Today's song in the lead up to St.Patrick's is a rollicking pub sing-a-long
about a man who robs Captain Farrell on the road. He brings the money
home and shows it to his love, Jenny. Then while he's sleeping, his love
takes his money and tells Captain Farrell where to find him. O the drama!
According to Wikipedia. the song first gained wide exposure when the Irish folk band The Dubliners
performed it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on
three albums in the 1960s. Building on their success, the Irish rock
band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in the early 1970s. The American metal band Metallica
brought it to a wider rock audience in 1998 by playing a version very
similar to that of Thin Lizzy's with a heavier sound, and won a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance.
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