Monty Python Upperclass Brit of the Year

The Upperclass Brit of the Year race (full version with all events) from Monty Python's Flying Circus

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The Blue Danube in Ireland , 2 versions

Andre Rieu - live from DublinMonty Python: Blue Danube on the Border

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Kayla Nic Dhunnacha - An Spailpín Aerach - Abair Amhrán

An Spailpín Fánach

(The Wandering Labourer ... Have a go yourself at the lyrics ?

This is a lament of a man who had to become a "Spailpín" because of his family's eviction. To avoid this terrible life, he joined the French army to fight overseas.
The life of a Spailpín or an itinerant farm worker in Ireland up into the 20th century was extremely harsh. Hard physical labour, low wages and maltreatment by landowners had to be endured by these men and women. Even the word 'Spailpín' came to mean a person of low or poor character. (www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8998 /anspailpin.html)

Seo í an fhéile Éireannach is mó agus is cáiliúla ar an domhan...

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Is spailpín aerach tréitheach mise agus bígí ag soláthar mná dhom
Mar scaipfinn an síol faoi dhó san Earrach in éadan taltaí bána
Mar scaipfinn an síol faoi dhó san Earrach, in éadan taltaí bána
Mo lámha ar an gcéachta i ndiaidh na gcapall 's go réabfainnse cnoic le fána.

Mo chúig céad slan leat, a dhúthaigh m'athar, is go deo deo don oileán grámhar,
Is don scata fear óg atá 'mo dhiaidh ag baile, nach gclisfeadh orm in am a ghátair!
Tá Baile Átha Cliath dóite, is tógfar Gaillimh, beidh lasair 'ainn ar thinte cnámha,
Beidh fíon agus beoir ar bord ag m'athair -- sin cabhair ag an Spailpín Fánach!
An chéad lá i nÉirinn dar liostail mise, ó bhí me súgach sasta
'S an darna lá dar liostail mise, ó bhí me buartha cráite;
Ach an triú lá dar liostail mise, thabharfainn cúig céad púnt ar fhágail,
Ach go dtugainn sin agus an oiread eile, ní raibh mo phas le fáil a'm.
Agus bhí mise lá breá ar mhargadh Chill Chainnigh is tháinig sé go trom ag báisteach,
Is tharraing me isteach is chuir mé cúl ar balla agus thosaigh mé ag glaoch na gcárta.
Nár ghlaoigh isteach orm bean an leanna a súil le n-ól mo phaídhe
'S dheamhan deoir dár glaodh as sin go maidin nach raibh thíos in aghaidh an Spailpín Fánach.
Ó 'gus bhí mise lá breá thíos i nGaillimh is bhí an abhainn ag gabháil le fána,
Bhí an breac's an eascainn is an beairtín sláta ann is chuile ní dhá bhreácha
Ó bhí mná óga ann múinte tógtha, 'siad a bhí tanaí tláth deas,
Ach dheamhan bean óg dá suínnse léi nach gcuirfinn an dubh ar a mbán di.
Agus b'fhaide liomsa lá bheinn i dteach gan charaid na bliain mhór fhada is ráithe,
Mar is buachaillín aerach mé, súgach meanmach a bhréagfadh bruinneal mhanla.
Agus dhá bhean déag a bhí ag éad 's ag iomaí liom, a súil le tairbhe mo laidhe --
S'é paidir na caillí nuair a théinn thar a tairseach, "now behave yourself, a Spailpin Fanach!

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US presses Egypt on Gaza border

Gazans have been returning with everything from fuel to camels
The US has urged the Egyptian government to secure its border with Gaza after thousands of people crossed from the Israeli-blockaded territory.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she understood it was "difficult" but the border "needs to be protected".

Militants destroyed parts of the fence on Wednesday, sparking an exodus.

Hundreds of Egyptian security personnel have moved into the area but have not yet tried to stop the traffic, BBC correspondent Ian Pannell said.

Ms Rice, arriving for talks in Colombia, said she understood Egypt's position, but said: "It is an international border, it needs to be protected and I believe that the Egyptians understand the importance of doing that."

EGYPT-GAZA BORDER
12km (7.4 miles) long
Egyptian side patrolled by 750 soldiers under 2005 agreement with Israel
Border crossing terminal south of town of Rafah
PA control of terminal under EU supervision collapsed after Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007. Border closed almost continuously since.

'Wartime' on Israeli border
The United Nations has calculated that as much as half of the 1.5 million population of the territory has crossed the border, according to the AFP news agency.

Our correspondent says there are so many Palestinians in Rafah that it is almost as if the town has been annexed by Gaza.

The main street has become an enormous open-air market, selling all kinds of goods, including fuel, goats and other livestock, and cigarettes.