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To the Devil with your Licence

from Shenanigans by The New Ruffians

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Written by Matthew O'Reilly, arranged by The New Ruffians

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Did you hear them play the tunes, take them round the Parish
Pluck it, strike it, hammer it down, make it awful savage
Keep the music from the page, no paper production
Strings made from fusewire, anything for a plectrum

Rip the music from the wall, Sing into the silence
All you need is a place to play, To the devil with your licence

When they pulled the reel apart, wove it back together
Driving rhythms once again like they’d gone on forever
Then the drummer beat the goat, beat it with a passion
Weaving rhythms round the tunes like they’d gone out of fashion

Rip the music from the wall, Sing into the silence
All you need is a place to play, To the devil with your licence

To the mix add stormin’ tunes, beer and smoke and whiskey
Fiddle and bohdron nail it down, jigs and reels a plenty
Play the blarney pilgrim land, drink in double measure
Merrily kiss the quaker with Killarney boys of pleasure

Rip the music from the wall, Sing into the silence
All you need is a place to play, To the devil with your licence

credits

from Shenanigans, released November 27, 2020
Daran Crook: Vocal and Guitar
Paul Dunn: Cajon, Percussion and Trombone
David Dunn: Bass Guitar
Richard Harvey: Accordion

Recorded and engineered by Sam Draisey
Mixed by Paul Dunn and Mike Wyatt
Mastered by Mike Wyatt

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The New Ruffians Wolverhampton, UK

Four multi-instumentalist Midlanders playing a heady mix of traditional Celtic music, Ska, R’n’R, Indie & Punk.

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