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This is the Irish equivalent of gangsta rap song, or maybe the bluegrass equivalent. I think the reel in the middle is The Temperance Reel (I always confuse them) which is more associated with bluegrass than Irish. Then Hank Williams gets a name check at the end, but it sounds more Irish to me. Whatever!

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Rave On Rave On

I was just a baby when I found my calling
Kicking and screaming and bitching and balling
My mother cried "Lord have pity"
"But If he don't stop crying I'll sell him to the gypsies!"

Chorus
Rave on (rave on rave on now)
Rave on (rave on rave on)
Rave on (rave on rave on now)
Rave on till I'm dead and gone

When I was 8 my father gave me
Lemonade and a shot of Jamie
The room did spin and my head did pound
But still I asked for another round yea

Chorus

And now it's older that I'm growing
Piss and vinegar blood still flowing
My guardian angels all have fled me
Convinced the devil himself had bred me

Chorus

At every pub inside this town they
Shout my name when I come around, hey
Even the cops say “how do you do”
Cause I’ve spent a little time there too, yea

Chorus

Hank Williams said before he died how
I'll never get out of this world alive now
But before St. Peter can decide my fate
I'll run him down and crash the gate yea

Chorus

credits

from Last Man Standing, released June 29, 2018
Andrew Ogilvie: acoustic guitar, vocals; Lance Doss; banjo; Rick Wagner: bass; Paul Reider: mandolin; Bill Gerstel: drums; Music and lyrics by Andrew Ogilvie; produced by Lance Doss and Rick Wagner

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Clancy's Ghost Montclair, New Jersey

Five rock and roll veterans energized by the righteous urgency of The Clash, the ramshackle honesty of traditional Irish and American music and armed with a catalog of tough but tender tunes guaranteed to inspire the regulars at your local watering hole to both pump their fists in joy and weep unashamedly into their beers. ... more

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