The Mountains of Mourne

Notable versions

• During World War I, the song Old Gallipoli's A Wonderful Place used phrases from this song as a basis for some of its verses. Verses in the Gallipoli song include: "At least when I asked them, that's what they told me" and "Where the old Gallipoli sweeps down to the sea".
• Australian baritone Peter Dawson popularised the song in the 1920s.
• The song featured on the 1958 album, The Immortal Percy French, featuring the voice of Irish tenor Brendan O'Dowda.
• It was used in the jingle of Ulster Television's first logo in 1959.
• The Kingston Trio recorded the song in their 1960 album Sold Out. Nick Reynolds sang the lead.
• Singer Ottilie Patterson recorded it in December 1959 with Chris Barber's Jazz Band on the EP "Ottilie Swings the Irish"
• Singer-songwriter Don McLean recorded a version titled Mountains o' Mourne on Playin' Favorites in 1973, which reached number two on the Irish Singles Chart, and appears on several of his "Greatest Hits" collections.
• In 1973, Frank Hyde covered the song on his first album, Frank Hyde Sings.
• Folk singer Charlie King recorded the song on his album Somebody's Story in 1979.
• The song was recorded by Tarkio, an alt-country band led by Colin Meloy, later of The Decemberists for their EP Sea Songs for Landlocked Sailors in 1998, and included on Omnibus, a collection of Tarkio's recordings released by Kill Rock Stars in 2006.
• Finbar Furey covered the song on the album Chasing Moonlight: Love Songs of Ireland in 2003.
• In 2008, Celtic Thunder released the song on their eponymous debut album. Their recording is adapted from Don McLean's version of the song and performed by Keith Harkin.

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