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Best-Loved Irish Ballads

Author : Emma Byrne

Publisher : O'Brien Press

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 25,36 MB

Release : 2020-09-28

Category : History

ISBN : 9781788492201

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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.





Great Irish Songs and Ballads

Author : Walton Manufacturing Ltd

Publisher : Waltons Manufacturing Limited

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 26,29 MB

Release : 1998-03

Category : Music

ISBN : 9780786631292

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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 and Ballads from Nova Scotia

Author : Helen Creighton

Publisher : New York : Dover Publications

Page : 394 pages

File Size : 48,63 MB

Release : 1966

Category : Music

ISBN :

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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.



100 Irish Ballads - Volume 1

Author : Hal Leonard Corp

Publisher : Waltons Irish Music

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 17,3 MB

Release : 2011-09

Category : Music

ISBN : 9781857200966

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(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.



The Words of 100 Irish Songs and Ballads

Author : Music Sales Corporation

Publisher : Ossian

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 41,45 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Ballads, English

ISBN : 9780946005598

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This handy book contains the complete lyrics for 100 old favourites from the vast array of Irish songs and ballads.



Narrative Singing in Ireland

Author : Hugh Shields

Publisher :

Page : 312 pages

File Size : 41,61 MB

Release : 1993

Category : History

ISBN :

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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.



Irish Folk Songs Collection

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 21,15 MB

Release : 2017-12

Category : Music

ISBN : 9781495094873

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(Educational Piano Solo). This delightful collection of Celtic favorites for the intermediate level pianist features 24 traditional Irish folk songs, as well as notes on the songs, illustrations, and even a map of Ireland! Songs include: As I Walked Out One Morning * Ballinderry * Carrickfergus * The Cliffs of Doneen * Down by the Salley Gardens * Follow Me Up to Carlow * The Gartan Mother's Lullaby * I'll Tell My Ma * Kitty of Coleraine * The Londonderry Air * Rocky Road to Dublin * Slieve Gallion Braes * and more.



In Nearly Every House

Author : Gregory Daly

Publisher :

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 13,53 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Folk musicians

ISBN : 9781838224004

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