Thanks for posting this video, lively at times, hard to keep a camera steady , I know, Here are the words of the Croppy Boy as Sean O'Sé has just sung them: 'Twas early early all in the Spring the birds did whistle and sweetly sing changing their notes from tree to tree and the song they sang was old Ireland Free "twas early early all in the night the yeoman cavalry gave me a freight the yeoman cavalry was my downfall and taken was I by Lord Cornwall As I went walkin' up Wexford Hill oh who would blame me to cry my fill I looked behind and I looked before my aged mother I shall see no more As I went walkin' up Wexford Street my own first cousin I chanced to meet my own first cousin did me betray and for one bare Guinnea sold my life away As I was mounted on the platform high my aged Father I chanced to spy My aged Father did me deny and the name he gave was the Croppy Boy It's in Dungannon where this young man died and in Dungannon where his body lies so all good people who do pass by do drop a tear for the Croppy Boy
Yeah because they’re likely to have that bellend in Dublin as a statue , a monumental cunt that got duped by the tories and regretted it for years after the fact.
I think 'croppy boy' is not understood as a term now - I think it was an insult the Protestants aimed at the Fenians - like when people now call East European immigrants (like my wife) a 'cabbage picker'. Really disgusting and offensive and it's good that these hatreds are remembered if only in song.
The term "croppy " referred to the fact that the rebels had a tendency to cut off their long hair as a symbolic of rebellion etc ,hence they had cropped their hair and were called croppies
@@mattpbent yes I think maybe you're right and have heard this explanation before. But it's good isn't it that we discuss this stuff. Hope all well with you and your loved ones.
@@mattpbent maybe was like in the English civil war where the monarchists - cavaliers - had hippy flowing locks - like a proto prog rock band - Jethro tull or some outfit like that - and the republicans were called roundheads for maybe the same sort of etymological reasons as croppy boy. Maybe we had more lice than them and couldn't afford shampoo so had to cut our hair short? Maybe that's right?
GOD he has lasted so WELL...May GOD guard him...Mo cheol thu Sean.
Love this, what a singer .
My primary school HEADMASTER! They feared him
And the song they sang was ol' Ireland free. Greetings and love from KSA. 🇮🇪 🇸🇦 💚
He has a beautiful voice
Loved that, but now i'm in tears. My country heart and soul.
Am a Scot but I live in Dublin...it is worth your tears, one would have to have no soul if he did not weep at this; Erin go Bragh Agus ALBA go deo.
Sean had a great voice - beautiful, real, sincere...
Still has, thank God!
Perfect
Powerful singer… very beautiful….
1916 19921 1969 not over wild ireland over these GRAVES. ❤
Beautiful and tears. Much love and a hopeful tradition.
Three cheers for sean from a cork exile
How great our patriots were. Not one left! Any FíorGhaeil out there for God and for Ireland?
Thanks for posting this video, lively at times, hard to keep a camera steady , I know,
Here are the words of the Croppy Boy as Sean O'Sé has just sung them:
'Twas early early all in the Spring
the birds did whistle and sweetly sing
changing their notes from tree to tree
and the song they sang was old Ireland Free
"twas early early all in the night
the yeoman cavalry gave me a freight
the yeoman cavalry was my downfall
and taken was I by Lord Cornwall
As I went walkin' up Wexford Hill
oh who would blame me to cry my fill
I looked behind and I looked before
my aged mother I shall see no more
As I went walkin' up Wexford Street
my own first cousin I chanced to meet
my own first cousin did me betray
and for one bare Guinnea sold my life away
As I was mounted on the platform high
my aged Father I chanced to spy
My aged Father did me deny
and the name he gave was the Croppy Boy
It's in Dungannon where this young man died
and in Dungannon where his body lies
so all good people who do pass by
do drop a tear for the Croppy Boy
Duncannon not Dungannon an Passage is where his body lies
Mighty good song, do you mind if i share this? Got goosebumps
Glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to share 👍
The Croppy Boy is buried in Passage East not in Duncannan town . B
Sad no decent singers left in Dublin to sing this . Sean done a good job,he reminds me of a magician with his hand movements . V
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They are different verses to what i réad in my Grandfathers school book of the croppy boy
Everything is going to be okay 👌 personally I am off the Myles buried RIP
A 1798 song ,at least he's getting close .
It took the yanks to manners on Cornwall'
"Croppy Boy Lie Down" I think maybe explains it.
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The statue at the start is that Lord Carson (he was a dubliner)
No it’s James Larkin. He was from Liverpool.
@@pyotrpyotrovitch I ain't ignorant I know like Pop Larkin out the Darlin buds of May 🤣
Yeah because they’re likely to have that bellend in Dublin as a statue , a monumental cunt that got duped by the tories and regretted it for years after the fact.
I think 'croppy boy' is not understood as a term now - I think it was an insult the Protestants aimed at the Fenians - like when people now call East European immigrants (like my wife) a 'cabbage picker'. Really disgusting and offensive and it's good that these hatreds are remembered if only in song.
The term "croppy " referred to the fact that the rebels had a tendency to cut off their long hair as a symbolic of rebellion etc ,hence they had cropped their hair and were called croppies
@@mattpbent yes I think maybe you're right and have heard this explanation before. But it's good isn't it that we discuss this stuff. Hope all well with you and your loved ones.
@@mattpbent maybe was like in the English civil war where the monarchists - cavaliers - had hippy flowing locks - like a proto prog rock band - Jethro tull or some outfit like that - and the republicans were called roundheads for maybe the same sort of etymological reasons as croppy boy. Maybe we had more lice than them and couldn't afford shampoo so had to cut our hair short? Maybe that's right?
@@mattpbent they had their Hair cut short like edward fitzgearld
@@briandoherty245 yip
lads what is this, it is not the croppy boy we sing in wexford. it hurts my ears
ua-cam.com/video/inudphH0pik/v-deo.html. try this Kevin Spencer
Speksavers are now doing hearing tests 👂