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Single Greatest Pub song ever?

All right, since i just found the button to post a topic, as it was in white ON WHITE... heheh I want to pose the following question to the rest of you.

Whats the single greatest Pub song ever? What song is it, in your opinion that is so infectious that the whole place instantly starts clapping and singing?

i'll save my answer for further down th thread, just to see what others start saying...:)

Tags: irish, jigs, music, pub, reels

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Permalink Reply by Ronnie on June 10, 2008 at 5:34pm: I can't think of a single greatest song, but there is a performer that comes to mind. His name is Pat Fish, a.k.a. The Jazz Butcher. This guy writes great songs with very black humor and y'just can't help but sing along.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David Broyles on June 10, 2008 at 5:36pm: You know...it has to The Wild Rover. It's No, Nay, Never...no , nay, never, no more!!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dabhoch on June 12, 2008 at 3:43pm: OK, I don't know if you hear it in many pubs (though I can't imagine NOT hearing it), but I've decided that I want "The Parting Glass" played (and sung) at my wake..!!
"So fill to me the parting glass, and drink a health whate'er befalls,
and gently rise and softly call, 'Good night and joy be to you all..!!'"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dreamlight on June 18, 2008 at 4:14pm: A lot of folks here like "Fields of Athenry", apparently. I'm partial to Shenaniganz' version myself, never mind that they're not Irish (they're from New Zealand). Among Irish musicians, then I'll vote for the Dubliners' version.
o/~ By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl caaaaalling . . . o/~; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fiona Stevenson on June 22, 2008 at 8:36pm: Time for some Cancon (Canadian Content)
"Home for a Rest" Spirit of the West
There are a few cords that if played in any Canadian Pub will almost always be answered by someone singing "You'll have to excuse me I'm not at my best..."; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peter on October 31, 2008 at 4:02pm: "Isn't it Grand Boys" by The Clancy Bros. is great..but you have to be carefull!! my mates and I got caught out singing it a few times when we got to the verse:"Look at the widow" etc only to find someone had just died!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve Milner on November 10, 2008 at 9:14pm: has to be 'Will ye go, lassie go'.. especially at the end of the evening, after several pints of the best the pub has to offer..Won't have evryone clapping and dancing while it's being sung, but can guarantee the whole place will be singing the chorus.. before ordering another pint .. :o); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kees a.k.a. Tinwhistle on November 24, 2008 at 12:34am: The Town I loved so well will get them quiet for a while.....for 6 minutes at least....
and I think "Song for Ireland" will do the trick as well
That's the great thing about Irish ; when you sing, they listen. Really appreciate that.

cheers, Kees; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John O'Regan on November 28, 2008 at 10:39pm: In heaven there is no beer thats why we drink it here !; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kees a.k.a. Tinwhistle on November 28, 2008 at 11:53pm: eheheheh, WRONG JOHN!!!!!

It's in heaven they invented GUINNESS !!!!!! :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeremiah Fay on November 30, 2008 at 4:12pm: There was a ballad I heard by a local musician in New Hampshire that was about a pack of dogs who went to a pub but they had to hang up there butts in a cloak room. A fire breaks out and they scramble in the cloak room grabbing the most conveinient butt and obvius mistakes are made. This is suppose to explain the reason hounds sniff each others butts. It was a ridiculous premise but a hilarious song. I have searched for it for decades and cannot find it. Any help out there?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lefthandluke on March 21, 2009 at 6:07pm: This is the one you want, learned it from a friend of mine, Roy Gullane. He figured that with a band name like ours we should know a few songs about dogs... (www.doggyfew.com)

The dogs they had a party
they came from near and far
and some dogs came by aeroplane
and some by motorcar
they went into the lobby
and signed the visitors book
and each dog hung his arsehole
upon a separate hook
one dog was not invited
and this aroused his ire
he went into the lobby and loodly shouted "FIRE!!!"
The dogs got so excited,
they had no time to look
and each one took an arsehole
from the nearest hook
now, its a sad, sad story
for it is very sore
to wear another ones arsehole
that you've never worn before
so this is why when dogs meet
by land or sea or foam
each sniffs the other ones arsehole,
in hope it is his own...

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