Fenian Record Player song by The Irish Brigade from Primary Album Album not found. The music is composed and produced by Joel. Genre is Country music. The Record company is unknown. Released on None.
video sourced: Youtube
Fenian Record Player Meaning
| [[Verse 1] Wee Willie John McFadden was a loyal Orange Prod Who thought that Ian Paisley was just one step down from God He thought they ate the children in the backwoods of Ardoyne And he thought that history started with the Battle Of The Boyne He thought that history started with the Battle Of The Boyne [Verse 2] One day he took a brick in his hand and he dandered up the Falls He was mumbling “Up The Rangers” and hummin’ “Derry’s Walls” He broke the big shop window to annoy the Pope of Rome And he took a rеcord player out and then he startеd home He took a record player out and then he started home [Verse 3] Next night they had a hooley in his local Orange Hall Wee Willie took his player to make music for the ball He chose a stack of records of a very loyal kind But when the music started up he nearly lost his mind But when the music started up he nearly lost his mind [Verse 4] This Fenian Record Player was a rebel to the core It played the songs the Orange Hall had never heard before For “Dolly’s Braes” and “Derry’s Walls” it didn’t give a fig And it speeded up “God Save The Queen” till it sounded like a jig It speeded up “God Save The Queen” till it sounded like a jig , [Verse 5] It played “The Woods of Upton” And the “Wearing of The Green” Such turmoil in an Orange Hall has never yet been seen It played “The Boys of Wexford” and “The Men of ’98” But when it played “The Soldier’s Song” it sealed Wee Willie’s fate But when it played “The Soldier’s Song” it sealed Wee Willie’s fate [Verse 6] For the boys were plain demented, to the ground Wee Will was thrown They kicked his ribs in one by one to the tune of Garryowen They threw him out the window to a song about Sinn Féin They kicked him all down Sandy Row to “A Nation Once Again” They kicked him all down Sandy Row to “A Nation Once Again” [Verse 7] This Fenian Record Player was heard no never more They prodded it with deacon poles and threw it on the floor But still the funniest sight, me boys, that I have ever seen For the flashes flyin’ out of it were orange, white and green For the flashes flyin’ out of it were orange, white and green , [Verse 8] Wee Willie’s up in the mental home Crazy as a coot He sits there in a padded cell and tootles with his flute But when he tries to play “The Sash” he always gets it wrong! For halfway through, he always finds he’s playing “The Soldier’s Song” For halfway through, he always finds he’s playing “The Soldier’s Song” [Verse 9] There’s a moral to this story What it is I cannot say Maybe it’s the ancient verse And crime will never pay! If you ask Wee Willie McFadden he’ll say “Ah crime be blowed If you want to pinch a record player, do it up the Shankill Road!” “If you want to pinch a record player, do it up the Shankill Road!”] |
