Irish Songs

Parlor Music from before Radio ^ | 03/17/2025 | CharlesOconnell

[CharlesOConnell]

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• The Harp that Once Through Tara’s Halls
• Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
• Morgan Magan – Turlough O’Carolyn (1670-1738)
• King of the Leprechauns
• ‘Tis The Last Rose of Summer
• An Irish Love Song – Londonderry Air (not "O Danny Boy")
• Let Erin Remember / The Red Fox
• I Bind Unto Myself Today/St. Patrick’s Breastplate

[Honorary Serb]

https://billkeevers.wordpress.com/2019/03/16/i-bind-unto-myself-today-without-the-breastplate/

[dfwgator]

Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

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[lightman]

St. Patrick's Breastplate (Prayer of St. Patrick) - Jean Watson

Not the traditional melody but awesome imagery conveying the journey of Theosis!

[Honorary Serb]

Patrick’s original name was Maewyn Succat and he was born to Christian parents in Wales (Roman Britain). His father was a deacon and his grandfather, a priest.

[Verginius Rufus]

There's a "Peanuts" strip where Snoopy is singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" to himself until he sees a sign:

Tipperary 5 miles

[djpg]

Wearing of the Green: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rsADxaWmseI

[ifinnegan]

Danny Boy. Shane MacGowan and the Popes.

https://youtu.be/G5X5IrA0zEs?si=Hj0K-IHhgLGbgH6u

[ifinnegan]

A lot of John McCormack songs from a long time ago.

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/john-mccormack-recordings-1911-1940/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJFEiZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHS4xBRYgrIZkPtxR7yuh7REbB2QhrXJVYeJWBjmgTzoQymP0iIZ4LlhajQ_aem_ZIlOs3N9iaN3TMr395A24g

[smokingfrog]

That’s a good one. I tried playing it on my guitar, but it kind of has some odd chord changes.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Kathleen Mavourneen.

[ComputerGuy]

He plays it on mandolin on the record, for what it’s worth.

[smokingfrog]

YouTube seems to have a few Mando tabs for it, I noticed.

[jjotto]

Rebel songs deserve a place!

O’Donnell Abu!
https://youtu.be/tvizppbc44Q?si=OJ4J9ysY_KwhO560

Kelly the Boy from Killan
https://youtu.be/xRHCFK8g4qk?si=lPomH-wLQ64Vf4DW

Man from Mullingar
https://youtu.be/_awJkzQlLOg?si=ehm14NXIfCrrq8w4

Merry Ploughboy
https://youtu.be/86qX1ZpmMDY?si=9AxFMN9Jy6ME6uod

[ComputerGuy]

This guy gets my vote for Mandolin GOAT:
https://music.youtube.com/search?q=jethro+burns+mandolin

[ABN 505]

My favorite. My Dad would put the record on and we listened to it at least once a week. I love that tenor voice and it still can bring tears to my eyes. My Grandfather emigrated from Tipperary and graduated from Yale in 1904 with a law degree. I still have cousins over there but I must say Ireland has changed and not for the better over the last twenty years. I don’t plan on going back again.

[ifinnegan]

Glad you appreciate it.

Thanks so much for your vignette.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Just like Ireland, music has changed a lot. A lot of people don’t know how to appreciate this old music.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

The Irish Ballad - Tom Lehrer

[Songcraft]

So many great songs here.   Thanks for posting.

For anyone who might want to sing along with an Irish tenor to some of the newer, more familiar Irish songs, this link has a bunch of them.

     Irish Favorites

(Hope everyone is having a terrific St. Patrick's Day!)