The House With the Whitewashed Gable

"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" is a 1967 country song written by Neil Levenson and performed by Irish showband singer Joe Dolan and his band, the Drifters.[1][2]

"The House With the Whitewashed Gable"
Single by Joe Dolan
B-side"Work Day Blues"
Released10 February 1967
Genrecountry
Length2:15
LabelPye
Songwriter(s)Neil Levenson
Joe Dolan singles chronology
"Pretty Brown Eyes"
(1966)		 "The House With the Whitewashed Gable"
(1967)		 "Tar and Cement"
(1967)

Song history

The song is based on the Ron Dante song "221 East Maple," with the typically American street address changed to the rural Irish setting of a farmhouse with a gable covered in whitewash.[3]

"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" was released on 10 February 1967, reaching number one in the Irish Singles Chart on 20 February 1967.[4]

References
  1. "The House with the Whitewashed Gable / Work Day Blues by Joe Dolan - RYM/Sonemic" – via rateyourmusic.com.
  2. https://joedolan.com/the-joe-dolan-story/
  3. Curran, Aidan (December 6, 2023). "Joe Dolan and The Drifters – 'The House With The Whitewashed Gable'".
  4. "Irish Number Ones (@irishnumberones@mastodon.ie)". mastodon.ie.


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