The Pogues - The Broad Majestic Shannon - HD Audio & Video Remaster

The song is about the area Shane MacGowan's grew up in during his early childhood, on the shores of Lough Derg by the Shannon River.
Shane was born in Pembury, Kent, England to Irish parents and spent his early years in Count Tipperary, Ireland before moving back to England when he was six and a half.
The Broad Majestic Shannon
The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks
There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks
You sang me a song that was pure as the breeze
On a road leading up Glenaveigh
I sat for a while at the cross at Finnoe
Where young lovers would meet when the flowers were in bloom
Heard the men coming home from the fair at Shinrone
Their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go
Take my hand and dry your tears, babe
Take my hand, forget your fears, babe
There's no pain, there's no more sorrow
They're all gone, gone in the years, babe
I sat for a while by the gap in the wall
Found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball
Heard the cards being dealt and the rosary called
And a fiddle playing "Sean Dun Na Ngall"
And the next time I see you we'll be down at the Greeks
There'll be whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks
For it's stupid to laugh and it's useless to bawl
'Bout a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball
Take my hand and dry your tears, babe
Take my hand, forget your fears, babe
There's no pain, there's no more sorrow
They're all gone, gone in the years, babe
So I walked as the day was dawning
Where small birds sang and leaves were falling
Where we once watched the row boats landing
By the broad majestic Shannon

[@MegaMd76]

What a song. Up there with their best.

[@annbreen9924]

This song should be number 1 in Ireland as an Irish girl growing up on rural farm & left at 16 to go to London & then Australia at 19....this so resonated with my whole self.

[@sachakennefick8541]

“So I walked as the day was dawning
Where small birds sang and leaves were falling
Where we once watched the row boats landing
By the broad majestic Shannon”
Rip Shane👑🇮🇪🕊️

[@123Heikki]

Take my hand and dry your tears, Shane
Take my hand, forget your fears, Shane
There's no pain, there's no more sorrow
They're all gone, gone in the years, Shane

[@thewards1867]

Magic

[@risboturbide9396]

RIP 🍻🍻🍻

[@siobhantimon9104]

Great song rip Shane

[@AndreasGruber1]

Thanks for bringing this up!
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