This heavyweight vinyl record comes with a download card (with 7 extra tracks), a limited pressing (of 250 copies) and a print of a poem "I Sacsaibh na Séad" by Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin translated into Spanish.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America
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Streaming + Download
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Gatefold cd with inlay card (lyrics book) and download card (with two extra tracks) included.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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DVD
The song "Marine Mambí" from "Hy Brasil" was the inspiration for this award winning feature length documentary which chronicles the life of Dynamite Johnny O' Brien.
I've sung this same song to Johnny's great-grandaughters in Arkansas, I've sung it to drunks, loved ones, enemies, amigos and deaf men. I've changed the words numerous times, to try and catch up with my own learnings on the man called "Dynamite John." This song and story took me all over the U.S. Cuba and Ireland in pursuit of the bright ghost of a wily mariner. In that way, song is like prayer-we may change the words, the place, the voice, but once it is sung at all, that is what matters. The film that spawned from this song is entitled "A Captain Unafraid."
lyrics
Over there by the East river,
Where the seagulls cry and stretch their wings,
The shipyard boats are primed for leaving,
It’s a long time since Jonny went a fighting.
In the month of April, 1837,
Johnny's mother exhausted, sighed,
Held in her arms her new-born baby -
Johnny Dynamite O’Brien.
As a restless child he prowled the docks,
Seeking trouble or fortune, whichever he could find,
Soon learned his trade on Cherry Street,
On ships Jane and Albion then his trade he plied.
Marine Mambí Johnny Dynamite!
On the first days of a long summer,
He filled his hold with money and lies
On the Rambler he went roving,
from New York Harbor he did incite -
To Boca del Toro and waiting soldiers
Waging war in foreign climes.
Laden down with mighty explosives -
Pining for Colon’s harbor Colombia’s pride.
As the rebel he went sailing,
A stormy gale did arise.
A mighty storm lashed the hold,
And the 60 tonnes of dynamite.
Midnight dark, roaring, reeling,
Explosives rolled loose, near set alight,
Johnny tied them down as he heard around him
Sailors softly their prayers recite.
Marine Mambí Johnny Dynamite!
A bright eagle that arose in Tampa
was felled for its star to rise.
A troubled man found a cause to fight for
Cuba’s liberty and there Spain’s demise.
He smuggled all guns fired at Las Tunas,
The prickly thorn in Valeriano Wayler’s side.
Brought Jose Martí’s son to that battle
And 3000 pounds of dynamite.
He settled down in the port Havana,
As the cries of Cuba libre did subside,
Swimming in the sparkling Caribbean sea,
Basking in freedom’s glory and sunny climes.
Before Johnny died he returned to the docks,
To see snowfall on New York Harbour's side.
No-more will Johnny go a roving,
He died that June as the scorching summer arrived.
Marine Mambí Johnny Dynamite
credits
from Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America,
released December 10, 2019
This song was recorded in Little Canyon Studios in Valencia and mastered by Ruairí O Flaherty of Whisper and Shout mastering in L.A.
María Inés Rojas is playing double bass, Martín Domínguez Prieto the Bodhrán, Norrina Fleming is singing backing vocals, and myself Charlie O' Brien on guitars and vocals.
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