Tornaod - Paddy's Lamentation (By the Hush)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWBc2kVBN7g
Well meself and a hundred more, to America sailed o'er
Our fortunes to be made we were thinkin'
When we got to Yankee land, they shoved a gun into our hands
Saying "Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln"
Chorus
Here's to you boys, now take my advice
To America I'll have ye's not be going
There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin
This week's #AlternateFridayMusic word is #Yank, either as a verb or as an abbreviation for Yankee. My first thought was Hoagy Carmichael‘s Cranky Old Yank (In a Clanky Old Tank) but some of the language might be a bit culturally outdated, so I went with this ditty about another earlier war.
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
https://youtu.be/jREUrbGGrgM
Bonus #AlternateFridayMusic 🎉
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #yank
Song: Thank You America
By: Celibate Rifles
Link: https://youtu.be/Q7RZd_KL20g
From deep in 1984, Damien and the boys saw the future through the bong smoke & amphetamines:
🎶 Whatever happened, to an endless summer
When it was always Saturday night
Boredom was some kind of stylish import
...and deep inside the White House
the keepers heard a murmer
and armed with clean amphetamine guns
they went to the gates of Dreamland 🎶
5/4
This week's #AlternateFridayMusic word is #Yank, either as a verb or as an abbreviation for Yankee.
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans 🙀
Yet more #AlternateFridayMusic 🎉
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #yank
Song: The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)
By: Flight of the Conchords
Link: https://youtu.be/9jLDZjMF3tk
Pull is a synonym for yank. Pull could mean either masturbate or getting laid. Kiwi's can't pull but they can kinda sing about both at once, smoooth:
🎶 It's twelve-oh-two
Just me and you
And seven other dudes
Around you on the dance-floor
I draw you near
Let's get out of here
Let's get in a cab
I'll buy you a kebab 🎶
4/4
Even more #AlternateFridayMusic 🎉
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #yank
Song: Reject All American
By: Bikini Kill
Link: https://youtu.be/yuboH87M_Xg
🎶 Regimented
Designated
Mass acceptance
Overrated
If you work hard
You'll succeed
A starrin' role on Nothing Incorporated
Incorporated, yeah
Reject all American
Gets good grades
Plays guitar
He's all the rage
On Nothing Incorporated 🎶
3/4
For #Yank themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Jack Johnson feat. Stephen Colbert - Sleep Through the Static
"Who needs sleep when we've got love?
Who needs keys when we've got clubs?
Who needs please when we've got guns?
Who needs peace when we've gone above
But beyond where we should have gone?
We went beyond where we should have gone"
#AlternateFridayMusic
Dec 05 2025
This time we’re in for a #Yank
The Amity Affliction - “Fuck the Yankees” from “Youngbloods” (2010)
Presented without comment.
It's still #AlternateFridayMusic 🎉
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #yank
Song: My American Accent
By: Underground Lovers
Link: https://youtu.be/qEudCfj9GaU
Another quiet one to ease you into your Friday:
🎶 I am not American
but I talk with an American accent
I see the sights in front of me
Icons turns to eye sores 🎶
2/4
Hey! It's #AlternateFridayMusic 🎉
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #yank
Song: Explaining Cricket
By: You Am I
Link: https://youtu.be/bUyYdnMtn4Y
🎶 I knew my zildjians from my paradiddle
plug straight into the stereo
watch the damn thing blow
Yeh orchy bottle bongs and rocket fuel,
while leaves gather in the corner of the pool
but now my words theyre drownin in the amber again
its like explainin cricket to americans
just tryin to get a hold
the whole damn thing oh oh oh ooo 🎶
1/4
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