To be fair Ewan McColl was English but both parents Scottish and grew up surrounded by and collaborating with Irish/Scottish trad music so his style is very typical of that. Same as Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl. Dubliners covered this from Ewan and then Shane covered theirs. English songwriter by birth but very much Irish & Scottish folk style.
@@paul479 irish music only started in the late 50s. this sang was was written about ten years before before the irish bands appeared. irish musicians adopted the more fun raucous diddly dee/toora loo scottish style also some of the english style. i'e tin whistles,alang with many scottish and english sangs.
@@brucecollins641 "Irish music only started in the late 50s". OK pal, sure, most stupid thing I've heard in a long time. I mean you could at least claim the 1850s since it had such an impact in America around that time period but ok, you're counting from the folk revival around the Dubliners era 🙄 As for "diddly aye" in Scotland you'll find there is a lot of shared and very similar culture between both nations. From music to whiskey to food to traditional dress and more. Even the native language is mostly the same. The very word "Scotland" comes from the Latin "Scoti" meaning Irish people. You seem like a history buff so you probably know why, right? Clown. The Scott's were butchered and planted by the English same as Ireland so there's a but of a northern Irish situation going up there in identity politics.
Excellent Michel ! 😉👍
Merci 😁
dirty old town.......english,.... grand version tho.
Merci
To be fair Ewan McColl was English but both parents Scottish and grew up surrounded by and collaborating with Irish/Scottish trad music so his style is very typical of that. Same as Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl. Dubliners covered this from Ewan and then Shane covered theirs. English songwriter by birth but very much Irish & Scottish folk style.
Very interesting
@@paul479 irish music only started in the late 50s. this sang was was written about ten years before before the irish bands appeared. irish musicians adopted the more fun raucous diddly dee/toora loo scottish style also some of the english style. i'e tin whistles,alang with many scottish and english sangs.
@@brucecollins641 "Irish music only started in the late 50s". OK pal, sure, most stupid thing I've heard in a long time. I mean you could at least claim the 1850s since it had such an impact in America around that time period but ok, you're counting from the folk revival around the Dubliners era 🙄 As for "diddly aye" in Scotland you'll find there is a lot of shared and very similar culture between both nations. From music to whiskey to food to traditional dress and more. Even the native language is mostly the same. The very word "Scotland" comes from the Latin "Scoti" meaning Irish people. You seem like a history buff so you probably know why, right? Clown. The Scott's were butchered and planted by the English same as Ireland so there's a but of a northern Irish situation going up there in identity politics.
Very nice. Not Irish though. Written about Salford.
Thanks