Peter, Paul and Mary - The Rising of the Moon

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Uploaded Sep. 3, 2009 by
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The Rising of the Moon is a famous Irish ballad written by John Keegan Leo Casey (1846-70), the Fenian Poet. The ballad takes the tune of another Irish ballad, The Wearing of the Green and was first published in Casey's 1866 collection of poems and songs A Wreath of Shamrocks. The lyrics refer to the outbreak of the 1798 rebellion in county Kildare as United Irish rebels convey the order to rise. The air of hope and optimism associated with the ultimately doomed rebellion was intended ...