- Music written by
- [Traditional]
- Lyrics written by
- Patrick Joseph McCall
- Publication date
- 1899
- Language
- English
- Comments
- "Follow Me Up to Carlow" is an Irish folk song written by Patrick Joseph McCall (1861–1919) and appears in his Songs of Erinn (1899) under the title "Marching Song of Feagh MacHugh". The lyrics celebrate the defeat of an army of 3,000 English soldiers by Fiach Mac Aodh Ó Broin (anglicised Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne) at the Battle of Glenmalure, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in 1580. The music is set to a traditional Irish air reputed to have been played as a marching tune by the pipers of Fiach MacHugh in 1580.
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Versions
Follow Me up to Carlow written by Patrick Joseph McCall, [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow Me up to Carlow (The Marching Song of Flach McHugh) | The Wolfetones | 1965 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Arthur Kearney | 1966 | Unverified | ||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Shayna Karlin, Gordon McIntyre, Danny Spooner, Mike Ball (Gordon McIntyre, Danny Spooner) | 1968 | Unverified | ||
| Follow Me down to Carlow | Anne and Laura Brand | 1970 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Planxty | 1973 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Noel McLoughlin | 1990 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | The Young Dubliners | 1995 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Annwn [US] | May 1, 1997 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Hair of the Dog | 2003 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | The High Kings | 2016 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Geoffrey Castle | March 5, 2017 | |||
| Follow Me up to Carlow | Ganaim | July 7, 2017 |