Guitar: Moses Ri Tooral I Ay

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Channel: threelegsoman · 2009 · Music

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Written by Brian O'Higgins to a familiar Irish tune (my most recent upload using it was Master McGrath) This reflects on the period when the Irish language was outlawed in Ireland; the inability of the police to speak, or even recognize the language presented enforcement problems.
Briscoe was Dublin's mayor. He was Jewish. As the Clancy Brothers say on their recordings of this song, it does not so much show the love of the Irish for the Jews as the stupidity of the British policeman.

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