Conference tallis::celt

    McNamara's Band
    Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
    Wild Irish Rose
    Danny Boy
    Irish Eyes
    Too-ra-loo-ra
    Finnegan's Wake
    Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
    Molly Malone
    ?Unicorn Song (what's this?)
    Where the River Shannon Flows
    Mother McCree
    
    ...and....???

    Wearin of the Green
    Minstrel Boy
    Ash Grove
    

    
    How about:   "The Isle Of Inisfree"
    

    The Ash Grove is Welsh, but hey, why not!
    
    And is the Isle of Innisfree Scots or Irish?
    
    Thanks.  Please keep these titles coming...
    
    Holly

    
    
    	Up Went Nelson 
    
    
    
    
    

    	
    	And then there's 
    
    		Wild Colonial Boy
    		The Moonshiner
    		Kevin Barry
    
     And if there's still a dry eye in the house, a stirring version of
    
    		A Mother's Love is a Blessing
    
    

     Some more songs
    
    I'll take you home again Kathleen
    The Rose of Tralee
    The same old sheliaghly(sp) -I KNOW that's spelled wrong
    James Connoly
    Gypsy Rover(not necessarily irish?)
    Fields of Athenry
    Take me home to Mayo
    My Cavan Girl
    Lovely rose of Clare
    
    Long way to Tipperary - Irish/American
    
    

    
     One more, just one more rendition of Wild Colonial Boy and I cannot
    be held responsible for the welfare those in the immediate vicinity
    as I stagger to and fro, side to side, arms flailing, in a heroic but 
    vain attempt to fend off the vast waves of revulsion, nausea and
    utter disgust.
    
     Or was that Frank Sinatra tunes?
         

    
    	re .8
    
    		You haven't heard the Wild Colonial Boy until you
    	heard Mick Jagger do it. He sang it in "Ned Kelly".
    
    		As for the Moonshiner , its only got 3 notes, so you
    	can't tell if its sung flat or not.

    there is also:
    
      if you're Irish come into the parlour
     The spinning wheel
    
    and if things are a bit dull do what Father Kelly in Moville Co.
    Donegal did when his accordian band were not getting the attention he
    though they deserved during a bank holiday parade ie.
    
    sing a. the Sash
    	 b. God bless the prince of Wales.
    
    It certainly brought a few out of the bars in a hurry!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    

       re .1:
       
       Although Molly Malone is indeed a traditional song, most
       people sing the wrong lyrics to it.
       
       --Mr Topaz

    
    The town where I live has also got its own song:
    
    		" I wish I was in Carrickfergus "
    
    

    heres a few that get sung round my way from time to time :
    
    Galway Bay
    Nancy Spain
    Sean South from Garryowen
    The Galway Shawl
    
    and a few which I'm not sure of the title but have these lines :
    
    "singing along, singing a soldiers song"
    "when you can buy all the stars in the sky, then you can buy Killarney"
    "if we only had old Ireland over here"
    
    And one which I know is Scottish but often gets passed off as an Irish
    song because of the Fureys :
    
    The Green Fields of France
    
    		Brian.

    
     My favorites are rarely sung, but played with fiddles and 
    penny-whistles.  Forgot who did it, but a little tune called
    "The Lonely Boat" comes to mind.  Lilting number that summons
    every melancholy emotion I ever had.  
     
     More up-beat was a tape I got a few years back called "A Celtic
    Wedding" by the Chieftans.  Wonderful.
    
     On the other hand, after about fourteen pints of this or that
    I'll prob'ly be singing Wild Colonial Boy along with the rest of 'em.
    
                                     8-)
    
    Frank
      

    
    Frank: I believe the title of the tune you mentioned is 
           "The Lonesome Boatman" ...  Finbar Furey does it well !!
    
    

    
    
    re: .12  What do you think of Van Morrisons version of Carrickfergus ??
    
    
    
    keVin
    

    Leaprechauns wear ear muffs.
    
    AAAWWWwwwww shucks!!  Ye all ignogred poor Topaz's trailing hook.
    
    The poor eejit must feel like a little boy who lost his favourite toy.
    
    Only he ain't so little and his favourite toys are probably dolls -
    
    
    
    
    blow-up ones.
    
    Snake will go into mourning soon.
    
    

    re. 16
    
    I think Van should stick to writing songs and leave singing to a
    singer!!
    
    
    
    		Sorry............ 
    but that's only My  opinion. 
    
    
    

    I would like to know the other words to Molly Malone.....
    
    Where do the suds flow in this one....? :-)

    
    
    
    	Dick : See note 14.2
    
    
	By the way, you have your songs confused ... the one with the 
        "Suds Flowing"  is the the funny version of "Galway Bay" sung
        by the Clancy Brothers ...   :-)
    
    
    
    	keVin
    

    How Are things in Glocamorra
    Garry Owen
    Irish Washerwoman
    Jolly Beggerman
    

    The Saffron Kilt
    
    From yur original list--
    I've been assuming you are looking for the kind of tunes that you
    would hear on Lawrence Welk's St Pat's Show.  Do you want some real
    Irish tunes also?  Traditional or Contemporary?
    

    re .14
    
    A Celtic Wedding is Breton.

