Written
by Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash on Columbia
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From Wikipedia
"Forty
Shades of Green" is a well known song about Ireland. It was written by
Johnny Cash in 1959 while on a trip to Ireland.[1] Contrary to popular belief,
Cash did not invent the term 'forty shades of green', it had been used in
Ireland many years before he wrote the song.
He
released it as a B-side of The Rebel-Johnny Yuma released in 1961. It is also
featured on two albums: 1. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash, released on
Columbia Records in 1963 and 2. Johnny Cash: The Great Lost Performance - Live
at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, New Jersey recorded live in 1990 and
released in 2007.
It
has also been recorded by Daniel O'Donnell, Foster and Allen, Ruby Murray and
many others.
The song of Johnny Cash became an Irish Drinking song :-)
Here are some recordings i found:
1961 - Johnny Cash - Forty Shades
of Green
1963 - Hank Locklin - Forty Shades
of Green
1963 - Slim Whitman - Forty Shades
of Green
1965 - The Browns - Forty Shades
of Green
1968 - Frankie Mcbride - Forty
Shades of Green
1997 - Foster & Allen - Forty
Shades of Green
1998 - Rosanne Cash - Forty Shades
of Green
1999 - Sean O'neill Band - Isle of
Innisfree - Forty Shades of Green (Medley)
2001 - The Irish Tenors - Forty
Shades of Green
2002 - Ceili Rain - Forty Shades
of Green
2008 - Daniel O'donnell - Forty
Shades of Green
2008 - John Hogan - Forty Shades
of Green
2011 - Dingle Folk - Forty Shades
of Green
2013 - Brian Letton - Forty Shades of Green
Here you can listen:
1 opmerking:
Mooi Roel,
Zoals ze in Ierland "40 shades of green" hebben, hebben de Eskimos "40 shades of white".
Joop groet
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