"All For Me Grog"
Single by The Dubliners
B-side"A Pub With No Beer"
Released6 July 1967
GenreFolk, Irish
Length3:01
    LabelMajor Minor
    Songwriter(s)traditional
    Producer(s)Tommy Scott
    The Dubliners singles chronology
    "Black Velvet Band"
    (1967)    		 "All For Me Grog"
    (1967)    		 "Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man"
    (1967)

    "All For Me Grog" is a traditional folk song, also known as Good Brown Ale and Tobacco, that was originally popular with sailors and later adopted by folk music performers and pub singers.[1][2] (Roud 475). It was collected by George Gardiner in 1906 under the title "The Nobby Hat".[3] James Madison Carpenter collected a version in c 1928 as "All for the Grog".[4] In 1961 A. L. Lloyd and Alf Edwards recorded the song on an E.P. by Topic Records.[5]

    It tells the tale of a man who sells all his possessions, and even his wife, to pay for drink and tobacco. Although the song is effectively about a man's ruin through drink, it is upbeat and celebratory rather than regretful, with the intention to go back to the sea to find a new fortune. It is usually performed as a raucous chorus song. Grog originally referred to a daily ration of rum that used to be given in diluted form to sailors in the Royal Navy. It later came to refer to all types of drink.

    There is an Australian version of the song called Across the Western Plains.

    The song was recorded as a single by The Dubliners which charted at No.10 in Ireland in July 1967.[6][7] It had previously been recorded by The Watersons on their eponymous 1966 album and, more recently, by The Mary Wallopers on their eponymous 2022 album.[8][9]

    Serbian band Orthodox Celts recorded a version of the songs for their 1994 self-titled début album.[10]

    Charts

    Chart (1967) Peak
    position
    Ireland (IRMA)[11] 10
    UK Singles (OCC)[12] -

    References

    1. ↑ "All for Me Grog – Irish folk song about a sailor's carefree attitude". Irishmusicdaily.com. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
    2. ↑ https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/goodbrownaleandtobacco.html
    3. ↑ Vaughan Williams, Ralph. "The Nobby Hat". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Cecil Sharp House. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
    4. ↑ Carpenter, James Madison. "Mr". University of Sheffield. hriOnline Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
    5. ↑ Lloyd, A.L. "Mr". Koha Lists. EFDSS. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
    6. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
    7. ↑ "The Dubliners - All For Me Grog (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
    8. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/609144-The-Watersons-The-Watersons
    9. ↑ https://marywallopers.bandcamp.com/track/all-for-me-grog-2
    10. ↑ Orthodox Celts at Discogs
    11. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 00, 1967". Irish Singles Chart.
    12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.


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