John Doyle is very good, really a good guitar player. I first heard the song when Sara Watkins did it with Nickel Creek about 10 years ago. Her version was also very good. But it doesn't hurt when Chile Thile is standing next to you playing the mandolin.
Come on Irishmen both young and old With adventure in your soul There are better ways to spend your days Then by working down a hole [chorus] I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2 Til they broke me across my back By a name I'm known that is not my own For they call me Crooked Jack The ganger's blue-eyed boy was I Big Jack could do no wrong And the reason simply was because I could work hard hours and long And I curse the day I went away To work on those hydro dams All our sweat and tears our hopes and fears Bound up with shuttering jams For I've seen men old before their time Their faces worn and gray But I never thought that I myself Would soon be the self same way They say that honest toil is good For the spirit and the soul But believe me boys it's for sweat and blood That they want you down the hole
Meander Myself Just different chord voicings and easier to play melodic lines or runs between phrases. The basics of it aren’t terribly difficult, but once you get into it, it gets harder. For me anyways.
john doyle is a brilliant man.
As always, it's fabulous! I first heard John do this back in 2004, and it still sends chills up my spine.
Beautiful, just beautiful, you guys are wonderful musicians! Hope to hear more from both of you.
great version of a Dominic Behan classic,love songs that tell how those that went before us strived to get us where we are today!
Brilliant!
Bravissimo!
this deserves more likes and views, great material.
Us Jonathans think alike
John Doyle is very good, really a good guitar player. I first heard the song when Sara Watkins did it with Nickel Creek about 10 years ago. Her version was also very good. But it doesn't hurt when Chile Thile is standing next to you playing the mandolin.
I heard this song from a band called the dregs at the renaissance festival in shakopee Minnesota
Come on Irishmen both young and old
With adventure in your soul
There are better ways to spend your days
Then by working down a hole
[chorus]
I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Til they broke me across my back
By a name I'm known that is not my own
For they call me Crooked Jack
The ganger's blue-eyed boy was I
Big Jack could do no wrong
And the reason simply was because
I could work hard hours and long
And I curse the day I went away
To work on those hydro dams
All our sweat and tears our hopes and fears
Bound up with shuttering jams
For I've seen men old before their time
Their faces worn and gray
But I never thought that I myself
Would soon be the self same way
They say that honest toil is good
For the spirit and the soul
But believe me boys it's for sweat and blood
That they want you down the hole
It's mighty. Like most of JD stuff, mightier than the studio version.
Superb version of a fantastic song! Really stirring music. What is the guitar tuning?
+Julian Pellatt CFCGCD. It's John's go to tuning.
Does that have advantages over DADGAD? It sounds fatter somehow, and i love the sound of his guitar every time i hear it recorded
Meander Myself Just different chord voicings and easier to play melodic lines or runs between phrases. The basics of it aren’t terribly difficult, but once you get into it, it gets harder. For me anyways.
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