"Rocky Road to Dublin", also known as "An Bairille", "An Botar Sgreagmar Go Baile-Ata-Cliat", "An Bothar Carrach Go Baile Atha Cliath", "Black Burke", "Promenade Side-step", "Promenade Step" and "The Rocky Road" is an Irish slip-jig (9/8 time) with words about the travels of a man from Galway. ("Baile Atha Cliath" is the Gaelic name of Dublin.) The words were written by D.K. Gavan, "The Galway Poet", for the English music hall performer Harry Clifton (1824–1872), who popularized the song. It was recorded by The Dubliners, The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem, The Pogues, Bert Jansch, Fiddler's Green, The Chieftains and many others. I learned it from the Clancy Brothers.