Wearin the Britches - Paul Brady 1976 video free download

Patrick Ryan

My God, in picking style of guitar and Bouzouki MASTER! 

actuatedgear

This is from a time when a wife who ran roughshod on her man not only made him a laughing stock (a serious issue when everyone knew everyone by name and family), but could in many communities lead to him being publicly ridiculed and removed from his station. He was responsible for her discipline like she was some worrisome child. Her debts and missteps were his to answer for. He faced the burden of her discipline, so he bore the responsibility of doling out hers and he was heavily restricted on it most times.Here we have the sorry tale of an unbalanced home. He married her for her money. She does not respect him because the money is hers. She does not respect his discipline because she does not need him to survive financially.In another version of the song she takes ill and he tries to mourn her, but really cant because its too great a relief to be rid of the stress.She cheats and spends as she pleases. He disciplines her. He even beats her. She does not respond. She merely keeps him around as a pet. When the pet bites her one too many times, she breaks it's leg. She not happy, and neither is he. Never marry a woman for her money is the message. Im not sure its a perfect rule-George Washington was a gigolo-but it has some real merits.All that aside, I fuckin love the song.

lowslowflyer77

Dam this makes me wanna go back to some Irish music again..A real Red Pill message also..

Peter Holsters

@ Diane Bilyeu & Kevin Moore: The instruments are common Greek bouzoukis.

Lazy Shark

is the tuning GDAE?

Marisa Dwyer

All is forgiven because it's funny.Some of the best folk songs ever are about frustrated wife beaters.

Mraggoth

Would any happen to know what the name of the Eastern European tune it is they break into halfway through the song?

Michael Dineen

A great performance here, by Paul Brady. There are not many versions of this song. I'd imagine that it must be a song, from his own part of Ireland. In many ways' it is really about domestic abuse' but told in a light hearted way. Does anyone agree.?

Marisa Dwyer

I was wrong this version best possible. How the fuck do they do it?

Nate Berry

We always joke before playing this tune that its our Ode to Spousal Abuse.

pat tiern

It also follows The Creel on Welcome Here Kind Stranger. Great tune.

Gorm Tiarna

World Class!!!!!!!!!! It is amazing how the Irish play the Greek bouzouki. It's jut way too unreal!!!

Barry mc kenna

Gr8 stuff

christian arffmann

It is rarely understood that quality music whether Jimi Hendrix or Paul Brady was not created in a cultural vacuum. This is why most of what is coming our way today as the best is not on par with cultural revolution of 60's and 70's.

acousticems

Love this!

Lazy Shark

great recording, thanks for sharing! the second part, instrumental called Out the Door and Over the Wall seems a lot more greek/mideastern than irish. Maybe I am wrong, anybody knows more about the story of this song?

sakkorig

@mjlykos The main song is called wearin the britches of course, but the tune after is called "out the door and over the wall" i believe. its a tune of pauls own creation

sakkorig

Such an amazing song, and you can hear the middle eastern influence in the riffs they pick out. What an amazing gift these men posses.

mjlykos

What are the tunes?

MrNyrge

@kiltownkid the second half of the song (2.40+) is on Paul Bradys album Welcome Here Kind Stranger and is titiled Out the Door and Over the Wall i think. not sure about the first half

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