Me. My Irish great-uncle was sitting at the bar in our front room 60 yrs ago. I was sitting beside him at the bar thinking he was singing it for me. I suspect now that he was singing it for my Dad our bartender (I was 12. What did I know?) trying to get a refill on the whiskey by singing Whack for the Daddio (asking for another drink.). This song goes back to the 1600s when a highwayman stole the fellow's money and later killed him when he came to take his money back. The man Patrick Fleming was hung in 1650. Groups that I have heard do this is Peter Paul and Mary, The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, also while I haven't these groups version, Dubliners, Thin Lizzie and Metallica.

I only had Metallica connected to the song, but after listening to some other covers since VP's version, I'm sure, I heard some more "Irish versions" over the years. I just didn't realize that it's the same song, because of the completely different arrangements. Not to forget: Nice video from both of you again, thank you very much!

This was one of my Irish grandmother's favorites, although she had different lyrics. VoicePlay uses the Thin Lizzy and Metallica lyrics. (Not my personal favorite because they changed the woman's name and left out the ending.) Like a lot of old folk songs, there are many versions. As folk songs spread from rural taverns to big cities, and across the sea to America, the lyrics changed many times. The general story is of a highwayman (a man who robbed people traveling on roads) who scores big when he robs a military captain. He comes back home to a woman (his wife or lover) who betrays him to the same captain who he robbed earlier that day. Her name is usually Jenny (to rhyme with "pretty penny") but Thin Lizzy used Molly... which doesn't rhyme. What she does to betray him also changes in each version. The one I knew growing up said Jenny stole his rapier and replaced the gunpowder in his gun with water, resulting in Captain Farrell surviving to arrest him. The singer ends up in jail. After that, there are two endings. In one, the highwayman says that he went to jail without a trial, and he hopes his brother in the army will come and break him out so they can be highwaymen together. In another, he says they took his guns and sword, but didn't take his fists. He manages to beat up the prison sentries and escapes. He hopes to find his brother in the army, so they can go roving around the mountains of Kilkenney, because he trusts his brother more than Jenny. (Again, her name rhymes with "penny" and "Kilkenney.") That's the fun of folk songs. They're always a little different, and there is no true "traditional" way of singing them. So it's fun to see VoicePlay make a totally different version of their own.

This is one of my favorite songs to sing in the shower. I've always preferred the Irish folk style and my favorite performance was by Roger Whitaker. I can't stand Voiceplay's version, especially Geoff's part in the beginning.

@@rhov-anion Really enjoyed your version of the song. Thanks.

We do watch the credits, it's just that I usually edit it out of our final video because most of our viewers stop watching the moment the song ends, which really hurts the video retention 😅

I'm so surprised that I haven't heard of it until VoicePlay covered it! 😅

Thanks for watching and thanks for the wishes! Didn't realise this song was that popular! 😆

Thanks for watching and thanks for the birthday wishes! 🎂

Thanks for watching and thanks for the wishes! 🥰

Thanks for watching! Carrie says thanks for the wishes, too! 😍

Awesome! Thanks for watching! 🤩

True! And they're always introducing us to new music! 😄

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Different is always interesting! 🤩

Sorry for the slow response, but as you can see we've already reacted to "Please, Santa, Please", hehe. Thanks for your support all these years! 🥰