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I removed the link saying it has the same tune as Cam Ye O'Er from France. The reference quoted says nothing about it, and the songs sound absolutely nothing alike. I think it was just a troll. 99.120.200.86 ( talk) 22:19, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
"The Rocky Road to Dublin" is also a (very controversial!) documentary film created by Peter Lennon in 1968. I'm not sure how to enter the film into Wikipedia, but it should be documented here! An extensive description can be found here: http://www.iol.ie/~galfilm/filmwest/25rocky.htm
The main fascination about this film is that it was never really shown in Ireland, because the "authorities" feared it. Is seems to be still classified as banned in Ireland, as IMDB seems to suggest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192534/
I know that lyrics are often open to individual interpretations, however in the first line I have never seen nor heard the "Merry month of June". The versions I have heard have been the "Merry month of May". Is there an 'official' version to cite? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.169.189.226 ( talk) 14:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
In the 78rpm recording I uploaded to the Internet Archive and updated the article here about, the line is indeed "Merry month of June."
Scarletdown ( talk) 20:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Request for editing:
After hearing it again in the Sherlock Holmes movie I checked for the lyrics and the chorus as given on the main site looks to be corrupted:
(Chorus):
One two three four five,
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
And all the way to Dublin, whack follol de rah!''
This is not being sung (at least not by the The Dubliners and those versions I've heard) and expands to "follow the (I.)R.A.", commonly added to football songs sung by the green half of Glasgow. No need to be included in such a representative page. What is being sung is actually:
Chorus:
One, two three, four five
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da!
... with no meaning at all, AFAIK.
Link:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Rocky-Road-To-Dublin-lyrics-Dropkick-Murphys/2F4C9F8DE52F5FCE48256C22000DECEE —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Ynnis (
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14:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
There's quite a bit of slang in this song, notably the latter part of the chorus. Could you folks make a paragraph explaining the meanings? Since the song was used at the end of the recent version of Sherlock Holmes this article will be referenced by people throughout the world. I would also be personally grateful. My friends and I loved the song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.107.210 ( talk) 08:53, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I am unsure of what this date beside harry's name is supposed to signify; if it is in reference to his birth and death, the page his name links to gives a conflicting date. (Harry Clifton (born 1952)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.27.218.197 ( talk) 03:53, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
D.K. Gavan "The Galway Poet" is mentioned on many websites, but no one seems to have a source to his full name, historical background. Did he even realy exist? The two references provided are non-searchable (The Era magazine, 22 February 1863 and Attribution on sheet music). Can anyone veryify these, and maybe create a separate page on The Galway Poet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.58.253.57 ( talk) 15:03, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and cleaned up this article a bit. In particularly, I've removed the lyrics per WP:NOTLYRICS. Note that the guideline says, "For songs in the public domain the article should not consist solely of the lyrics (Wikisource should be used for such articles instead), but should instead provide information about authorship, date of publication, social impact, and so on. Quotes from an out-of-copyright song should be kept to a reasonable length relative to the rest of the article, and used to facilitate discussion, or to illustrate the style; the full text can be put on Wikisource and linked to from the article." We have that exactly here. The lyrics are on Wikisource, and a link is given at the bottom. Having all of the lyrics in the main body is excessive, so it's been removed.
I've also done some link cleanup, and removed non-notable versions of the song. Honestly I don't like the Recordings section at all, but I can live with it for now. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 18:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
it should be noted that its not possible to walk from Tuam to Mullingar in just one day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.69.241.2 ( talk) 15:28, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
'While another user has made this claim, a Google Maps search indicates that this walk can be made in just under 23 hours, so very difficult, but it's simpler than a walk into Mordor, particularly for a fit individual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.19.85 ( talk) 19:22, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an Irish drinking song called "An Bairille" which shares it's melody with Rocky Road to Dublin. JayBirdtyper ( talk) 18:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
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I removed the link saying it has the same tune as Cam Ye O'Er from France. The reference quoted says nothing about it, and the songs sound absolutely nothing alike. I think it was just a troll. 99.120.200.86 ( talk) 22:19, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
"The Rocky Road to Dublin" is also a (very controversial!) documentary film created by Peter Lennon in 1968. I'm not sure how to enter the film into Wikipedia, but it should be documented here! An extensive description can be found here: http://www.iol.ie/~galfilm/filmwest/25rocky.htm
The main fascination about this film is that it was never really shown in Ireland, because the "authorities" feared it. Is seems to be still classified as banned in Ireland, as IMDB seems to suggest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192534/
I know that lyrics are often open to individual interpretations, however in the first line I have never seen nor heard the "Merry month of June". The versions I have heard have been the "Merry month of May". Is there an 'official' version to cite? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.169.189.226 ( talk) 14:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
In the 78rpm recording I uploaded to the Internet Archive and updated the article here about, the line is indeed "Merry month of June."
Scarletdown ( talk) 20:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Request for editing:
After hearing it again in the Sherlock Holmes movie I checked for the lyrics and the chorus as given on the main site looks to be corrupted:
(Chorus):
One two three four five,
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road
And all the way to Dublin, whack follol de rah!''
This is not being sung (at least not by the The Dubliners and those versions I've heard) and expands to "follow the (I.)R.A.", commonly added to football songs sung by the green half of Glasgow. No need to be included in such a representative page. What is being sung is actually:
Chorus:
One, two three, four five
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da!
... with no meaning at all, AFAIK.
Link:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Rocky-Road-To-Dublin-lyrics-Dropkick-Murphys/2F4C9F8DE52F5FCE48256C22000DECEE —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Ynnis (
talk •
contribs)
14:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
There's quite a bit of slang in this song, notably the latter part of the chorus. Could you folks make a paragraph explaining the meanings? Since the song was used at the end of the recent version of Sherlock Holmes this article will be referenced by people throughout the world. I would also be personally grateful. My friends and I loved the song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.107.210 ( talk) 08:53, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I am unsure of what this date beside harry's name is supposed to signify; if it is in reference to his birth and death, the page his name links to gives a conflicting date. (Harry Clifton (born 1952)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.27.218.197 ( talk) 03:53, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
D.K. Gavan "The Galway Poet" is mentioned on many websites, but no one seems to have a source to his full name, historical background. Did he even realy exist? The two references provided are non-searchable (The Era magazine, 22 February 1863 and Attribution on sheet music). Can anyone veryify these, and maybe create a separate page on The Galway Poet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.58.253.57 ( talk) 15:03, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and cleaned up this article a bit. In particularly, I've removed the lyrics per WP:NOTLYRICS. Note that the guideline says, "For songs in the public domain the article should not consist solely of the lyrics (Wikisource should be used for such articles instead), but should instead provide information about authorship, date of publication, social impact, and so on. Quotes from an out-of-copyright song should be kept to a reasonable length relative to the rest of the article, and used to facilitate discussion, or to illustrate the style; the full text can be put on Wikisource and linked to from the article." We have that exactly here. The lyrics are on Wikisource, and a link is given at the bottom. Having all of the lyrics in the main body is excessive, so it's been removed.
I've also done some link cleanup, and removed non-notable versions of the song. Honestly I don't like the Recordings section at all, but I can live with it for now. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 18:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
it should be noted that its not possible to walk from Tuam to Mullingar in just one day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.69.241.2 ( talk) 15:28, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
'While another user has made this claim, a Google Maps search indicates that this walk can be made in just under 23 hours, so very difficult, but it's simpler than a walk into Mordor, particularly for a fit individual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.19.85 ( talk) 19:22, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an Irish drinking song called "An Bairille" which shares it's melody with Rocky Road to Dublin. JayBirdtyper ( talk) 18:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)