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the Hounds of Cuchulain - The Fireman's Song

from Rebels, Rogues, & Roustabouts by The Hounds of Cuchulain

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THE FIREMAN'S SONG is an English industrial ballad written by Don Bilston as part of a collection of train songs for an album entitled Farewell to Steam in 1969. The Fireman's Song or The Fireman's Lament as it is sometimes called, is about the person who stokes the locomotive fire with coal. The narrator speaks of the hardships of his position while cursing the driver of the engine for being a “idle sod.” Bilston worked as a fireman himself, and eventually became an engineer, but quit once the steam engines were replaced with diesels. He lived his last days in Telford, Shropshire, until he passed away from cancer in 2018. Wolf first heard this song on the Mark's Men album Stick 'em Up from 1970 sung by the formidable Irish ballad singer Declan Hunt.

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from Rebels, Rogues, & Roustabouts, released July 27, 2022

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The Hounds of Cuchulain Victoria, British Columbia

We play wide selection of Irish, Scottish, English, and Maritime Folk Music.

Fans of the Dubliners, Pogues, Wolfe Tones, Planxty, and the Corries will find all their favourite tunes in our repertoire

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Wolf: lead vocals, guitar, tenor banjo
Briana: fiddle, vocals
Devo: 5-string banjo
Madeleine: whistle, harp, vocals ... more

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