And now it is time for one of the traditional songs of my people. None of it’s true, of course. Except for the parts that are.
The Season’s Upon Us, Dropkick Murphys
Sep
25
2015
25
2015
‘Rose Tattoo.’
There are elements of my parents’ and grandparents’ lives that I am NEVER going to be able to adequately explain to my kids. Hell, I only dimly grasp some of those elements myself. But for my children, it’d be a whole different tribe. An incomprehensible one.
…Which was apparently what my parents and grandparents had in mind all along.
Sep
30
2014
30
2014
‘The Wild Rover.’
The Wild Rover, Dropkick Murphys
Really, a lot of this kind of music only makes full sense if you’re half drunk and not disinclined to mix it up with people, if necessary. Two conditions that are not unknown among my ancestral people.
Dec
23
2013
23
2013
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“The Season’s Upon Us.”
I don’t know why I’ve never done this one before.
The Season’s Upon Us, Dropkick Murphys
Although certainly my extended Boston Irish family has a lot more couth than this.
Sep
09
2013
09
2013
“The Irish Rover.”
The Irish Rover, Dropkick Murphys
HEY! These folk spring from the same place as those of my sainted ancestors. So stop oppressing my culture.
Feb
27
2011
27
2011
“The Green Fields Of France (No Man’s Land)”
The Green Fields Of France (No Man’s Land), Dropkick Murphys
First song I learned after joining the SCA. Not this version, though.
May
29
2010
29
2010
‘The Green Fields Of France (No Man’s Land)’
The Green Fields Of France (No Man’s Land)
That is a hard song to do right. Some day I’m going to find the right balance to it.
, 
, and is (to the best to my knowledge) in the public domain.