Mark Now What Followed, and What Did Betide, For It Being on Christmas Morning
Paul Brady’s “Arthur McBride”
ARTHUR MCBRIDE is “the most good-natured, mettlesome, and un-pacifistic of anti-militarist songs, said one A.L. Lloyd.
And a very good Christmas tune indeed.
Enjoy its history— it goes back to the early 18th century.
Paul Brady’s performance, 1977: