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Thread #169613 Message #4141225
Posted By: Felipa
08-May-22 - 01:31 PM
Thread Name: Any May songs?
Subject: RE: Any May songs?
James Connolly, trade union activist and leader of the Irish Citizen Army, was executed on 12 May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising for Irish independence.
JAMES CONNOLLY SONGS : I have added links to lyrics and recordings in one of the James Connolly discussion threads on Mudcat. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13902
TITLES:
JAMES CONNOLLY
WHERE OH WHERE IS OUR JAMES CONNOLLY
CONNOLLY WAS THERE
Dick Gaughan - Connolly Was There https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4zt3hOkiwg
MAY 12th, 1916- A SONG FOR JAMES CONNOLLY
Niall Connolly - May 12th 1916 - A Song for James Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWa0ubNgQ9I
"Paddymac" posted words to a poem, CONNOLLY, by Liam Mac Gabhann, on the same Mudcat thread on 22 Sept. 1999
There is also a thread containing several of James Connolly's own compositions and several of his lyrics/poems are in the DT. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16522