Up Went Nelson Explained

Up Went Nelson
Artist:	The Go Lucky Four
Type:	Song

"Up Went Nelson" was a song by The Go Lucky Four (a group of Belfast school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carolan, John Sullivan and Eamonn McGirr) that was number one on the Ireland music charts in 1966 for eight consecutive weeks.^[1]

It was sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body" and is about the destruction on 8 March 1966 of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.^{[2] [3]}

See also

Nelson's Farewell

References

1. Web site: The man who blew up Nelson. Fleming. Diarmaid . 12 March 2016. . BBC . 16 September 2017 .
2. Book: Usher . Ramona . Mancini . JoAnne . Bresnahan . Keith . Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction . . 14 July 2014 . 123 . Dublin and its Georgian legacy: The battle for iconoclasm . 978-0415702508 .
3. Web site: Up Went Nelson Lyrics And Chords . 2024-04-11 . Irish folk songs . en.