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Learn An Irish Song

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(These are songs you may well hear sung in an Irish pub. Some are not Irish by birth but Irish by adoption. They all could possibly be classified as folk songs or traditional songs. I have invited a number of my friends to sing some of them.)

The 1st column in green contains the sung (vocal) MP3 version for the purposes of learning the correct version of the song.

Where there are 2 versions of the song (F) will be a female vocalist and (M) will be a male vocalist

These songs may be a variation of what you have heard but should be close to what is sung in Irish pubs.

The 2nd column contains a midifile version of the song as used in the song itself and can be used to sing along with.

The midifile may not be in the same key as the song in the green column but can be altered.

If you download Van Basco's Karaoke (free) you can alter the pitch (Key) and the tempo (Speed) of the song to your own specifications

The 3rd column contains a lyrics/chords sheet as used with the song. The chords and/or the words on the document may not exactly match the key of the song in the green column so use your own discretion. Altering the chords and the use of capos may be required while accompanying the song to facilitate key and pitch.

The comments column may contain extra information.

(Please allow for differences in the way you may have heard the songs sung previously. There are many reasons why singers perform the same song differently. Also, you may have to transpose the midi file or alter the tempo and change the key/chords on the lyrics sheet to suit your voice and/or pitch. The lyrics page may also differ from the sung lyrics)

PLEASE DO SOURCE THE ORIGINAL SONGS BY THE SONGWRITERS AND/OR THE SINGERS

Any information on the singers performing these songs on this website may be had on request at the email address below

