Four Green Fields
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem * Track #6 On Luck of the Irish (With Tommy Makem)
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Four Green Fields by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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The Clancy Brothers & Tommy MakemProduced by
Lawrence CohnWrited by
Tommy MakemAbout
Written by Tommy Makem in 1967, Four Green Fields was described in The New York Times as a “hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad.”
The song is about Ireland, in a common trope as the ‘Fine Old Woman’ and its four provinces, represented as ‘green fields’. Ulster is held in bondage by...
Four Green Fields Lyrics
'What did I have'
Said the fine old woman
'What did I have'
This proud old woman did say
'I had four green fields
Each one was a jewel
But strangers came
And tried to take them from me
But my fine strong sons
They fought to save my jewels
They fought and they died
And that was my grief', said she
'Long time ago'
Said the fine old woman
'Long time ago'
This proud old woman did say
'There was war and death
Plundering and pillage
My children starved
By mountain, valley and stream
And their wailing cries
They shook the very hеavens
And my four green fields
Ran red with thеir blood', said she
'What have I now'
Said the fine old woman
'What have I now'
This proud old woman did say
'I have four green fields
One of them's in bondage
In strangers' hands
That tried to take it from me
But my sons have sons
As brave as were their fathers
And my four green fields
Will bloom once again', said she
Four Green Fields Q&A
Who wrote Four Green Fields's ?
Four Green Fields was written by Tommy Makem.
Who produced Four Green Fields's ?
Four Green Fields was produced by Lawrence Cohn.
When did The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem release Four Green Fields?
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem released Four Green Fields on Wed Jan 01 1992.