Paddy McGuigan

Paddy McGuigan

Paddy McGuigan is an Irish musician who played for some years with the folk group "Barleycorn". He has written some Irish rebel songs, including "The Men Behind the Wire", "The Boys of the Old Brigade", and "Irish Soldier Laddie". A loyalist tune appeared called "YCV Brigade" which plagerised lyrics from "The Boys of the Old Brigade" and also used the tune of "Wild Colonial Boy"

References

* [http://ireland.dyn.dhs.org/Paddy_McGuigan.html Paddy McGuigan at A History of Irish Song]


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