Down Among the Bushes of Jerusalem, The Irish Rovers

[@margaretshaughnessy9169]

1:45 So wonderful amazingly. Thank you Peter, man of great destiny!

[@hikingdruid]

Soooo GOOD!!!!

[@jeanneplymette411]

I just heard this song for the first time. Great, great song!!

[@lolawolfe707]

Love this song! Overheard Dustin Thomas talking to Rising Appalachia’s percussionist about this song and its a favorite since.

[@lanerlily]

just heard this song for the first time a couple days ago - absolutely love it!!

[@spiritandsoulareone]

Great song! Just added to my Christmas play (guitar) list. Thank you!

[@DariusOfPersia]

Come listen gentle Christians, and you Jews and Gentiles too And all denominations, a song I'll sing to you It's all about a young man, a rebel through and through Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Jerusalem Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Born of honest parents, and beneath a shining star The word run round the country, they came from near and far The royal family worried he might undermine their power Down among the bushes of Jerusalem They slaughtered all the children, every one that they could find Just that they'd be sure that they had killed the rebel child Somehow he deceived them, the soldiers fierce and wild Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Jerusalem Down among the bushes of Jerusalem He grew into a strapping lad, and helped around the home But voices they kept calling, and he was inclined to roam The losers and the boozers he would count among his own Down among the bushes of Jerusalem "As far as I can see" you see, the Pharisee did say "You know your Bible fairly well. You'll make a priest one day But you'd better toe the line, my boy, or you'll have hell to pay" Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Jerusalem Down among the bushes of Jerusalem He met the Mary Magdalene, a lovely girl was she "Ah look who's coming now," they said, "a girl of no degree" "I'd rather have her near me, more than your hypocrisy" Down among the bushes of Jerusalem He went into the churches, and he saw the shining gold And people there were starvin', of the hunger, and the cold He talked about injustice, "Just be careful", he was told Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Jerusalem Down among the bushes of Jerusalem "Well, if you are a rebel, and no Judas" he did say "Come burn the Roman Empire down, we'll change the flag today It's the human heart I'm changing" that young rebel, he did say Down among the bushes of Jerusalem We're takin' him to Calvary, it's easier, you see Than try and turn the other cheek, and love thine enemy We're loyal to our own crowd, to our scribes and Pharisee Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Jerusalem Down among the bushes of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Jerusalem Down among the bushes of Jerusalem

[@rambo9199]

Set in the middle east and yet it's about Ireland as much as anywhere else if you look at the different kinds of rebellion in it.

[@jdarrenfan]

Jenn, if you get in touch with John, tell him we miss him.

[@davidgoldstein3122]

I was born not that far from Jerusalem.

[@fairyfriend04]

me (girl) to my friend (guy): you wanna go down among the bushes of Jerusalem? he: dunno, is this Jerusalem good looking?