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Nelson's Farewell

"Nelson's Farewell"
Single by The Dubliners
Released April 1966
Format 7"
Genre Folk, Irish, pop
Label Transatlantic
The Dubliners singles chronology
"Nelson's Farewell"
(1966)
"Black Velvet Band"
(1967)
"Nelson's Farewell"
(1966)
"Black Velvet Band"
(1967)

Nelson's Farewell is the first single by The Dubliners, released in 1966 on the label Transatlantic Records. The song charted at No.6 in the Irish Charts. The origin of the song is about the bomb blast that destroyed Nelson's Pillar in central Dublin in March 1966. It was featured in the album Finnegan Wakes.


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