”Pulling Their Wire ”(The ESB Men 1955)


”This is a song dedicated to the ESB men of 1955”

Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh

They were pulling their wire, higher and higher.
Higher and higher everyday.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds of holes.
Up and down the byway.

Chorus
They were pulling their wire, pulling it higher.
Pulling their wire all the day.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds a holes.
Up and down the byway.

Well me mammy she says, she says now to me.
Your daddy he worked on the ESB.
Me mammy she says, she says now ya see.
That’s how your daddy met me.

Chorus
They were pulling their wire, pulling it higher.
Pulling their wire all the day.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds a holes.
Up and down the byway.

Well me daddy he says, he says now to me.
Sonny I worked on the ESB.
Me daddy he says, he says now ya see.
That’s how your mammy met me.

Chorus
They were pulling their wire, pulling it higher.
Pulling their wire all the day.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds a holes.
Up and down the byway.

Well ta finish me song, they were courting too strong.
Courting too strong now ya see.
Well it wasn’t too long, till something went wrong.
That’s how me mammy had me.

Chorus
They were pulling their wire, pulling it higher.
Pulling their wire all the day.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds a holes.
Up and down the byway.

Chorus
They were pulling their wire, pulling it higher.
Pulling their wire all the day.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds a holes.
Up and down the byway.

Chorus
They were pulling their wire, pulling it higher.
Pulling their wire all the day.
They were putting their poles, into all kinds holes.
Up and down the byway.
Up and down the byway.

About the Song,….. ”Pulling Their Wire ”(The ESB Men 1955)

The Rural Electrification Scheme began across the country 70 years ago.

Gangs of men would stay in one area for weeks and months at a time.

It led to new relationships and even marriages taking place.

The local clergy who acted with haste to stamp out temptation of the flesh.

Ordered an ESB boss to take a dark handsome young worker out of the parish,

As he had become a danger to the ladies both married and single.