Some of MacColl's best songs were those he made about Navvies - specifically those for the film, The Irishmen (unreleased in Britain and shown only once in Ireland as an obituary tribute to the film-maker, Phillip Donnellan)
Because of the programme not being shown, the songs didn't get the circulaation they deserved - I think Tunnel Tigers was the only one to have made an impact
Others include, 'Farewell to Ireland' (re-written from the tradition, 'Rambler from Clare', 'The Nipper's Song', 'New Rocks of Bawn', 'Indeed I Would', 'Van Diemans Land 1965', 'Dublin Jack-of-All-Trades', 'The Devil and Ganger McGlinn' and 'The Rambling Irishman'
Like many of MacColl's best songs, several of these are based on recordings of navvies used for the film
Jim Carroll