John's Motor Car - Phelim Drew

My Yaysus, that was a grey day.
It wasn't all bad, though, it got some nice sun towards the end and I had a nice walk in the park... so I decided to do this little midweek tea-time tune. It's called "Johnson's Motor Car". Now, I've taken a liberty with a word here and there.................
if you don't like it you can't stick it up your jumper!
"Johnston's Motor Car is an Irish rebel song written by Willie Gillespie, a poet from Ballybofey, shortly after the event.
It is based on the commandeering in Ulster of a motor car belonging to Doctor Henry Maturin Johnston (1851-1932) by the Irish Republican Army. The event took place in April 1921. An Irish Republican Army unit needed transport to a town over fifty miles away, but had no car to carry them. They decided to call out Henry M. Johnston, a doctor based in Stranorlar, and then ambush him and his car at a bridge and commandeer the car for the IRA. Johnston was sent a telegraph asking him to attend to a Mrs. Boyle. On his way there, he found the Reelin Bridge in Glenfin barricaded by the IRA, who forced him to give them his car. On June 7, 2019 the remnants of the legendary car are believed to have been uncovered under a turf stack in County Donegal by Retired Ballybofey businessman Cathal McHugh."
Wikipedia
You can find The Dubliners' version of this song i their album "Plain and Simple" (fourth song on Side One).
Enjoy!

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