Revolution (The Dubliners album)
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Revolution is the title of the tenth album by The Dubliners
The Dubliners
The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...

. It was their second to be produced by Phil Coulter. This was a landmark in their career. Their sound had developed and Coulter, as well as playing piano on the record, had brought in other instrumentalists as well. The album featured "Scorn Not His Simplicity", a song that Coulter had composed about his own son, who had Down's syndrome, as well as a poem penned by Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly was an Irish singer and folk musician from Dublin, Ireland, notable as a founding member of the band The Dubliners.-Early life:...

 entitled "For What Died The Sons Of Róisín?".

Side One

  1. "Alabama '58"
  2. "The Captains and the Kings"
  3. "School Days Over"
  4. "Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha"
  5. "Scorn Not His Simplicity
    Scorn Not His Simplicity
    "Scorn not his Simplicity" is a song written by the Irish musician and songwriter Phil Coulter and performed on his albums Classic Tranquility and The Songs I Love So Well....

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  6. "For What Died the Sons of Róisín?"
  7. "Joe Hill
    Joe Hill
    Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund in Gävle , and also known as Joseph Hillström was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World...

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Side Two

  1. "Ojos Negros"
  2. "The Button Pusher"
  3. "The Bonny Boy"
  4. "The Battle of the Somme/Freedom Come-All-Ye
    Freedom Come-All-Ye
    "Freedom Come-All-Ye" is a song written by Hamish Henderson, the Scottish poet, songwriter, and intellectual. It is written in the Scots Language. "Freedom Come-All-Ye", one of Henderson's most important songs, gives a non-romantic, revisionist view of the role of the Scots in the world at the...

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  5. "Biddy Mulligan
    Biddy Mulligan the Pride of the Coombe
    Biddy Mulligan the Pride of the Coombe is a song written by Seamas Kavanagh in the 1930s, and made famous by the performances of the music-hall singer and comedian Jimmy O'Dea, who also took on the persona of the charismatic stall-holder.-History of the Song:The song-writer Seamus Kavanagh...

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  6. "The Peat Bog Soldiers"
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