill
I'd sure like to find that album again, but I haven't even seen it in the
old record stores. Geez... I didn't realize how long ago that was!
Bill Tubbs
Christopher Anthony Buehner
I am getting these lyrics from 'The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem- In
person at Carnegie hall. It is the fifth track on the disc and I believe
it is sung by Liam Clancy.
Come all you young rebels, and list while I sing
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame
and it makes us all part of the Patriot Game.
My name is O'Hanlon and I've just gone 16.
My home is in Monaghan where I was weened
I've learned all my life cruel and England to blame
and so I am part of the Patriot Game
It's barely two years since I wandered away
with a local battalion of the bold IRA
I'd read of our heroes and wanted the same
to play out my part in the Patriot Game.
This island of ours has for long been half free
Six counties are under John Bull's tyrrany.
So I gave up my boyhood to drill and to train
To play my own part in the Patriot Game.
And now as I lie here, my body all holes,
I think of those traitors who bargained and sold.
I wish that my rifle had given the same,
To those quislings who sold out the Patriot Game.
Hope this helps, if not, listen to the album anyway. It's fantastic.
Seth Kulick
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>In a previous article, pla...@theride.com () says:
>
>I am getting these lyrics from 'The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem- In
>person at Carnegie hall. It is the fifth track on the disc and I believe
>it is sung by Liam Clancy.
There's also a version of this on Liam Clancy's 1965 solo album. I think
that it may have one more verse, but I'm not sure.
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Christopher Anthony Buehner
>
There's also a version of this on Liam Clancy's 1965 solo album. I think
>that it may have one more verse, but I'm not sure.
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Well, I looked at the '65 album and sure enough, there it was song
number 12. I wrote the lyrics down in case anyone is interested:
They told me how Connolly was shot in the chair
His wounds from the battle all bloody and bare.
His fine body twisted, all battered and lame
They soon made him part of the Patriot Game.
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Scott McGuire
(PiperBill) wrote:
> I remember hearing "Patriot Game" by the Kingston Trio back in the 60s.
> I'd sure like to find that album again, but I haven't even seen it in the
> old record stores. Geez... I didn't realize how long ago that was!
You can get the Kingston Trio version of "The Patriot Game" on a current
album, actually. It's on "The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector's
Series", Capitol CDP 7927102. It's a compilation of all the Trio's
singles that were released by Capitol, which means it's basically a
greatest hits album, although I'm not sure "The Patriot Game" qualifies.
(Even more peculiar is the Kingston Trio version of "Seasons in the
Sun"!!!)
I don't think the original album "The Patriot Game" was released on is
available, though. Capitol was doing a reprint series of the old Kingston
Trio albums, but stopped after the first 8. Sigh!
--Scott McGuire / smcg...@mit.edu
PiperBill
> album, actually. It's on "The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector's
> Series", Capitol CDP 7927102
Too bad the original isn't around. I've looked in about 10 different old
record stores and have seen every single KT album but that one. But
thanks for the tip! A couple of friends and I used to sit around with a
homebuilt stereo amp system (while in high school) and really get off on
the super sound and separation of those albums. Patriot Game was
especially neat, but I'm wondering if they had the same lyrics that have
been posted here...
Bill Tubbs
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his old albums...
I haven't seen anything from him recently.
Stone
Sean Mcdonagh
The Irish Canadian Centre at 1650 Dupont Street is hosting a Ceoltas
weekend on the 17th, 18th and 19th.
The Irish Canadian Centre is staging "The Quare Fella" by Brendan Behan
with the Irish Players on March 2,3,4,9,10,11,16 and 18.
(The Irish Canadian Centre at 1650 Dupont Street has been sold
but the new owner won't take over for another month.)
Phone (416) 762-2582 for tickets (or details).
The Irish Canadian Centre is showing "Out of Ireland", presented by
Deirdre Flannagan, a documentary film dealing with the history of Irish
immigration to America narrated by Kelly McGillis, written and directed
by Paul Wagner. The film contains readings of letters of Irish
immigrants to their families in Ireland and was shown at the Robert
Redford Sundance Film Festival in Colorado in January to great acclaim.
The film shows historical photographs and newsreels with superb footage
shot in Ireland as well as interviews with renowned historians.
That's 8:00 p.m. March 14th.
Proceeds go to the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education.
The Irish Canadian Centre will be alive and jumping on St.Patrick's Day
and after Toronto's St. Patrick Day Parade on the 19th.
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