Finnegans Wake, the classic up tempo Irish folk music song is a must have for the Irish song troubadour. There are two ways to learn Finnegans Wake that will ensure it is sung with true Irish feeling and empathy.

• The first is to lock yourself up in an ancient Irish castle or round tower and read the entire works of James Joyce, culminating with his 676 pages of Finnegan’s Wake.
• The second would be to listen to different versions of the Irish folk music classic and keep an ear out for the proper feel of this Irish folk song.

Finnegans wake byThe Irish Rovers, they do a decent job, a little more life in this Irish folk music classic

But the Best version Of Finnegans Wake is and always has been the Clancy Brothers, You would think that after all this time there would be an Irish folk group to do the music justice, The story telling before the song gets a little old though. The Reunion cd.

Modern Irish music groups that have given Finnegans Wake a try include The Dropkick Murphy’s, a good old Boston rock/Irish influenced version if you like the Murphy’s you’ll enjoy this rock version.

The Fenian Sons give it a try, but still don’t have the true feeling for the song.

The best hope for new old Irish folk music might be The Orthodox Celts from Serbia

Yea I know this video isn’t Finnegans wake, but their youtube version just didn’t come through right and I wanted to give these guys some credit.

Cheers.