Een ode aan Sint- Patrick - Irish Pub song van The High Kings

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Eergisteren vierde de Ierse gemeenschap overal ter wereld “Saint-Patrick’s Day”. Patrick is de patroonheilige van Ierland. Hij bracht er het Christendom binnen. In de late 5de eeuw stierf hij op 17 maart.

Reeds sinds 1600 werden St.Patricks vieringen gehouden op deze dag. Het frappante is dat deze feestdag eigenlijk pas in de jaren 1800 door de Ierse immigranten in de Verenigde Staten naar een hoger niveau werd getild. Ze wilden hun afkomst en cultuur eren en hielden parades en vieringen. Ook vandaag nog wordt St. Patricks Day meer gevierd door Ierse gemeenschappen in het buitenland dan door de Ieren in Ierland zelf.

Waar een Ierse gemeenschap huist, is natuurlijk ook een Ierse Pub gevestigd. U kent er zelf ongetwijfeld minstens één hier bij ons en ook op vakantie raakte u ongetwijfeld wel eens verzeild in een Iers etablissement.

De vier heren van de Ierse folkband “The High Kings” schreven over het feit dat er overal ter wereld Ierse pubs te vinden zijn een knappe folksong.

De sound van The High Kings is uniek. Enerzijds klinken hun stemmen prachtig samen. Anderzijds spelen ze samen maar liefst 13 instrumenten!

Wil je ze graag zelf live zien? In juni vinden er op diverse locaties in het Verenigd Koninkrijk concerten plaats!
 

The High Kings – The Irish pub song

Well, you're walkin' through a city street, you could be in Peru
And you hear a distant calling and you know it's meant for you
Then you drop what you were doing and you join the merry mob
And before you know just where you are, you're in an Irish pub

They've got one in Honolulu, they've got one in Moscow too
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job
'Cause where ever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub

Now that design is fairly simple and it usually works the same
You'll have 'Razor Houghton' scoring in the Ireland - England game
And you know you're in an Irish pub the minute you're in the door
For a couple of boys with bodhrans will be murdering Christy Moore

They've got one in Honolulu, they've got one in Moscow too
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job
'Cause wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub

Now the owner is Norwegian and the manager comes from Cork
And the lad that's holding up the bar says 'Only Eejits Work'
He was born and bred in Bolton but his mammy's from Kildare
And he's going to make his fortune soon and move to County Clare

They've got one in Honolulu, they've got one in Moscow too
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job
'Cause wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub

Now it's time for me to go, I have to catch me train
So I'll leave ye sitting at the bar and face the wind and rain
For I'll have that pint you owe me, if I'm not gone on the dry
When we meet next week in Frankford in the fields of Athenry

They've got one in Honolulu, they've got one in Moscow too
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job
'Cause where ever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub

They've got one in Honolulu, they've got one in Moscow too
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job
'Cause wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub
Wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub

Songwriters: Brian Flynn