Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

The Wind that Shakes the Barley is an Irish song written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the cauldron of violence associated with the 1798 rebellion in Ireland.


The can hear it being sung here.

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