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Frank Lennon's

"IRISH MIDI FILES"

"Some of these songs sing of the 'terrible beauty' Yeats wrote about. Others sing of love, homesickness, emigration, the music and the craic. All of them are sung in Irish homes, halls and pubs and reflect the spirit, traditions and history of the Irish people." Frank Lennon

Enjoy them!

SONG LYRICS

Click on the button above for the "Lyrics" page

ALL TITLES ARRANGED BY FRANK LENNON

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[IF YOU WISH TO POST ANY OF THESE MIDI FILES ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO BUT ALSO PLEASE GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE FACT THAT I ARRANGED THESE IRISH MIDI FILES, BY POSTING WITH THEM, MY NAME AND/OR WEBSITE ADDRESS]

(while some of these songs may not be of Irish origin, they will be heard played in Irish bars)

(NB: Midi Files are like Karaoke without the words. If you click on a midi file it should use your soundcard to play. If you have a good soundcard and the midi file is well arranged it should sound realistic like music on a CD. Midi files may be song tracks, symphonies, jingles etc.)

All the following MIDI files were arranged using the 128 GM sounds and settings on a Korg NS5R Sound Module and Roland's "Virtual Sound Canvas". As your sound source may be different, these MIDI files may require tweaking. For example, instead of using the mandolin sound from one of the many NS5R sound banks, I chose instead to "create" the sound using one of the GM guitar sounds as these GM sounds can be found on almost all sound sources. While this is acceptable on my sound source, some changes may be required on your sound source. My tenor banjo sound may also need fixing. Other settings such as reverb, chorus, transpose etc may need re-aligning. These files were all arranged to closely resemble a typical Irish ballad group (I used to play in one called "Folklore" many years ago) with a possible selection of guitar, 5 string banjo, tenor banjo, flute, tin whistle, bodhran and bass - no uileann pipes sound is possible as not even the GM bagpipes sound is anywhere near realistic. I have used poetic licence to enhance many of the songs to sound the way I would love to have them sound. These files may be used in the teaching or learning of Irish songs or "ballads" as they're called here in Ireland or indeed may be used as backing tracks in a "live" performance situation. As a matter of fact you will find that most of them have intros, endings, key changes, additional instrumental verses etc. for use as "live" backing tracks so haul out that guitar, hitch your sound source to a PA system, crank up the volume, open the "lyrics" page and a bottle of Guinness and pretend you're in your favourite Irish singing pub in Dublin and you're the singer!!!!!!!!

(Check the "Lyrics" page for arrangements of these songs)

I strongly recommend downloading the free vanBasco's Karaoke Player to play these files as some will display words as well

No	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	A Bunch Of Thyme	Danny Boy	I Never Will Marry	Medley Whiskey-Dicey-Tell Me Ma	Rosin The Bow	The Dutchman	The Rising Of The Moon
2	Aghadoe C	Dawning Of The Day	I'll Tell Me Ma	Molly	Sam Hall E	The Foggy Dew	The Rocks Of Bawn
3	All For Me Grog	Dicey Riley	Immigrant Eyes Bb	Molly Malone	Schoolday's Over	The Galway Shawl	The Rose Of Tralee
4	Amhran Na Bhfiann	Dirty Old Town G	Irish Molly	Mts Of Mourne	She Moved Through The Fair Bb	The Green Glens Of Antrim	The Sally Gardens
5	An Irish Blessing	Don't Give Up	Irish Soldier Laddie	My Singing Bird	Slievenamon	The Irish Rover	The Star Of The County Down
6	Arthur McBride	Down By The Glenside	Joe Hill C	Nancy Spain	Sonny's Dream	The Isle Of Inisfree	The Town I Love So Well
7	Athenry	Easy And Slow	Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye	Nation Once Again	Spancil Hill	The Jolly Beggarman	The Travelling People B
8	Avondale	Fiddler's Green	Kelly The Boy From Killane	Noreen Bawn	Spanish Lady	The Juice Of The Barley	The West's Awake
9	Banks Of Claudy	Finnegan's Wake	Kevin Barry	O'Donnell Abu	Sweet Carnlough Bay	The Lakes Of Ponchartrain D	The Whistling Gipsy G
10	Belfast Mill D	Flower Of Scotland	Leaving Nancy	Old Maid In A Garret	Teddy O'Neill	The Lark In The Morning	The Wild Colonial Boy C D
11	Black Velvet Band	Follow Me Up To Carlow	Leaving of Liverpool	Only Her Rivers	The Banks Of The Lee	The Lonely Woods Of Upton	The Wild Rover
12	Boolavogue	Four Green Fields GA	Let Him Tarry	Peggy Gordon	The Banks Of The Roses	The Mermaid	There Were Roses ***
13	Brennan On The Moor	Galway Bay	Little Town In The Old County Down	Quare Bungle Rye	The Bard Of Armagh	The Mermaid-Irish Rover	Those Were The Days
14	Bright Blue Rose	Galway Girl D	Liverpool Lou	Raglan Road	The Bold O'Donoghue	The Minstrel Boy	Three Score And Ten
15	Bunclody	Goodbye Mick	Lobby Washed Down	Rare Oul Mt Dew	The Boys From The County Armagh	The Moonshiner	Troubled Times
16	Caledonia	Goodbye Mick Twice Daily	Love Is Pleasing	Red Is The Rose	The Butcherboy	The Moonshiner-Wild Rover	Twice Daily 200 C D
17	Carrickfergus	Grace G	Love Thee Dearest	Red Rose Cafe A	The Cliffs Of Duneen	The Nightingale	The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
18	Come To The Bower	Hand me Down The Bible	Maggie	Ride On	The Cobbler	The Night Visiting Song	Weile Waile
19	Courtin' In The Kitchen	Hard Times	Mary From Dungloe	Rocky Road To Dublin	The Connemara Cradle Song	The Oul Triangle D	When I Was Single
20	Curragh Of Kildare	Highland Paddy	McPherson-Marie's Wedding	Roisin Dubh	The Croppy Boy	The Parting Glass G	Whiskey In The Jar
21		I Know Where I'm Going		Rose Of Clare		The Patriot Game	Will You Go Lassie Go
22							Willie McBride
23							You Raise Me Up
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*** a song, borne of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, , by Tommy Sands, a fine songwriter from Mayobridge, Co.Down

SONG LYRICS

For Lyrics and Chord Arrangements to all the songs go to "Lyrics" page