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Fiddler's Green

from Made In My Bedroom II by Ceolskog

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Fiddler's Green is a folk song written by John Conolly from Lincolnshire in England. Conolly was steeped in the folk tradition and was proud of the fact that he had written a song with such an authentic feel that people thought it was hundreds of years old. It soon became one of the most popular songs on the folk circuit in the UK, Ireland and beyond. According to navy folklore, Fiddler’s Green was where sailors met in the afterlife. Heaven to them meant endless supplies of rum and tobacco.

Fiddler's Green has been recorded by some of the leading performers in folk music including Liam Clancy, Barney McKenna and The Dubliners (on which this version is based), Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, the Irish Rovers and many more. Fiddler’s Green has also given its name to countless bands, pubs, clubs and restaurants throughout the world.

(Source of information - www.irishmusicdaily.com/fiddlers-green)

lyrics

As I went by the dockside one evening so fair
To view the salt water and taste the sea air
I heard an old fisherman singing this song
Take me away boys my time is not long

CHORUS
Wrap me up in me oilskin and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates
I'm taking a trip, mates
And I'll see you some day in Fiddler's Green

Now Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell
That the fishermen go when they don't go to Hell
Where the skies are all clear and the dolphins do play
And the cold coast of Greenland is so far away

Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gale
And the fish jump on board with a swish of their tail
Where you lie at your leisure, there's no work to do
And the skipper's below making tea for the crew

When you get to the dock and the long trip is through
There's pubs and there's clubs, and there's lassies there too
Where the women are pretty and the beer is all free
And there's bottles of rum growing from every tree

I don't need a harp or a halo, not me
Just give me a breeze on a good rolling sea
I'll play me old squeeze box as we roll along
With the wind in the rigging to sing me a song....

credits

from Made In My Bedroom II, released July 5, 2016
Lyrics by John Conolly
Music by John Conolly and Adam Helliwell
Vocals, guitars, programming by Adam Helliwell
Mixed and mastered by Adam Helliwell

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Ceolskog Hamilton, New Zealand

Ceolskog is the folk metal project of Adam Helliwell, a singer and guitarist from New Zealand. Ceolskog's style is a cross between traditional folk music, particularly Celtic and Nordic, and heavy metal.

Ceol means music in Irish, and skog means forest in Norwegian. Although a solo project for now, it will hopefully become an entire band in the future. ... more

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