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Dropkick Murphys perform this song on the waterfront in East Boston. While hanging with hooligans and runnin' from the cops.
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston I'm a sailor pegAnd I lost my legClimbing up the top sailsI lost my leg!I'm shipping up to Boston ... wayy-yooo!...
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" I'm Shipping Up to Boston " is a song by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, with lyrics written by folk singer Woody Guthrie. The original version of the song was released in 2004 on Give 'Em the Boot IV and was re-recorded for their certified gold selling 2005 album, The Warrior's Code.
Jul 6, 2021 · The story behind Dropkick Murphys' I’m Shipping Up To Boston. By Henry Yates. ( Classic Rock ) published 6 July 2021. Dropkick Murphys' I’m Shipping Up To Boston was a collision of Celtic punk, legless pirates, and beyond-the-grave lyrics from American folk hero Woody Guthrie.
Jun 21, 2005 · I’m Shipping Up to Boston Lyrics. [Verse] I'm a sailor peg, and I've lost my leg. Climbing up the top sails, I lost my leg. [Chorus] I'm shipping up to Boston, whoa. I'm...
The song is about a sailor who loses his leg in a bizarre rigging accident, and now he's shipping off to Boston to find his wooden leg. In a Songfacts interview with Matt Kelly of the Dropkick Murphys, he explained how they attained the unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics for this song and why they chose it. Said Kelly: "We were bestowed the honor ...
Mar 13, 2015 · ‘I’m Shipping Up to Boston’: 10 Years of A Working-Class, Boston Anthem. Frontman Ken Casey takes a look back at the band’s biggest commercial hit. The Dropkick Murphys. Kelly Brett. By...
Jan 1, 2024 · Anchoring itself in the punk rock sea with a Celtic twist, ‘I’m Shipping Up to Boston’ by Dropkick Murphys thrashes onto the musical shores with a ferocious energy that belies a deeper narrative.
Jul 14, 2021 · The lyrics are written from the perspective of a sailor who lost a prosthetic leg climbing the topsail, and is shipping up to Boston to "find my wooden leg." However, the scant lines of text...
