Three Days Away From St. Paddy's Day

Posted By Blackfive

I am a northsider and a Cubs fan. Two things at odds with my Irish kin on the south side...

Today is the Chicago South Side Irish Parade. Here is a link to a History Channel page about the history of St. Patrick's Day parades (they go back to 1762).

In honor of the Fighting Illini (and right now they are losing to Wisconsin!), here is a picture from 2002's parade:

Via the Chicago Sun-Times, here's some lyrics from the South Side Irish Band:

Writeen in 1984 by singer Terry McEldowney and guitar players Tom Black and Tom Walsh, the song alternately boasts about the South Side and bashes the North, as in this verse and chorus:

"We sing the songs our fathers sang when they were growing up, rebel songs of Erin's Isle in the South Side Irish pubs, and when it comes to baseball -- we have two favorite clubs, the go-go White Sox . . . and whoever plays the Cubs.

"We're the South Side Irish as our fathers were before, we come from the Windy City and we're Irish to the core, from Bridgeport to Beverly from Midway to South Shore, we're the South Side Irish -- let's sing it out once more."

UPDATE: Apparently, I am drawing the ire of the Laughing Wolf - appropriately so I think. I used to rally miss St. Paddy's Day when I was stationed over seas. My college buddies sent me a corned beef and cabbage dinner from the Abby to me in Turkey once. It made it through customs somehow...

I am also thinking about live blogging St. Paddy's Day from Govnor's Pub but I don't want some amateur drinking spilling on my laptop. What a waste that would be - the alcohol, I mean.

Here are the Seven, Six, Five, and Four Days Away From St. Paddy's Day Posts

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Three Days Away From St. Paddy's Day

I am a northsider and a Cubs fan. Two things at odds with my Irish kin on the south side...

Today is the Chicago South Side Irish Parade. Here is a link to a History Channel page about the history of St. Patrick's Day parades (they go back to 1762).

In honor of the Fighting Illini (and right now they are losing to Wisconsin!), here is a picture from 2002's parade:

Via the Chicago Sun-Times, here's some lyrics from the South Side Irish Band:

Writeen in 1984 by singer Terry McEldowney and guitar players Tom Black and Tom Walsh, the song alternately boasts about the South Side and bashes the North, as in this verse and chorus:

"We sing the songs our fathers sang when they were growing up, rebel songs of Erin's Isle in the South Side Irish pubs, and when it comes to baseball -- we have two favorite clubs, the go-go White Sox . . . and whoever plays the Cubs.

"We're the South Side Irish as our fathers were before, we come from the Windy City and we're Irish to the core, from Bridgeport to Beverly from Midway to South Shore, we're the South Side Irish -- let's sing it out once more."

UPDATE: Apparently, I am drawing the ire of the Laughing Wolf - appropriately so I think. I used to rally miss St. Paddy's Day when I was stationed over seas. My college buddies sent me a corned beef and cabbage dinner from the Abby to me in Turkey once. It made it through customs somehow...

I am also thinking about live blogging St. Paddy's Day from Govnor's Pub but I don't want some amateur drinking spilling on my laptop. What a waste that would be - the alcohol, I mean.

Here are the Seven, Six, Five, and Four Days Away From St. Paddy's Day Posts

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