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POPSIrish Songs & Lyrics Well, there was Whiskey in the Jar and me Black Velvet Band wasn't where it was supposed to be... and we thought the Black and Tans were at the door, The Holy Ground wasn't so holy any more, ah shite it's saturday night in Ireland..dontja just love it?
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POPSOne of the Best Dance tunes, IMO. The most previous gift that the Irish brought to America was our music. The best thing that you gave us back was our own music, refined and distilled and reinvigorated. The proof of this distillation was RIVERDANCE, which extracted every drop of Celtic blood on the planet, even the Chinese. Along the way there were Irish music bands from the UK like the Pogues and Dexy's Midnight Runners, proving that Irish music is in the genes no matter where you are born. 20 years on and the Pogues are #1 for Christmas with "Fairytale of New York". Personally, I could not play even a tin whistle but I was compensated and blessed with a heart and feet able to recognize good dance music from the walze to rock to Irish.