“Paddle your on Canoe” 1st published in 1866 Another of Harry Clifton’s motto songs that has passed into the oral folk tradition on both sides of the Atlantic (there is a list of source singers above). A song particularly well-known in Irish traditional music circles, with versions both by the Chieftains and the Wolfe Tones. There are other very similar 19th century songs which sometimes get confused with this one: Paddle your own canoe No 2: Some sources, eg Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Songster (1868) give two versions of this song, labeled Nos. 1 and 2. Paddle your own canoe No. 2 has first line: Never give up, when trials come, full lyrics here.The structure of it means it could be sung to the same tune, but it’s not clear that it’s written by Clifton, and it’s not the version commonly heard from traditional singers. As You Paddle Your Boat Along (First line: This world we live in is just like the sea, correct Roud Number V20357) is sometimes listed under the same Roud Number as this song in VWML butis a quite different song, written by Harry Linn, and sung in the Halls by Fred Coyne.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
