"
I'm Shipping Up to Boston" is a song with lyrics written by the folk singer
Woody Guthrie and music written and performed by the
Celtic punk band
Dropkick Murphys. It appeared on their 2005 album,
The Warrior's Code. An earlier recording of it can be found on the
Hellcat Records compilation
Give 'Em the Boot: Vol. 4. The song gained world-wide attention along with boosting the band's popularity for its use in the 2006
Academy Award-winning Best Picture,
The Departed and the soundtrack for the film.