The Punch Brothers, Marcus Mumford sing "The Auld Triangle" 

I like Oscar Isaac

"Irish man and a Dubliner". Which one is it?

@@reredrumuoy What do you think? Asking such an obvious question is stupid.

@@coryCuc it just went over your head thats all.

@@reredrumuoy Good one.

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first thing I noticed ! :)

go find the one with Justin Timberlake

The guy to his left does too. Hard to differentiate.

Joe Marino bicycle u

dude yeah, thats amazing

Thank you!

Get ur facts right....Behan didn't right this song

@@raaaaaaaaaager In his defense, every time the Dubliners sang it they stated themselves that it was written be Behan. But thanks for the heads up they were obviously wrong. " Subject: RE: The Ould Triangle From: GUEST,Tom Neary Date: 21 Jul 12 - 08:11 PM As a matter of clarification to the debate of who wrote The Auld Triangle, I can confirm that it was indeed Dicky Shannon who penned the song for Behan. Brendan and Dicky were very close pals, aswell as drinking mates. The song refers to the joy (Mountjoy) jail in Dublin. It was very common in those days for men to get themselves locked up, as it would guarantee bed and board for a few nights. Strange I know, but that's wha poverty does I suppose? I have many stories of their escapades together, including a visit they made to the BBC, in which Brendan promised to record a series of short stories. This was of course dependant on him being paid up front for his services. Sadly he never recorded the stories, but was given a small retainer, so the drink flowed for a while. Brendan always credited Dicky for the song because they were great pals, however, I can verify that Dicky never received a penny in royalties and neither did his family, but Brendan did give Dicky's eldest son Michael (Mickser) Shannon the boat fare to come to England in 1955. A gesture that Mickser has never forgotten. I know this to be true because I am Dicky's grandson, and he would relate his story to keep us entertained as kids. Having read Sullivans book on Behan ican see why they were such good friends. They appear to have had very similar outlooks to life."

I watched the play. It was performed in the back of a little book shop on caple st

so magnanimous! now let's have a pint of beer, or rare auld mountain dew!!!

Almost as good as the Dubliners and Ronnie Drew R.I.P.

i'll listen to them, so deepening my knowledge of Irish popular culture. Ciao dall'Italia

John mac erlean almost

let them be afraid,,,,

Diarmuid Cahill Agreed, Chris Thile is an American treasure.

Adam McDermott vclpp00

a pal of mine almost drowned in it, some hopeless egit thought he was his son and he jumped in after him ,but couldnt swim, almost got both of them killed trying to float on him.

None of these are English (one is half), they are all american.

There not trying to be Irish but what a great tune

Josh Freney what about Marcus Mumford?

It absolutely was.

I think it was Chris Thile's shrug as he said it, like, "Humpy Gussy...whoever that is.."

he was a prison officer apparently

@@petercunningham3115 they've got the lyrics wrong. Humpy Gussy is the cell mate. The lags were peeping(they wouldn't be asleep at work) as Humpy Gussy lay there sleeping, weeping for his gal Sal(not the singers girl because he later sings about wanting to be in the female prison).

+Zack Dilworth They're laughing because in verse 3 he betrays the fact that he hasn't a clue as to the meaning of the lyrics he's singing.."..Humpy Gussy was creapin" (although I believe it was written "Humpy Gussy was peepin'). And towards the end they're laughing about this boy longing to be in the female prison down the way, "Jingle Janglin" with 75 women. If you don't find the humor in that you're most certainly a virgin ;)

@@aarononeal1628 The lags were peeping as Humpy Gussy lay there sleeping, weeping for his gal Sal (the singer sings about wishing he was in the female prison so wouldn't if he was in love)

I think your comment is excellent. I'm impressed that you noticed that very subtle nuance, but it doesn't take anything away from this excellent rendition. Brian, Ireland.

Yes! The laughter is misplaced at some of the lines. They're not cheeky lines. Especially the last verse about the female prison, it's heart breaking.

+MacKeeper Review As in, "from Ireland, Irish" or simply, "My great grand parents emigrated from Ireland a really long time ago, Irish?"

Actually from Ireland

This cracked me up!!! Thank you. :-)

The auld triangle is the metal triangle the prison guards rang when prisoners had dinner, yard and bedtime etc.

Maybe heaven is living in vivid memory and reenactment.

+Devon Brandl Awesome mate

They just did it their own way. I'm just happy other people like the song.

molesticles its easy to be smug and dismissive when you!re Irish It!s not like appreciation of music or creativity had anything to do with this. Get off your high horse and acknowledge that other people want to share the culture of our music. Tog E go bog E

+Ó Slatraigh i'm italian, and I love it!

I'm Irish and I don't see how they ruined anything? It was excellent in my opinion