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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    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 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    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.
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  • Full Digital Discography

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    Get all 13 Trouble or Fortune Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Waveleaplights, Bleak is the Pampa (single), The Pampa's My Home (single), Fire and Foam, "Macalla Chill Áirne" film soundtrack, Ordinary Surface (single), Hy Brasil (single), The Wine Dark Sea (single), and 5 more. , and , .

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about

This ballad of the Spanish-American War was sourced from the collection "Songs of Iveragh." The book didn't include the melodies so I fashioned a tune for it myself.

lyrics

Come lads and lasses listen a while
I’ll sing you a ditty that will cause you to smile,
Of a lass from Clare and a Dingle boy
And they called him the Philippine soldier.

‘Twas at Puck Fair that these two met
On his way from Liverpool he was bent,
They drank away ‘til their hearts content
Herself and the Philippine soldier

She said “my young man you’ve won my heart
and my gold you can have if you’ll only start,”
“Away to America we both might part”
herself and the Philippine soldier.

They landed at Queenstown in a few days
And booked the good ship New Brunswick there
Carried away without delay,
Herself and the Philippine Soldier.

When they landed at Boston we were told here round,
“They’re to be married in a church of high renown”
Counted every penny of her more right down,
Then away with the Philippine Soldier.

Now she's crying and tearing her hair,
The moneys all gone and the soldier’s not there,
“Old Nick” himself will hold out his snare,
For the goddamn old Philippine soldier.

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from Hy Brasil, Songs of the Irish in Latin America, released December 10, 2019
Drum, electric and acoustic guitar and synths by Charlie.

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Trouble or Fortune Records Killarney, Ireland

Trouble or Fortune is where myself, Charlie O' Brien's, music and film projects are found.

Besides my own work and collaborations, Japanese alt. folk artist, Mari Mochizuki, is the first formal addition to label.

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