Molly Malone

Molly Malone, also known under the title Cockles and Mussels ( " Cockles and Mussels" ), is a well known Irish folk song and an unofficial anthem of Dublin city. The ballad tells the story of a beautiful Dublin fishwife who dies at a young age unspecified definite fever.

The song was written by James Yorkston ( Edinburgh ) around 1883. It first appeared in 1883 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a year later in London ( by Francis Brothers and Day, 1884, London).

A monument, the Molly Malone was erected in honor in Dublin at the corner of Grafton Street / Suffolk Street, is one of the landmarks of the city. The statue was created by Jean Rynhart and 1987, matching the 1,000 year celebration of Dublin in 1988, situated. The display is of the Dubliners jokingly as " Tart with the cart" ( " sugar doll with the cart " ) or "Dish with the fish " ( "sharp Bride with the fish") or "Dolly with the Trolley " ("the doll designated by the cart " ).

The ballad in Germany in the sung by the Dubliners version became known.

The song was also used in Stanley Kubrick's film version of A Clockwork Orange: In a key scene, a drunken tramp singing the song.