Produced by Phil Coulter, who wrote the title track, Drew recorded this album of songs about growing old shortly before being diagnosed with throat cancer in 2006, an irony which was commented on a few months later by both men on The Late Late Show. The album contains many oldies or standards, with the predominant theme of the album being old age and death. Even the traditionally upbeat singalong "The Wild Rover" has been transformed here into a lament. Whereas in the traditional version, the singer is saying he "will play the wild rover no more", this is his own choice; but in the version here, the reason is thar he is no longer able. Not all the songs are downbeat and mournful. The title track is optimistic and "Wait Till The Clouds Roll By" is optimistic also: "Jenny, we'll be together / Just wait 'til the clouds roll by."
there, life, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2019, learn, when, remove, thi. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources There s Life in the Old Dog Yet news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message There s Life in the Old Dog Yet is an album by Ronnie Drew released in 2006 There s Life in the Old Dog YetStudio album by Ronnie DrewReleased2006LabelDolphin RecordsProducerPhil CoulterRonnie Drew chronologyA New World 2006 There s Life in the Old Dog Yet 2006 Pearls 2007 Produced by Phil Coulter who wrote the title track Drew recorded this album of songs about growing old shortly before being diagnosed with throat cancer in 2006 an irony which was commented on a few months later by both men on The Late Late Show The album contains many oldies or standards with the predominant theme of the album being old age and death Even the traditionally upbeat singalong The Wild Rover has been transformed here into a lament Whereas in the traditional version the singer is saying he will play the wild rover no more this is his own choice but in the version here the reason is thar he is no longer able Not all the songs are downbeat and mournful The title track is optimistic and Wait Till The Clouds Roll By is optimistic also Jenny we ll be together Just wait til the clouds roll by Track listing edit There s Life in the Old Dog Yet September Song If I Had My Life to Live Over The Wild Rover Macushla It Was a Very Good Year A Pint of Plain Irene Goodnight The Old House Wait Till the Clouds Roll By Love s Old Sweet Song Hard Times nbsp This 2000s folk album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title There 27s Life in the Old Dog Yet amp oldid 1174926807, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
