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St Patrick's day in Poland [272]
Didn't mean any offence
No problemo. And no. I'd never heard of it until a couple of years ago in Malta...the wikipedia page doesn't list it as ever having charted in the US... great song but not so much to American tastes... the Pogues had a kind of niche following maybe among some college students but nothing beyond that.
Getting to Poland and Ireland. One of the biggest Polish rock hits of all time is probably Kocham cię jak Irlandię by Kobranocka (1990) which has nothing to do with Ireland.
youtube.com/watch?v=hdUWHSlvgxg
Another song that has nothing to do with Ireland is "Irlandia zielona" (1995ish) by a forgotten group Kowalski.... it's one of my favorite Polish songs from the 1990s.
As mentioned it's not about Ireland at all but a regular guy unhappy with his 'gray life' who dreams of escape to Ireland (not the real place somewhere in his imagination).
youtube.com/watch?v=T8zaGmnMTRI
the chorus goes.
A Irlandia podobno jest taka zielona
jak włosy syreny o świcie
za jej czułe westchnienia i białe ramiona
moja szare oddałbym życie
A Irlandia podobno jest taka szalona
jak wiatr co ma czapkę podartą
za jej czułe westchnienia białe ramiona
moje nudne życie oddać warto.
my rough translation
And Ireland, they say, is just as green
as a mermaid's hair at dawn
for her tender sighs and white arms
I would give up my gray life
And Ireland they say is as crazy
like a wind with a torn hat
for her tender sighs and white arms
Giving up my boring life would be worth it.
