My Uncle Dan McCann

DESCRIPTION: Singer searches America for Uncle Dan, who left Galway in '51. "Back to Galway I can't go without me Uncle Dan." In Galway he was a mighty man who did fantastic feats. He fought with the 69th in the Civil War. Singer finds Uncle Dan in Congress.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Shaun O'Nolan recording)
KEYWORDS: army Civilwar emigration reunion travel America Ireland patriotic political family soldier
FOUND IN: US(MA) Ireland
Roud #37136
RECORDINGS:
Mick Moloney, "My Uncle Dan McCann" (on MoloneyShenachieFarFromShamrockShore)
Shaun O'Nolan, "Dan McCann" (Regal Zonophone G 8942, 1927)
NOTES [106 words]: Mick Moloney first heard the song on Shaun O'Nolan's recording. "The late Waterford banjo player, Mike Flanagan, of the famous Flanagan Brothers also knew the song and told me it was very popular in the 1920s and 30s in New York" (liner notes). - BS
For the two "Irish Sixty-Ninth" regiments in the Civil War (the 69th New York and 69th Pennsylvania), see "The Irish Sixty-Ninth" and "By the Hush." I can find no reference to a congressman named Dan McCann, but Google claims there is no comprehensive list of United States congressmen, so it's just possible there was one. If so, he didn't do anything that caught anyone's attention. - RBW
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