Best-Loved Irish Ballads
Best-Loved Irish Ballads

Author: Emma Byrne

Publisher: O'Brien Press

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 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.

The Easy Standards Fake Book (Songbook)
The Easy Standards Fake Book (Songbook)

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2007-07-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1458467023

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(Fake Book). 100 essential standards, in larger-than-usual fake book notation with lyrics and simplified harmonies and melodies. Includes: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * C-Jam Blues * Caravan * The Girl from Ipanema * Have You Met Miss Jones? * I Get Along Without You Very Well * I'll Take Romance * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * The Lady Is a Tramp * Nancy * The Nearness of You * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * One Note Samba * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars * So Nice (Summer Samba) * The Way You Look Tonight * and more.

Great Irish Songs and Ballads
Great Irish Songs and Ballads

Author: Walton Manufacturing Ltd

Publisher: Waltons Manufacturing Limited

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 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.

Narrative Singing in Ireland
Narrative Singing in Ireland

Author: Hugh Shields

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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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.

The Words of 100 Irish Songs and Ballads
The Words of 100 Irish Songs and Ballads

Author: Music Sales Corporation

Publisher: Ossian

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 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.

100 Irish Ballads - Volume 1
100 Irish Ballads - Volume 1

Author: Hal Leonard Corp

Publisher: Waltons Irish Music

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 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.

Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia
Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia

Author: Helen Creighton

Publisher: New York : Dover Publications

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13:

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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.