the ballad of the eire canal
May 7th, 2009
Almost 15 years ago I wrote a silly song based on a typo, about the 19th century’s greatest nonexistent feat of engineering, the transatlantic canal between the United States and Ireland. Many years later, Jacob Haller arranged and sang an a capella version of my lyrics, and now, through the magic of the interweb, you can hear a fully realized version of the song by the all-mollusk* band El Submarinium. Check out the Ballad of the Eire Canal on their myspace page! (Their other songs ain’t bad either.)
* the band may actually contain some vertebrates
3 Comments Add your own
1. Rick K | October 26th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Love the song! Made me laugh. Is it possible the “typo” was “Mid Atlantic” referring to those states south of New England such as New York? I remember a book about Bicycling in the Mid Atlantic!
Rick
2. Jacob Haller | December 11th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Francis Brennan (a guy I used to be in a band with before he moved to the west coast) just recorded a version of Eire Canal. It’s on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/baseballceratops?albid=&songid=61383787 It’s quite good!
In much older news, here’s an a capella version I did last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MOSavufipg
3. Jacob Haller | December 11th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Oh, hey, it’s the same guy. Who knew?
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