Salonika - Jimmy Crowley & Stokers Lodge

Jimmy Crowley & Stokers Lodge singing Salonika
My husband's in Salonika
And I wonder if he's dead
I wonder if he knows he has
A kid with a foxy head
Chorus:
So right away, so right away
So right away, Salonika
Right away, my soldier boy
Now when the war is over
What will the slackers do
They'll be all around the soldiers
For the loan of a bob or two
But when the war is over
What will the soldiers do
They'll be walking around with a leg-and-a-half
And the slackers will have two
And they tax their pound o' butter
They tax their halfpenny bun
But still with all their taxes
They can't beat the bloody Hun
And they tax th' old Coliseum
They tax St Mary's Hall
Why don't they tax the bobbies
Wi' their backs ag'in' the wall
But when the war is over
What will the slackers do
For every kid in Americay
In Cork there will be two
For they takes us out to Blarney
They lays us on the grass
They puts us in the family way
And leaves us on our arse
There's lino in the parlour
And in the kitchen too
A glass-backed chevonier
That we got from Dicky Glue
And before that I got married
Sure I used to wear a shawl
But now the war is over
'Tis hanging in Jones' pawn
And never marry a soldier
A sailor or a Marine
But keep your eye on the Sinn Fein boy
With his yellow, white and green

[@Irishbeermonk]

Pure legend of a singer. Reminds me of going down to Sherkin Island in the car in the early 90s. 6 of in stuffed into the back of the car singing. We had great sport back then.

[@sentimentaloldme]

This one always brings a smile to my face from the moment I heard it over 40 years ago..Only one man to sing it and that's Jimmy with that great auld Cork accent .Up The Rebels

[@Kitiwake]

Called "the rebels" because the English settlers of Cork city backed the English pretender Perkin Warbeck against the English king Henry VII, father of Henry VIII.

[@edwardmcardle9069]

Jimmy and the lads their music never ages pure class.

[@mrmichaellinehan]

Love this and with parents from Cork it’s in my blood. ☘️

[@radharcanna]

What a great band they were.

[@donalryan9321]

Back in the nineties Jimmy played for us one St Patrick's out in Gaberone in Botswanna. A gentleman .twas some week!

[@patrickglennon6834]

jaysus, do the Irish get around or what?

[@thebeltingbalaclava4798]

Thanks for posting this!

[@jonhornibrook1545]

love this song

[@AdeebaZamaan]

Hi, Jimmy. I'm in my broken home!💚

[@michaeljamestalbot5264]

Salonika is such a good song. I have the Dubliners singing this on vinyl but I do like this version too.

[@LBYTAMBC]

Awesome heard him in Schull and met him personally! What a blast we had!

[@mauracurley1859]

HON Jimmy....... A mighty singer ta have @ a party hi. 🎤🎸🎶🎵

[@christophebrotet8210]

C'est l'un de mes chanteur préféré

[@LarryFogarty]

jimmy is mighty

[@nomajj]

+Larry Fogarty Much better than mighty

[@LarryFogarty]

+nomajj your right

[@skodaoctavia4778]

The great Cork culture is right Paddy!

[@swdwhu]

❤

[@carmelcrowley158]

I wonder what will we do, my shoulder boy. They taxed the butter, sir right of way my shoulder boy. When the war is over, they put us in the family line. Sailet keep your eye

[@Kitiwake]

Soldier boy... A song centered around world war one , particularly the campaigns in Turkei.

[@kerrykikker]

Isn't that the famous Eoin O'Riabhaigh on de pipes? Eoin "Rabies" O'Riabhaigh... how did the poor man get that quaint nickname? I remember those duffle coat Cork Uni concerts..! Pure folk music heaven.

[@rickykelleher9833]

Bob Corkey He's a great man

[@cheerydavie]

Thanks for posting. great version

[@neilcam2001]

While I was working with some people in Holland the co owner, Wiel, said at the regular coffee drinking session every morning that he has gone by plane somewhere or other and has brought back duty free a bottle of Paddy Irish whiskey. Later on when I got suspicious of them I realised he was asking if I was sympathetic to the cause of the IRA freedom fighter's. I replied that I was by buying two cds of Irish songs, one of which includes this one.

[@KillieKentRadio]

Great minds think alike Decky :-) This a better recording than the one I posted the same day. Thanks for posting. Iain

[@skodaoctavia4778]

Me auld neighbour used always say there was two borders in Ireland. She was feckin right!

[@normanstrongbow9335]

Salonika. Is this Thessaloniki, Greece?

[@leslieasuncion7739]

haha, my best friend's name is Salonika.

[@Brian-th9ij]

I sang this at the big sing

[@catherineohalloran820]

Who is the piper on this? I think Jimmy is an amazing and underestimated talent...

[@erinmcelhinney4072]

Eoin O Riabhaigh (my uncle)

[@vincetownsend2514]

@@erinmcelhinney4072 you must be proud!

[@seannamadra5675]

@@erinmcelhinney4072 what an uncle he's an awesome piper I've been listening for years since Stokers Lodge days.👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@AdeebaZamaan]

I like My Love Is a Tall Ship.

[@nomajj]

Dowtcha Jimmy Biy

[@paddyeejit1954]

Dubliners much better imo