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The Irish Rover
22818370
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SKU: A0.1484708
By Seamus Kennedy. Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Thomas Degan. 20th Century,Celtic,Folk,Irish,Standards,Traditional. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. Thomas Degan #1061797. Published by Thomas Degan (A0.1484708)."The Irish Rover" is an Irish folk song about a magnificent though improbable sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, some of whom have made changes to the lyrics over time.
The song describes a gigantic ship with "twenty-three masts" (versions by The Dubliners and The Pogues claim twenty-seven), a colourful crew and varied types of cargo in enormous amounts. The verses grow successively more extravagant about the wonders of the great ship. The seven-year voyage culminates in a disastrous end, after the ship suffers a measles outbreak, killing all but the narrator and the captain's dog. The ship then strikes a rock, turning "nine times around" and sinking. The captain's dog drowns in the incident, and the narrator is the only survivor, "the last of the Irish Rover", leaving no one else alive to contradict the tale.
-Wikipedia.
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