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Sea Green Singers - TheLimerick Soviet Chorus - arr. Liverpool Socialist Singers - Score and lyrics - Score on one page |
The Limerick Soviet by Alun Parry 1. 1919 was the year the trouble all went down Chorus: We are the Limerick Soviet 2. The printing workers laboured through the darkness of the night Chorus The Soviet of Limerick it lasted two weeks long Chorus |
Story by Alun Parry How come nobody knows about this? I found out about the 1919 Limerick Soviet entirely by accident. I was at an event about Irish Rebel Music at Liverpool’s excellent Irish Festival when the Soviet was mentioned just in passing. When I got home that night I spent the next few hours Googling about it and so got a decent knowledge of what happened. But I was amazed that something so huge had missed my radar. I spoke to friends, and couldn’t find anybody who had heard of it either. Folk music has taught me lots about the world through songs. I celebrate Joe Hill, but only because I heard the song about him and wanted to find out more. Same with Victor Jara, the Chilean folk singer. I even spoke with people who had links with Limerick. And they didn’t know about it either. I decided it was a story that had to be told so here it is. For links to videos telling the story go to:
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