A collection of Ireland's greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A beautiful guide to the cream of the Irish ballad tradition. Songs of love, yearning, revolution, celebration, emigration, mourning, fun, famine, drinking and more. A collection of powerful yet beautiful ballads of Ireland, placed in and reflecting historical events and traditions. All have stood the test of time and present to the world the uniqueness of Irish history and her musical and revolutionary traditions. Including: Are You Right There Michael? Danny Boy Kevin Barry I'll Tell Me Ma The Irish Rover Molly Malone The Rare Old Mountain Dew The Rocky Road to Dublin The Rose of Tralee Whiskey in the Jar Best-Loved Irish Ballads celebrates the songs and tradition of Irish music.

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This book features 20 famous Irish songs and ballads including: Carrickfergus, The West's Awake; Red is the Rose; Peggy Gordon, and many more. Walton Mfg. and UK product #WM1140B.

Songs of love, of the sea, of batt≤ humorous songs, songs on the theme of the broken ring token, Irish songs, nursery songs, songs native to the province or North America, and more. Unlike many collections, this book includes not only the words but the music for every song. 150 songs. Introduction. Bibliography. Index of Titles.

(Fretted). Shamrocks, shillelaghs and shenanigans ... they are all here in this collection of 55 fabulous Irish favorites! Each song is specifically arranged for the ukulele, with the melody in both standard notation and easy-to-read tab. Includes: An Irish Lullaby * The Band Played On * Cockles and Mussels * Danny Boy * The Irish Rover * McNamara's Band * Peg O' My Heart * The Rose of Tralee * and dozens more.

(Waltons Irish Music Books). 100 of the best-loved Irish songs and ballads are presented in this collection of lyrics, music and guitar chords. Includes a CD with the first verse and chorus of the songs from the book. Volume 1 includes: A Bunch of Thyme * Butcher Boy * I Know My Love * Waxies Dargle * A Nation Once Again * The Black Velvet Band * I'm a Rover * Slievenamon * Wild Colonial Boy * Kelly of Killane * Easy and Slow * The Rising of the Moon * The Last Rose of Summer * The Rose of Tralee * I Know Where I'm Going * Lannigan's Ball * and more.

Narrative Singing in Ireland is a definitive account of Irish traditions of singing as a storytelling art. Of interest to scholars and general readers, this book examines the varied associations of song and story in Ireland and why people sing as they do. It ranges from ballads in English, through Irish Heroic songs - of Fionn mac Cumhaill, Deirdre, the Big Fool and others, sung from earliest times to the present - to ballads of European tradition with the lyric songs of Irish. Written in a lively and entertaining style, it includes chapters on: Irish narrative singing in general, Lays, Ballads - old and new, the lyric songs of Irish and their stories, Singers and songmakers, Traditional singing and the media and Narrative singing today.

This classic collection is a discussion of songs that gave utterance to the opinions and feelings of an important part of the Irish people in political, social, and religious feelings. First published in 1966, this is a new edition with corrections and additional notes. The songs, which were within the reach of all strands of society, were not only an expression of the singers' and listeners' feelings or opinions but also a form of propaganda. And when printers invested in them with the production of broadsheets and booklets, they became an industry. Thus, as the author states in his introduction, they are a curious melting pot for different kinds of literature or sub-literature.