Crowe Croons Celtic Tune

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RUSSELL CROWE crooned a traditional Irish folk song to his arresting officer to help him relax during his jail experience on Monday (06JUN05).

The OSCAR winner was arrested for allegedly hurling a telephone at a New York hotel clerk and spent hours behind bars awaiting his fate.

And, to calm himself as claustrophobia and depression set in, he offered to sing to the cop watching him.

He reveals, "I got a little bit claustrophobic at one point. Quite frankly, it was not an enjoyable experience at all, but I went up to the bars of the cell at one point and asked the arresting officer if she would like me to sing her a song.

"She goes, 'That'll be a first.' So, in order to relax myself, I sang an old Irish folk tune to her."

The song Crowe crooned was I'M A MAN YOU DON'T MEET EVERY DAY, which featured on THE POGUES' album RUM, SODOMY + THE LASH.