Up Went Nelson

"Up Went Nelson"
Song by The Go Lucky Four

"Up Went Nelson" was a song by The Go Lucky Four (a group of Belfast school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carolan, John Sullivan and Eamonn McGirr, managed at the time by Gerry Crean). It reached No.1 in the Irish charts where it remained for 10 weeks. ^[1]

It was sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body" and is about the destruction on 8 March 1966 of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Nelson's Farewell

References

1. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
2. Usher, Ramona (14 July 2014). "Dublin and its Georgian legacy: The battle for iconoclasm". In Mancini, JoAnne; Bresnahan, Keith (eds.). Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN   978-0415702508.
3. "Up Went Nelson Lyrics And Chords". Irish folk songs. Retrieved 2024-04-11.