Love Behan.

You"ve got a lovely voice brendan x

Behan's enthusiasm for left-wing politics comes through in "Borstal Boy", where he mentions singing the "Internationale" with fellow inmates while outdoors on some work task.

The Chains will break under it's own weight as we rally together with one voice as the Internationale unites the human race!

Exactly the words my father sung. There are other versions, equally as valid to history, but this is what Dad taught me. Oh, he was born in 1912, so I guess he had seen so much during his life But he wasn't the only one. There must be still lots of people like me who remember what we were told, and what this tune meant.

He didn't want free hospital treatment because he has plenty of money, doesnt sound very Republican to me.

1:09 there still isn't any free health care is there?

Hello from Ireland!..😂

Behan is completely off the mark with the Chinese Communist system - but no one knew then - but he's dead wrong - it's a tyrannical system .

Brendan's mother Kathleen served in the Easter Rising as a member of Cumman na mban, a great lady and a real character just like her son.

Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant. Away with all your superstitions Servile masses arise, arise We’ll change henceforth the old tradition And spurn the dust to win the prize. Refrain: So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face The Internationale unites the human race.

I wish I could understand what he was saying!

Great man pitty the way he was treated when his alcohol took over!

No IRA man would ever speak of Lenin.

Unites the world in song...really?

Were all right were all right ...and fall over in the sea. You can hardly hear a word. The diction is poor.

What a load of utter bollocks Brendan behan just another self deluded drunk.

Chinese government is better than the Irish government. That's not aged well at all. Them lads have concentration camps.

So many broken, hypocritical, pompous, ill-informed, ahistorical opinions in one lazy lecture. Classic Behan. Forgettable drivel.

He has a fine voice yer man

The Chinese government is more Christian....oh bigh...you’ve had too much of the drink, Brennan.

Fucking drunk

The Chinese government is more Christian than the Irish government? Well, I suppose it's a point of view, but I doubt there are too many political re-education camps in the Irish Republic are there?

Jesus Brendan nothing has changed only the faces,just changed our masters who are worse now hospitals corruption etc ect( Sadly missed a true Workers Republican)

"by all accounts a tramp..." isn't he talking about his brother!

Siinfein a bunch commies.

Its not what he said, its what he meant that lingers between the lines , as always . great man . RIP Brendan

read borstal boy in a scottish borstal nornside brilliant read .r.i.p. brendan.

It was a mistake to launch the uprising without weapons from Germany.

Brendan Behan........a superstar by all accounts......... A man you won`t meet everyday......

Really wanted to hear this, but just couldn't follow him. Speech unclear and so hard to understand!!!!!!

That's great to hear Brendan's voice. I read his books a long time ago.

Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant. Away with all your superstitions Servile masses arise, arise We’ll change henceforth the old tradition And spurn the dust to win the prize. Refrain: So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face The Internationale unites the human race.

a headcase !! but never a fool !! but still a drunken bastard always causing trouble !!

What is the organization of performance?

Brendan Behan might have done more for himself Socially if he had moderated his language,but why on earth would he trade off 'respectability for renown!His voice while slurred at times was heard,especially both sides of 'The Pond' because people recognised the truth in it,and the deep love for the "ordinary" Irish people and Ireland.While his faculties may have dimmed a little,his intellect,Wit,passion and commitment always shone through!

Brilliant.

chinese comunists....?.zionists....?...big shots...?....he talk like a misanthropic drunk....oh he is.

In the Mornin and the Screw was Ballin girr up ya Bowsy and clean up yar Cell and the Owl Triangle went Jingle Jangle

Gerry Adams new name Lord Baconhead !

Murach a cháil ní ligfí dó na tuairimí sin a nochtadh, is dócha.

at 3:20 he says it all. They don't want it to end. Remember that! Same in Palestine - same in Ulster; the gangsters make a good living, by the protraction of hostilities. It was thus ever.

lol was that genital post office?

An ordinary man's voice you can truly listen to.

borstal boy and confessions of an irish rebel great books.

Does he say "pigeon hop school" or "pitching hopscule" a game where you throw up ha'pennies?

What does he say at 3:40?

Brendan was certainly wrong about Mao's murderous regime

We have a Behans pub in Birmingham named in his honour.

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