Corrigan Brothers will release George Clooney song later this month
The Corrigan Brothers
They have performed for President Obama, and have been mentioned in his Irish speech and now the Corrigan Brothers who have charted in twenty countries and achieved over seven million hits on you tube with “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” are releasing a new single with a Kilkenny theme. “Welcome Home George Clooney” a new single by the Limerick based brothers will be released later this month. It tells the story of Mr Clooney’s proud Irish links to Tullahought. Lead singer Ger Corrigan said “we love a great ancestry story and this is a great one, we were delighted to hear that George’s Irish links had been established and are very thankful to Gabriel Murray and Doctor Michael Conway for their discovery. We worked with Gabriel on his award winning film Obama’s Irish Roots”.
The band, plan to make a video for the song in the Kilkenny area in the coming weeks, and will rely on their Kilkenny based banjo and mandolin player Willie Dunne to find the most appropriate filming locations. Ger Corrigan continued “ Kilkenny is a beautiful county and we are sure George will be thrilled to see the homestead of his ancestor Nicolas, he may never want to go home”.
The Corrigan Brothers are currently recording their second album and will tour the USA later this year. They will also be engaged in some events for the Obama Presidential campaign during the summer.
Ger Corrigan continued ,“The whole Obama publicity has started in earnest again as 2012 dawns, this week the Chicago Tribune and Washington Post have featured articles about the song and we are currently in negotiations with an American Publisher who wants to write the story of the song. Last year the Department of Government in Harvard University published a paper entitled “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” which used the song as a theme for multi ethnicity in American politics, but our personal highlight has been the mention of the band and the song in his Irish Speech. There are not too many bands and songs mentioned in Keynote American Presidential Speeches”
“Welcome home George Clooney “ is scheduled for Airplay across the USA from the end of January.
Here is a sampler of the lyrics
Welcome Home George Clooney (Corrigan Brothers and Willie Dunne 2012)
chorus
Oh the girls are feeling swooney
As they welcome home George Clooney
Back to Ireland and Kilkenny
On his great big Motorbike
He thought he was from Kentucky
But good ould George Got lucky
It transpires That he’s a
Proud Kilkenny man
Gabriel Murray he unlocked
Georges roots in Tullahought
Clooney’s coming back
To his Kilkenny Clan
he knows Angelina Jolie
but his hero is Brian Cody
he plans to meet him
for a few ould jars
he’ll go up to Nowlan Park
as the twilight turns to dark
to watch Henry Crashin balls
over the bar
chorus
Oh the girls are feeling swooney
As they welcome home George Clooney
Back to Ireland and Kilkenny
On his great big Motorbike
