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What came first, Irish rebels or zombie cows?
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March 17th, 2017
This is a music based question, I have been curious about this for a while. These two songs, Ghost Riders in the Sky by Johnny Cash, and Up the Ra performed by various Irish rebel type artists. They both have the same tune. I understand one merely has to look up the dates for both songs in order to determinate who came up with the tune first.
However there are some complications. Apparently Johnny Cash said he did not invent this song, he said that his grandfather learned it from a cowboy when he was a boy.
Ireland, or most of it anyway became a free place in 1921 I believe, so I assume some rebel songs such as Up the Ra existed before that war. So…what the hell came first? Who came up with that tune and what is the story behind all this?
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