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If on every ocean the ship is a throne
And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown
Then I could believe that I'm bound to find
A better life than I left behind
But as you ascend the ladder
Look out below where you tread
For the colours bled as they overflowed
Red, white and blue
Green, white and gold
So I had to leave from my country of birth
As for each child grown tall
Another lies in the earth
And for every rail we laid in the loam
There's a thousand miles of the long journey home
But as you ascend the ladder
Look out below where you tread
For the colours bled as they overflowed
Red, white and blue
Green, white and gold
But as you ascend the ladder
Look out below where you tread
For the colours bled as they overflowed
Red, white and blue
Green, white and gold
But as you ascend the ladder
Look out below where you tread
For the colours bled as they overflowed
Red, white and blue
Green, white and gold
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Long Journey Home (Anthem) |
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Written by | Elvis Costello & Paddy Moloney |
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Performed by | The Chieftains with The Irish Film Orchestra, Anúna & Elvis Costello |
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Produced by | Paddy Moloney |
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Orchestra arranged & conducted by | Fiachra Trench |
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Chorus arranged by | Michael McGlynn |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals Paddy Moloney - tin whistle, uilleann pipes Kevin Conneff - bodhrán Derek Bell - harp Matt Molloy - flute Martin Fay - fiddle Fiachra Trench - piano Arty McGlynn - guitar James Blennerhassett - double bass Paddy Glackin - fiddle Robbie Casserly - drums The Irish Film Orchestra Anúna - choir |
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Recorded | 1997, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin |
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Released | January 13, 1998 |
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Singles | Long Journey Home, 1998 (full-length version & radio edit) |
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Collections | The Chieftains: The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration, 2002 (radio edit) - The Chieftains: The Essential Chieftains, 2006 (full-length version) |
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Soundtracks | Long Journey Home, 1998 (full-length version) |
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Various Artists collections | Long Journey Home (sampler), 1998 |
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Length | 4:18 (full-length version) 3:20 (radio edit) |
“Paddy [Moloney] didn’t ever dream little, so he told me, ‘let’s go to Carnegie Hall with the Notre Dame [Folk Choir], and let’s do it like it’s the national anthem”… That was the conceit of that song, it was supposed to be the national anthem of the Irish in America.” — Songlines, April 2022
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2013
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