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   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:00:56 GMT, Marv Soloff    
   wrote:   
      
   >Donn wrote:   
   >> The Highlander wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Marv Soloff wrote:>   
   >>>   
   >>>>Donn wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>Great list.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>It's not Irish per se, but maybe somebody Irish has sung it -   
   >>>>>Jimmy Buffet's "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> sirblob2@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>whiskey in the jar - dara sheahan   
   >>>>>>galway races - paddy reilly   
   >>>>>>i'm a rover - the wolfe tones   
   >>>>>>clare to here - jim mccann   
   >>>>>>easy and slow - ronnie drew (dubliners)   
   >>>>>>chandelier Song - jolly beggarman   
   >>>>>>fiddler's green - johnny mcevoy   
   >>>>>>donegal danny - barleycorn   
   >>>>>>wild colonial boy - johnny mcevoy   
   >>>>>>the rooster - fair isle folk   
   >>>>>>the limerick rake - paddy reilly   
   >>>>>>wild rover - dublin city rambelrs   
   >>>>>>banks of the ohio - the wolfe tones   
   >>>>>>rare ould times - jim mccann   
   >>>>>>right, all right - fair isle folk   
   >>>>>>lakes of coolfinn - barleycorn   
   >>>>>>cliffs of dooneen - paddy reilly   
   >>>>>>enniskillen fusiliers - the wolfe tones   
   >>>>>>mary from dungloe - emmet spiceland   
   >>>>>>hills of kerry - johnny mcEvoy   
   >>>>>>all for me grog - dublin city ramblers   
   >>>>>>muirsheen durkin - johnny mcevoy   
   >>>>>>bunch of thyme - paddy reilly   
   >>>>>>liverpool lou - patsy watchorn   
   >>>>>>waxie's dargle - dublin city ramblers   
   >>>>>>grace - barleycorn   
   >>>>>>long black veil - the wolfe tones   
   >>>>>>golden jubilee - chris ball   
   >>>>>>the band played waltzing matilda - ronnie drew   
   >>>>>>roseville fair - johnny mcevoy   
   >>>>>>arthur mcbride - paddy reilly   
   >>>>>>rose of allendale - barleycorn   
   >>>>>>catch me if you can - chris ball   
   >>>>>>cavan Girl - barleycorn   
   >>>>>>follow me up to carlow - jim mccann   
   >>>>>>lannigan's ball - jolly beggarman   
   >>>>>>the water is wide - fair isle folk   
   >>>>>>her father didn't like me anyway - jim mccan   
   >>>>>>the town i loved so well - paddy reilly   
   >>>>>>molly malone - dublin city ramblers   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>>>>any more additions?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>>Add:  Johnson's Motorcar   
   >>>>           The Shoals of Herring   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>"The Shoals of Herring" isn't Irish; it was actually composed for a   
   >>>BBC program about English offshore fishing by Ewan MacColl.   
   >>>   
   >>SNIP   
   >   
   >Probably the best known song from the Radio Ballads series. This is from   
   >Singing the Fishing (1959). Within a few years of having been written it   
   >had become a staple in the repertoires of groups like the Spinners,   
   >Clancy Brothers and Corries and thence into the repertoires of every   
   >floor singer in the British Isles. There are people now who have never   
   >heard of Ewan MacColl who swear it's a traditional song they learned   
   >from their grandparents. In Ireland, it has even metamorphosed into "The   
   >Shores of Erin".   
   >  Dick Gaughan's Website   
   >   
   >   
   >Marv   
      
   It really is a great song. It sounds as authentic as any ballad I   
   know.   
      
   The Highlander   
   Tilgibh smucaid air do làmhan,   
   togaibh a' bhratach dhubh agus   
   toisichibh a' geàrradh na sgòrnanan!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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