- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
- Comments
- Irish drinking song that originated among sailors and moved to the pubs. (Grog was a mixture of rum and water.) The song tells the story of a sailor who spends all his money and sells his possessions for money to obtain alcohol and smokes. It is collected in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 475. It has been collected as "Across the Western Ocean" in Australia and is known elsewhere under a variety of names, including "Here's to the Grog". The first known printed version of this song was collected by Cecil Sharpe and published in 1904 as "My Jolly, Jolly Tar".
- Licensing
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Song
Versions
All for Me Grog written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All for Me Grog | A.L. Lloyd | 1956 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Liam Clancy | 1965 | |||
| O for Me Grog (Across the Western Plains) | Martyn Wyndham Read | April 1966 | |||
| All for Me Grog | The Spinners [GB] | October 1966 | |||
| All for Me Grog | The Watersons | 1966 | |||
| All for Me Grog | The Dubliners | June 1967 | |||
| All for Me Grog | The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem | 1969 | |||
| All Through the Beer | Lea Nicholson | 1971 | |||
| All for Me Grog | The Clancy Brothers | 1972 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Franklyn B. Paverty | 1980 | |||
| All for Me Grog | 97th Regimental String Band | 1987 | |||
| All Through the Beer | Cyril Tawney | 1994 | |||
| All for Me Grog | The Dublin City Ramblers | 1995 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Ian Giles, John Spiers, Jon Boden, Graham Metcalfe | 2002 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Dan Zanes and Festival Five Folk | April 27, 2004 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Mark Alan Lovewell | 2004 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Brigham Phillips & Friends | 2005 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Jon Boden | November 7, 2010 | |||
| All for Me Grog | String Loaded | January 18, 2020 | |||
| All for Me Grog | Fiddler's Green | December 4, 2020 |