Heard this song at every German Beer Festival when I was stationed there during the Cold War. Didn't know it was Irish until I walked into an Irish pub in West Berlin and learned otherwise. Perhaps the best beer drinking song ever.
This song is well awesome in billions of ways and well sang, and this band are awesome they lasted 50 years from 1962 to 2012 and did well for themselves.
The last time I went over to Ireland, I went to Murrays restaurant,at the top of O'Connell Street in Dublin. That's where I heard the Wild Rover for the first time. Brilliant song. God bless Ireland, from a Welshman with Irish ancestry 🇨🇮.
I recognise Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Sean Cannon and Eamonn Campbell, but who are the others? Red shirt (first solo), White shirt / white beard / deep voice (second solo), blue shirt (fourth solo)
@@robertmcalpine488 Thanks! Ronnie Drew looked a real character with his long white beard and his strangely mesmeric eyes. I've just found a video of him singing The Captains and The Kings ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7yHPmDfr-wY.html, a pisstake by an Irishman of colonial Eton-and-Oxford-educated Englishmen (other public schools and universities are also available). Some Brits might be offended by Brendan Behan's words, but I thought it was hilarious. If you can't laugh at your own (former) culture, you can;t laugh at anyone else's.
In order on stage from left to right and shirt colors 1. Barney McKenna (white, banjo) 2. John Sheahan (white, violin) 3. Jim McCann (blue, lead vocalist for Verse 4) 4. Sean Cannon (iguana green, lead vocalist for Verse 3) 5. Ronnie Drew (pink, lead vocalist for Verse 2) 6. Paddy Reilly (red, lead vocalist for Verse 1)
It is originally a Burnley song. No nay never, no nay never no more, will we play Blackburn Rovers no never no more. It doesn't make any sense as a Blackburn song as all of the lyrics tell you not to be a Rover never to be a Rover etc.
@@liamryan4745 Since the Dubliners had a chart hit with it back in the 60's it has taken on a life of its own and most now seem to believe it's Irish. The irony - a famous Irish drinking song that is actually English and is a cautionary tale about the evils of drink.