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	SONG	BACKING TRACK MIDIFILE	LYRICS/CHORDS	COMMENTS
1	A Bunch Of Thyme	A Bunch Of Thyme	A Bunch Of Thyme	Christy Moore's version. Performed by Frank Lennon
2	Aghadoe	Aghadoe	Aghadoe	Ireland's troubled relationship with England described in one song. Performed by Frank Lennon
3	A Nation Once Again	A Nation Once Again	A Nation Once Again	A millenium held aspiration.Performed by Frank Lennon
4	All For Me Grog	All For Me Grog	All For Me Grog	You can lose everything to the booze.Performed by Frank Lennon
5	Arthur McBride	Arthur McBride	Arthur McBride	From the singing of Christy Moore.Performed by Frank Lennon
6	Avondale	Avondale	Avondale	The home of Charles Stewart Parnell.Performed by Frank Lennon
7	Belfast Mill	Belfast Mill	Belfast Mill	The original song Aragon Mill composed by Si Kahn was changed to Belfast Mill here sung by John McDonnell
8	Black Velvet Band	Black Velvet Band	Black Velvet Band	A thieving lassie gets a man in trouble. Performed by Frank Lennon
9	Boolavogue	Boolavogue	Boolavogue	Yet another confrontation with the English.Performed by Frank Lennon
10	Bright Blue Rose	Bright Blue Rose	Bright Blue Rose	Composed by Cork's Jimmy McCarthy. Sung here by Sandra Wilson
11	Carrickfergus	Carrickfergus	Carrickfergus	The town has a great castle.Performed by Frank Lennon
12	Danny Boy	Danny Boy	Danny Boy	Probably the best internationally known Irish song. Performed by Frank Lennon
13	Dirty Old Town (F)	Dirty Old Town	Dirty Old Town	Ewan MacColl's song about Salford in England. Performed here by Deirdre Farrell
14	Dirty Old Town (M)	Dirty Old Town	Dirty Old Town	Ewan MacColl's song about Salford in England.Performed by Frank Lennon
15	Easy and Slow	Easy and Slow	Easy and Slow	How to court a young lassie. Performed here by John Mc Donnell
16	Fiddler's Green	Fiddler's Green	Fiddler's Green	A sailor's idea of Heaven. Performed by Frank Lennon
17	Flower Of Scotland (F)	Flower Of Scotland	Flower Of Scotland	Composed by Roy Williamson(RIP) of The Corries.Performed here by Ruth Flood
18	Flower Of Scotland (M)	Flower Of Scotland	Flower Of Scotland	Composed by Roy Williamson(RIP) of The Corries. Performed by Frank Lennon
19	Four Green Fields	Four Green Fields	Four Green Fields	The four provinces of Ireland defined as fields belonging to Mother Ireland. A Tommy Makem song. Performed by Frank Lennon
20	Galway Bay	Galway Bay	Galway Bay	A beautiful old style song about Galway Bay. Performed here by Valerie Maguire
21	Go Lassie Go	Go Lassie Go	Go Lassie Go	--A beautiful song of romance attributed to the McPeake family from Belfast.-Performed by Frank Lennon
22	Grace	Grace	Grace	Written in 1985 by Frank and Seán O’Meara and recorded by Jim McCann and Rod Stewart.Recounting the story of the marriage of Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Jail a few hours before his firing squad execution by British soldiers in 1916.Performed here by Orlagh Wilson
23	Hand Me Down The Bible	Hand Me Down The Bible	Hand Me Down The Bible	Composed by the great Phil Coulter and sung here by Paul Gorey
24	Hard Times Come Again No More	Hard Times Come Again No More	Hard Times Come Again No More	A very popular song by the great American composer Stephen Foster. Sung here by Aine McElroy
25	I Know Where I'm Going	I Know Where I'm Going	I Know Where I'm Going	A very old love song. Performed by Frank Lennon
26	Immigrant Eyes	Immigrant Eyes	Immigrant Eyes	A Guy Clark song of immigration into the USA. Performed here by John Keane and dedicated to his grandson Oliver John Desmond Keane
27	I Never Will Marry	I Never Will Marry	I Never Will Marry	An old American folk song. Performed here by Valerie Maguire
28	I'll Tell Me Ma	I'll Tell Me Ma	I'll Tell Me Ma	A folk song from Belfast. Performed by Frank Lennon
29	Joe Hill	Joe Hill	Joe Hill	The tragic story of a Union man framed and hanged for murder.Performed here by John Keane
30	Kelly, The Boy From Killane	Kelly, The Boy From Killane	Kelly, The Boy From Killane	Another song of rebellion..Performed by Frank Lennon
31	Love Is Pleasing	Love Is Pleasing	Love Is Pleasing	.A prodigal son style love song. Performed by Frank Lennon.
32	Maggie	Maggie	Maggie	..A beautiful song of love for Maggie. There's an Irish version called "Nora". Performed by Frank Lennon
33	Mary From Dungloe	Mary From Dungloe	Mary From Dungloe	Original and finest version by Emmett Spiceland.Performed here by Willie John Creedon
34	Mary Jane (Six Girls A Week)	Mary Jane (Six Girls A Week)	Mary Jane (Six Girls A Week)	Performed primarily by the late Tom Madden, Dunboyne in Gielty's Pub in Dooagh in Achill Island and performed here by his daughter Deirdre Farrell.
35	Molly Malone (F)	Molly Malone	Molly Malone	The song that is synonomous with Dublin, Ireland.Performed here by Collette Reddy
36	Molly Malone (M)	Molly Malone	Molly Malone	Molly Malone's statue can be viewed off Grafton Street in Dublin. Performed by Frank Lennon
37	Noreen Bawn	Noreen Bawn	Noreen Bawn	An emigrant girl returns to Ireland to die.Performed here by Deirdre Farrell
38	Only Her Rivers Run Free (F)	Only Her Rivers Run Free	Only Her Rivers Run Free	Will Ireland ever be wholly free? Performed here by Valerie Maguire
39	Only Her Rivers Run Free (M)	Only Her Rivers Run Free	Only Her Rivers Run Free	Written by Mickey Mac Connell .Hear him sing on YouTube. Performed by Frank Lennon
40	Peggy Gordon	Peggy Gordon	Peggy Gordon	.The writer obviously has the hots for Peggy. Performed by Frank Lennon..
