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What about the two versions of the song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.223.36 (talk) 05:36, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If Guthrie wrote the song, and I would assume performed it, wouldn't it be his song and the Murphy's version a cover? 72.245.29.249 (talk) 11:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Dropkick Murphys article implies that it was originally a poem. 65.96.201.130 (talk) 22:33, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Guthrie is known to have left behind hundreds of sets of song lyrics behind when he died, without any accompanying musical scores. Billy Bragg and Wilco set two albums worth to music, and this was the second song that DKM had done the same for. Although Guthrie may have performed some of these songs at some point, he did not record any of them -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:51, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

accuracy of lyric

Is it actually "climbing up the topsail"? Why not "clewing up the topsail"? Clewing up a sail has an actual nautical meaning. You can't climb up a topsail. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.240.63.33 (talk) 03:58, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't you climb up the edge of one? Not that it would be easy or smart, especially with a wooden leg.

(The thing that troubles me is the giant lacuna--how did the lost leg end up in Boston, in a location where there's a chance of recovering it, when the narrator is not in Boston?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.53.57.131 (talk) 05:13, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recurrency

can someone explain how this song went recurrent so quickly? according to here ( http://www.billbaord.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=i%27m+shipping+up+to+boston&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37 ), the song was #1 on the bubbling under chart on march 10, 2007. on march 24, 2007, the song was #24 on the hot single recurrents chart. it peaked at #15 on the 31. this is really bugging me haha so if someone could explain the situation then that'd be great. icelandic hur ricane #12_(talk) 01:42, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Worth mentioning under sporting events?

The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club are currently using the song for their promos in Brisbane for home games at The Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Grounds). Is that worth mentioning in the article? Street walker (talk) 13:50, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Appearance in Teen Titans Go! (TV series)

The instrumental overture of I'm Shipping Up to Boston features prominently in the Robin vs. leprechaun pinch battle sequence of List of Teen Titans Go! episodes#Season_3_(2015–16); episode 26 Beast Boy's St. Patrick's Day Luck, and It's Bad. May I add this as an additional entry in I'm Shipping Up to Boston#In_entertainment? Thecurran (talk) 09:38, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Runrig, What Time.

Music is incredibly similar to a Runrig instrumental written by Malcolm Jones in 1979 31.51.69.1 (talk) 21:54, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Appearance in the 2024 DNC roll call

An instrumental version of the song is used as the Massachusetts' state roll call during the 2024 Democratic National Convention#Second night (Tuesday, August 20: A Bold Vision for America's Future). 108.26.189.168 (talk) 02:50, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]