Johnny McEvoy - Sammy's Bar | The Stable Sessions

Our final installment of this week’s Featured Artist Johnny McEvoy is ‘Sammy’s Bar’. Sammys Bar was written by Cyril Tawney and originally recorded as ‘The Ballad of Sammy's Bar’ ‘’This tragic love song was written by English folk singer Cyril Tawney from Gosport, Hampshire while serving with the Royal Navy in Malta at the end of the Second World War. The story I heard was that he wrote it after being jilted by his girlfriend who later died in a motor accident on that historic island. Sammy’s Bar was situated in a small town in Malta called Pieta, where the song is set. A “Daighsoe” ( Pronounced Di-so) is a small colourfully painted boat that was used as a water taxi by the sailors returning to their ships after shore leave." Johnny McEvoy’s album can be purchased here: https://www.tradnua.com/product-page/... Subscribe to Trad Nua's YouTube:    / @tradnua   Stream Johnny McEvoy’s Album on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/56TZNY... More from Johnny McEvoy: Website: https://www.johnnymcevoy.com/ Facebook:   / johnnymcevoy   More From Trad Nua: Facebook:   / tradnua   Instagram:   / trad_nua   Website: https://www.tradnua.com/product-page/... Lyrics: I went down to Sammy's Bar Hey, the last boat's a'leavin By the shore at Pieta Haul away the daighsoe And my real love, she was there Hey, the last boat's a'leavin There was sand all in her hair Haul away the daighsoe How did sand get in your hair Hey, the last boat's a'leavin Darling Johnny put it there Haul away the daighsoe He's a better man by far Hey, the last boat's a'leavin Because he drives a Yankee car Haul away the daighsoe Fourteen days I drank no wine Hey, the last boat's a'leavin Saving for that love of mine Haul away the daighsoe Then one day in Paula square Hey, the last boat's a'leavin At a paper I did stare Haul away the daighsoe Johnny tried a hairpin bend Hey, the last boat's a'leavin For my love, that was the end Haul away the daighsoe Going back to Sammy's Bar Hey, the last boat's a'leavin I don't need no Yankee car Haul away the daighsoe Credits: Recorded At: Stable Studios, Co. Dublin Musicians: John McLoughlin - Guitar Eamonn DeBarra - Whistle, Bodhrán Sean Regan - Fiddle Directed By: Dara McConnell Director Of Photography: Oleg Rudkovskij Sound Recorded, Mixed & Mastered: Eoin Morrissey Edited By: Juan Zabala Assistant Editor: Indira Carino Camera Operators: Mark O'Rourke Sean Green Oleg Rudkovskij Dara McConnell Post Production: Cat Media Art Direction & Design: The Brand Idea, Dublin