{"id":14597,"date":"2022-02-03T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=14597"},"modified":"2022-02-03T10:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:48:28","slug":"where-the-river-shannon-flows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/where-the-river-shannon-flows\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the River Shannon flows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Where the Shannon River flows<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1904<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>James I. Russell<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN9579<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Dave Carter<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
unknown, USA : Indiana; 1938
Fultz, Helen \/ Allen, Alma; USA : Arkansas; 1960
Moore, George; Canada : Ontario; 1963
Graham, Mrs. N.; Ireland : Co. Antrim; 1969
Taylor, Mary Grace; Canada : Newfoundland; 1976
Clifford, Michael; Ireland : Co. Kerry; 1980
McGonigle, Kathleen; Ireland : Co. Donegal; 1988
Smith, Wiggy; England : Gloucestershire; 1994
Hancy, Charlie; England : Suffolk; no date<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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There's a pretty spot in Ireland\nI always claim my my land\nWhere the fairies and the blarney\nWill never, never, die\nIt's the land of the shillalah.\nMy heart goes back there daily\nTo the girl I left behind me\nWhen we kissed and said good-bye\n\nWhere dear old Shannon's flowing\nWhere the three-leaved shamrock grows\nWhere my heart is I am going to my little Irish rose\nAnd the moment that I meet her\nWith a hug and kiss I'll greet her\nFor there's not a colleen sweeter,\nWhere the river Shannon flows.<\/em>\n\nSure no letter I'll be mailing,\nFor soon will I be sailing\nAnd I'll bless the ship that takes me\nTo my dear old Erin's shore\nThere I'll settle down for ever,\nI'll leave the old sod never\nAnd I'll whisper to my sweetheart,\n'Come and take my name Asthore.'\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A song from the early 20th century when many of the songs sung in the British Halls were starting to be imported from America. This one was written by Irish American vaudeville comedian James Russell. In America it was sung both by the cross dressing comedians The Famous Russell Brothers <\/em>and by blackface performers The Honey Boy Minstrels.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dave Carter<\/a> seems to have popularised the song in British Music Halls – there are reports of him singing it with “great success” in 1908. However, like other songs imported from America in the early 20th century it doesn’t seem to have been associated with one particular performer, and it featured in the repertoire of a number of British and Irish artists in the 1900s including blackface minstrel performer Will Oakland of the Moore and Burgess Minstrels. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A wonderful jazz version by Bunk Johnson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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