After making mention the other day of that great rollicking Northern Irish folk song, The Belle of Belfast City (also known as Tell Me Ma), I couldn't resist posting it as this month's 'Great Drinking Song'.
This is a version by the late Kirsty MacColl (no video, unfortunately). It's quite rare to find it performed by a woman - odd since the song, in part at least, takes the woman's (young girl's!) perspective.
This is a version by the late Kirsty MacColl (no video, unfortunately). It's quite rare to find it performed by a woman - odd since the song, in part at least, takes the woman's (young girl's!) perspective.
And here's another version by the band Gaelic Storm. I'm pretty sure the Dubliners have done this too, and I think Van Morrison recorded it with The Chieftains, but I haven't been able to find those versions yet on YouTube.
Aha, further investigations have turned up this charming (but rather brief) very early clip of The Dubliners performing it - and cheekily changing the lyric from Belfast to Dublin.
And this is a lovely (though sadly incomplete) performance from The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem.
Aha, further investigations have turned up this charming (but rather brief) very early clip of The Dubliners performing it - and cheekily changing the lyric from Belfast to Dublin.
And this is a lovely (though sadly incomplete) performance from The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem.
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