Christy Moore - Cricklewood Lyrics

Lived in both Cricklewood &Kilburn for years as a kid now 71

Guitar out of tune

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Great song ever Christy amazing ever thank you

God be with the great nights in the Cricklewood

i know that he is a good singer and i follow him 2, but, im just asking the question, years ago when he was singing, did the aduience in them times, still have to watch him, not allowed to sing along and watch him sweat the DRINK out of his body? just asking, thats all.

its a great song nothing political just a situation could be New York or Melbourne no offence im sure intended so for someone to comment thick cunts its hardly justified

Amen, for free men! A.M.Cottam, Cork Co

aye the Galtymore on the Broadway i lived Cricklewood for a few years good bars round there good people too friendliest i lived round i London

and what about the landlords in the boozers happily taking a weeks wages off these men. Its sad but plenty of men made good over there

I spent most of my youth in a neighborhood called Cricklewood Circle. This song is literally speaking to me, love it :)

i have little reguard for london a wee bit like ottile paterson[mountains of mourne] i went down to watch mr bob at earls court[street legal]and visited irish relations of my wife. darlin people. london? there is a place for it. pick a windae or someone elses orifice. kind reguards for the irish that were left to starve yet had to come over and build london toon

Am I right in stating that Tony Grehan from Boyle who is a friend of Christy's, put the music to this poem written by the late great john B Keane.
Boyle1967

@maxvolmue99 you hit the nail on the head, escape was not a choice it was the attempted destruction of a culture and a people, by economic means, they tried everything else to break the Irish Soul, but you cannot hide from the truth.....Why is KIng Menes first King of Egypt buried in County Tyrone??? Why is Queen Scotia,daughter of Akhenaton who gave her name to Nova Scotia and Scotland, buried outside Tralee, why is Queen Tea, buried near Tara...????

@rabbithog - its easy to say this - but england offered an apparently easy escape to the young irish in the 50s' through to the 80's.......just because people went there it didnt mean it was good and pleasant - christy sings these songs to capture the scene of the refugee in an another mans land.and that land happened to be owned by the very rulers that ironically caused these young people to leave home.with suppression and trade restrictions and penal laws holding back ireland's development

@petrolbom What??? A better life?? In England?? I´m neither English nor Irish, but I´ve been to both countries...and come on...bad food, worse feather, ugly girls, rubbish everywhere, fights at night....no thnx

brit scum

if only it was that simple a lot a these men couldnt get work in ireland yeah remember that day wippersnapper?so ya reckon they should have stayed in ireland and let their families starve?i know plenty a men who only went to england to earn a crust so think b4 ya make bigotted comments...who`s the thick prick now

The Galtymore Was a great place,I spent my youth here in the 70's!

yo go the mayhem highgate is only a whistle stop away

Christy we love you!!! great man and make us proud!

christy as good as ever mo chara ! BELFAST SALUTES YOU

Well said, To be honest our own goverment in Ireland should have taken theese poor souls home a long time ago...

ah cricklewood and kilburn, an miath ar fhad

Knows where tunes come from. Tks Christy.

he's the spit of ur man from eastenders phil mitchell... lookin ROUGH but sounds great.. nice one!