Just heard this on radio; John and Oko, The Luck of the Irish

[The Spin Meister]

Wow, a damning song indeed!

 

[step.eng69]

Wow, a damning song indeed!

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My hearing is troublesome so I found the lyrics.......

The Luck of the Irish
Song by John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, and Yoko Ono
FollowFollowing

Ok, one, two, three, one two, three

1. If you had the luck of the Irish,
   You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
   You should have the luck of the Irish
   And you'd wish you was English instead
   A thousand years of torture and hunger
   Drove the people away from their land
   A land full of beauty and wonder
   Was raped by the British brigands
   Goddamned
   Goddamned
   
   
2. If you could keep voices like flowers
   There's be shamrock all over the world
   If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
   Then the world would be as high as the mountain of morn
   In the 'pool they told us the story
   How the English divided the land
   Of the pain and the death and the glory
   And the poets of auld Eireland
   If we could make chains with the morning dew
   The world would be like Galway Bay
   Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns
   The world would be one big blarney stone
   Why the hell are the English there anyway?
   As they kill with God on their side
   Blame it all on the kids and the I.R.A.
   As the bastards commit genocide
   Aye, aye
   Genocide
   Okay
   
   
3. You should have the luck of the Irish,
   You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
   You should have the luck of the Irish
   And you'd wish you was English instead
   One more time
   
   
4. You should have the luck of the Irish,
   You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
   You should have the luck of the Irish
   And you'd wish you was English instead
   Hey, yes, you'd wish you were English instead
5. 
   Songwriters: John Lennon / Yoko Ono

 

[Hotshoe]

Damming is right. Ono's voice makes me cringe. I'd never trade my Irish roots to be English. Ever.

 

[psu1969a]

My hearing is troublesome so I found the lyrics.......

The Luck of the Irish
Song by John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, and Yoko Ono
FollowFollowing

Ok, one, two, three, one two, three

1. If you had the luck of the Irish,
   You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
   You should have the luck of the Irish
   And you'd wish you was English instead
   A thousand years of torture and hunger
   Drove the people away from their land
   A land full of beauty and wonder
   Was raped by the British brigands
   Goddamned
   Goddamned
   
   
2. If you could keep voices like flowers
   There's be shamrock all over the world
   If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
   Then the world would be as high as the mountain of morn
   In the 'pool they told us the story
   How the English divided the land
   Of the pain and the death and the glory
   And the poets of auld Eireland
   If we could make chains with the morning dew
   The world would be like Galway Bay
   Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns
   The world would be one big blarney stone
   Why the hell are the English there anyway?
   As they kill with God on their side
   Blame it all on the kids and the I.R.A.
   As the bastards commit genocide
   Aye, aye
   Genocide
   Okay
   
   
3. You should have the luck of the Irish,
   You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
   You should have the luck of the Irish
   And you'd wish you was English instead
   One more time
   
   
4. You should have the luck of the Irish,
   You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
   You should have the luck of the Irish
   And you'd wish you was English instead
   Hey, yes, you'd wish you were English instead
5. 
   Songwriters: John Lennon / Yoko Ono

The chances of me ever wishing I was British are slim and none at all. They killed me ancestors for no reason; as many dislike (hate) tyranny so do I.

 

[kijanalives]

Damming is right. Ono's voice makes me cringe. I'd never trade my Irish roots to be English. Ever.

The chances of me ever wishing I was British are slim and none at all. They killed me ancestors for no reason; as many dislike (hate) tyranny so do I.

I think you guys are missing the point. Slainté.
PS: Never order a “Black&Tan” in Dublin, or anywhere on the island for that matter. Google is your friend....

 

[psu1969a]

I think you guys are missing the point. Slainté.
PS: Never order a “Black&Tan” in Dublin, or anywhere on the island for that matter. Google is your friend....

Per the people at the Guiness Brewery in Dublin, the only thing to mix with Guinness is Champagne; it is called a Black Velvet

 

[step.eng69]

I think you guys are missing the point. Slainté.
PS: Never order a “Black&Tan” in Dublin, or anywhere on the island for that matter. Google is your friend....

Cool, I live under a rock. Interesting article.

"One thing made with Guinness that is not Irish is the Black and Tan. Unless you have been living under a rock, a Black and Tan is beer cocktail made with half Guinness and half Bass Ale, where the Guinness floats on top of the Bass. This simple drink can be seen as a metaphor for many things Irish and English; they don’t mix."

An Irish folksong as case in point:

Come Out Ye Black and Tans

I was born on a Dublin street where the royal drums did beat
And the loving English feet walked all over us,
And every single night when me father’d come home tight
He’d invite the neighbors outside with this chorus:

(chorus) Oh, come out you black and tans,
Come out and fight me like a man
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away,
From the green and lovely lanes in Killeshandra

 

[razpsu]

Didn’t we kick England’s ass? Ha! Take that!

 

[lj4heisman1]

Cool, I live under a rock. Interesting article.

"One thing made with Guinness that is not Irish is the Black and Tan. Unless you have been living under a rock, a Black and Tan is beer cocktail made with half Guinness and half Bass Ale, where the Guinness floats on top of the Bass. This simple drink can be seen as a metaphor for many things Irish and English; they don’t mix."

An Irish folksong as case in point:

Come Out Ye Black and Tans

I was born on a Dublin street where the royal drums did beat
And the loving English feet walked all over us,
And every single night when me father’d come home tight
He’d invite the neighbors outside with this chorus:

(chorus) Oh, come out you black and tans,
Come out and fight me like a man
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away,
From the green and lovely lanes in Killeshandra

It's OK to order a half and half, just dont order it by the name
"black and Tan"

ha

Didn’t we kick England’s ass? Ha! Take that!

it is absolutely ok to order a half guiness/half harp in ireland....all irish beer there

just ask for a half and half


Just NEVER order it as a black and tan because of the association with the hated british sympathizing para military force