41	Raglan Road	Raglan Road	Raglan Road	The words of poet Patrick Kavanagh set to the air of "The Dawning Of The Day".Performed here by John McDonnell.
42	Red Is The Rose (F)	Red Is The Rose	Red Is The Rose	Love and separation from the singing of Makem and Clancy to the Scottish air Loch Lomand. Performed by Valerie Maguire..
43	Red Is The Rose (M)	Red Is The Rose	Red Is The Rose	Love and separation from the singing of Makem and Clancy to the Scottish air Loch Lomand. Performed by Frank Lennon..
44	Red Rose Cafe	Red Rose Cafe	Red Rose Cafe	About a little cafe in Amsterdam.Performed here by Paul Gorey
45	Sam Hall	Sam Hall	Sam Hall	A chimney sweep thief goes to the gallows.Performed by Frank Lennon..
46	Schoolday's Over	Schoolday's Over	Schoolday's Over	Another great song by Ewan McColl. Performed here by Valerie Maguire
47	She Moved Through The Fair	She Moved Through The Fair	She Moved Through The Fair	An extremely haunting love song. Performed here by Orlagh Wilson
48	The Band Played Waltzing Matilda	The Band Played Waltzing Matilda	The Band Played Waltzing Matilda	Written by one of the finest songwriters of our time, Eric Bogle, a Scotsman residing in Australia. Performed here by Deborah Hendley
49	The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee	The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee	The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee	The anthem of Cork where the River Lee flows through. Performed here by Cork native, Willie John Creedon and dedicated to the Iveleary Gaelic Football team he played for.
50	The Cliffs of Dooneen (F)	The Cliffs of Dooneen	The Cliffs of Dooneen	Dooneen is in Co.Kerry but this has become a Co. Clare anthem. Sung here by Valerie Maguire
51	The Cliffs Of Dooneen (M)	The Cliffs Of Dooneen	The Cliffs Of Dooneen	Listen to Planxty perform this. Performed here by Eddie Behan
52	The Curragh Of Kildare	The Curragh Of Kildare	The Curragh Of Kildare	This song sung by Frank Lennon is dedicated to Mario and Kathleen Hughes from Naas, a lovely couple we met at Lake Garda
53	The Dutchman	The Dutchman	The Dutchman	Composed by American, Michael Peter Smith, and adopted here as an Irish song through the singing of Liam Clancy. Sung here by John Mc Donnell and dedicated to his wife, Margaret
54	The Fields Of Athenry	The Fields Of Athenry	The Fields Of Athenry	An Irish classic by Dublin's Pete St.John sung by Valerie Maguire
55	The Green Fields Of France	The Green Fields Of France	The Green Fields Of France	Written by Eric Bogle one of this century's finest songwriters. Performed here by Sandra Wilson
56	The Isle Of Innisfree	The Isle Of Innisfree	The Isle Of Innisfree	This stunningly beautiful song was composed by Dick Farrelly, an Irish Garda, on a bus trip from his home in Kells to Dublin. Performed here by Eddie Behan
57	The Juice Of The Barley	The Juice Of The Barley	The Juice Of The Barley	A drinking song. Performed by Willie John Creedon and dedicated to his family
58	The Lakes Of Pontchartrain	The Lakes Of Pontchartrain	The Lakes Of Pontchartrain	A traditional song of rejected love from New Orleans. There is a great version by Paul Brady. Performed here by Aine Mc Elroy
59	The Leaving Of Liverpool	The Leaving Of Liverpool	The Leaving Of Liverpool	A song of emigration via the port of Liverpool. Performed here by Phillip Flood
60	The Moonshiner/Wild Rover	The Moonshiner/Wild Rover	The Moonshiner/Wild Rover	A grand old medley of pub songs sung by John Mc Donnell
61	The Mountains Of Mourne(F)	The Mountains Of Mourne	The Mountains Of Mourne	I grew up gazing at these mountains in Castlewellan, Co.Down. The song is sung here by Sandra Wilson
62	The Mountains Of Mourne (M)	The Mountains Of Mourne	The Mountains Of Mourne	These are my mountains, this is my home. Sung here by John McDonnell
63	The Night Visiting Song	The Night Visiting Song	The Night Visiting Song	One of Luke Kelly's many great songs. Performed by Frank Lennon..
64	The Oul Triangle	The Oul Triangle	The Oul Triangle	Performed here by Deborah Hendley.Based on the performance in the Albert Hall, London celebrating "The Gathering"
65	The Parting Glass	The Parting Glass	The Parting Glass	This is the Shaun Davey version of a Scottish song much loved in Ireland and performed here by Frank Lennon
66	The Patriot Game	The Patriot Game	The Patriot Game	Written by Dominic Behan brother of Brendan. Performed here by Eddie Behan (no relation)
67	The Rose Of Clare	The Rose Of Clare	The Rose Of Clare	Another love song. Performed by Frank Lennon...
68	The Spanish Lady (F)	The Spanish Lady (F)	The Spanish Lady (F)	A Spanish lady in Dublin sung about by Sinead Reynolds
69	The Spanish Lady (M)	The Spanish Lady	The Spanish Lady	A Spanish lady resides in Dublin. Performed here by Cian Dwyer.
70	The Streams of Bunclody	The Streams of Bunclody	The Streams of Bunclody	A love song from Bunclody in Co.Wexford sung by Willie John Creedon and dedicated to his sister, Nora Hyde, who sang this song so often
71	The Town I Love So Well	The Town I Love So Well	The Town I Love So Well	Composed by Ireland's finest living song writer Phil Coulter and performed here by Deborah Hendley
72	The Travelling People	The Travelling People	The Travelling People	A Ewan McColl song sung by Frank Lennon from the "Carrageen" album
73	Whiskey In The Jar	Whiskey In The Jar	Whiskey In The Jar	A song of highwaymen,robbery and betrayal. Performed here by Collette Reddy
74	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	An old American Gospel song popular in Bluegrass circles. Performed by Aine McElroy
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