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Posted on 03/01/2018 6:02:31 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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The Fields of Athenry is a melancholy ballad with a beautiful tune but very sad lyrics.
John McCormack ~ When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQCPifM-p8
Couldn’t resist the pipes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEtoN5JpdLc
It's a great day for the Irish, it's a great day for fair
The side-walks of New York are thick with Blarney
For shure you'd think New York was Old Killarney!
It's a great day for the Shamrock, for the flags in full array
We're feeling so inspirish, shure because for all the Irish
It's a great, great day!
Oh, I woke me up this morning and I heard a joyful song
From the throats of happy Irishmen, a hundred thousand strong
Sure it was the Hibernian Brigade
Lining up for to start the big parade
So I fetched me Sunday hat and the flag I love so well
And I bought meself a shamrock just to wear in me lapel
Don't you know that today's St. Patrick's Day?
It's the day that we celebrate and say:
It's a great day for the Irish, it's a great day for fair
Begosh, there's not a cop to stop a raiding
Begorrah all the cops are out parading
It's a great day for the Shamrock, for the flags in full array
And as we go a-swinging, every Irish heart is singing
It's a great, great day!
Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...enjoying your time at home? Nice weather?
Seamus Kennedy ~ Old Dun Cow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NqrEkz-zJU
Galway Bay is one of my favorites. Perhaps we are in another time when .....strangers are coming and trying to teach us their ways, scorning us for being what we are..... I hope we can hang on to the freedoms and values that make the USA unique in the history of the world.
That’s a great song. Everyone at the St. Paddys party would be crying after a few pints & listening to that.
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She was the true-life Pirate Queen and a world-class butt-kicker. The song is about a time when she sailed her ships up the Thames and faced off against the incredible Elizabeth I. She was caught with a dagger hidden in her dress and Liz said, "No, that's cool."
I heard it as drunk as I've ever been in a Vancouver bar. The place was destroyed.
‘Tis the same old shillelagh me father brought from Ireland....
MacNamara’s Band
St Peter’s Singers of Leeds ~ St Patrick’s Breastplate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knY-obH9ZoY
Thanks, lightman, for the lyrics.
We are always up for suggestions and will help you with the thread.
A lot of folks sure got involved with Danny Boy!
Thanks for the research, Janey.
Thanks, Fiji, for all the great tunes. ((HUGS))
That’s to you all for your contributions to the Irish tunes. ((HUGS))
Some really great tunes.
Come back Paddy Reilly ... To Ballyjamesduff
Greetings from McEnroes of southern Cavan and
Flanagan’s of eastern Westmeath
And
Hacketts of Leitrim
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