    I don't remember the titles (they put something in the Smithwicks to
    make you forget them) but the main lines are ...
    
    Four green fields.
    
    (With their tanks and guns, my god what have they done, to)
    The town I loved so well 
    
    Tanks be to Jeasus I remembered to wear me bra.
    
    Can anyone supply the titles ?
    
    
    
    John. 

    
    re: .last
    
    "Four Green Fields"
    
    "The Town I Loved So Well"
    
    I haven't a clue about the "bra" one.  How about entering all the
    words?  It sounds intriguing!!!
    
    McQ
    

    Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note,
    came into some money, and bought himself a goat...

        following from -1:
    
    ...."A seashore of Goats Milk!" he said, "I'll have me fill."
        But when he brought the Nanny home, he found it was a Bill.
    
        Refrain:
    
    	All the young ladies who live in Kilaroo (?)
        Are all wearing bustles like they're mothers used to do
        They each have a bolster beneath their petticoat
        The rest they leave to providence, and Paddy McGinty's goat.
    
    
    Ah, the late great Val Doonican, Now there's a man who could wear a
    sweater.  How about "Delaney's Donkey?"
    
    
    C.

    Thanks, everyone.
    
    Re: real Irish songs...
    
    I know lots of *real* Irish songs and tunes - I bought several
    traditional tune books the last time I was in Galway, and I've gotten
    several others in Boston.  That is probably my favorite kind of music,
    and I have spent a lot of time learning Irish tunes on my hammered
    dulcimer.
    
    A bunch of us who play 'real' Irish music seriously considered playing for a
    party at a bar on St. Patrick's day.  The drawback was that we would
    have had to learn all these tacky Welk-type songs.  We thought about it
    a lot, and decided not to -- but I'm still glad I have gotten help
    making this list.  Who knows when it may come in handy...
    
    Holly

    The Wild Rover
    
    Will ye go oh lassie go.
    
    The German clock-winder.
    
    Fields of Athenry.

    - Spancel Hill
    - ?  (where the strawberry fields reach down to the Liffey....if you've
          ever loved me bonny love me now)
    - ?  (so be easy and free, when you're drinking with me..)
    - Dublin, In the Rare old Times
    - 21 Years (is a mighty long time)
    - Rose of Allendale (sp?)
    
    ...If I had a wife, the pick of me life, I tell ya what I would do,
       I'd build her a boat and put her afloat and paddle me own canoe...
    
    Cheers,
    Paul (who's married to a great Dub!)
     

    
    
    	Paul: Here is what I believe it the title to the ? songs ...
    
    	? Strawberry Banks ... If you ever loved me Molly love me now.
    
    	? Easy & Free is the title of the song (In Dublin it's "AZ & Free") :-)
    
    	
    
    	keVin
    

    Thanks Kevin....I knew you'd straighten me out
    
    Cheers,
    Paul

    
    re: good song
    
    Ballad of James Connolly
    
    Always a crowd pleaser.
    
    McQ
    

    Not sure of titles:
    
    Johnson's Motor Car
    
    Keep the Smoke From Risin
    
    

    
    	Re .29
    
    		Good decision! Many a lover of good Irish music has
    		sold their soul for a glass of green beer and a 
    		corned beef sandwich. As bad as converting during
    		the famine for a bowl of soup.

    If you want to get away from all those I_left_my_broken_hearted_mother_
    picking_spuds_in_the_beautiful_bogs_of_Conamara type songs, give them a
    blast of "I useta lov'er" by the Sawdoctors - the Irish Song of 1990.
    
    Jimmy

    
    
    
    	Jimmy ....
    
    
    	And a BANG on the ear !!!!!		:-)
    
    
    
    
    	keVin
    

	Actually, anything by The Pogues will do just fine.


	Like, a roarin' rendition of 'Boat Train from Holyhead'.


	Pat

    O.K., now for a quiz.  In what year does St Patrick's day occur on 9
    different days.
    
    
    
    Answer. 1991 and any other year that MBr gives up the gargle for Lent.
    
    
    
    Answers on a postcard only to the "Spot which Day Paddy's Day was on
    Committee" by looking at MBr's eyes the next morning.
    

Ok I am back on the wagon. At least I didnt fall at the first sign of Temptation.

I mean I had a right good excuse - unlike that wimp Farrell. He was not able 
to survive 1 hour. And he was even with a teetotaller so it cannot be blamed 
on temptation.

And there wasnt even good beer or Guinness

It should be noted that Lent ends on Holy Thursday night. Godd Friday is a great
day to give it a lash as all the pubs are closed.

	MBr

    
    Well,  I haven't fallen off the wagon either.  But that's only because
    I never climbed on it.  keVin and I have been taking care of the Guinness 
    for you poor lad's and also to insure the economic stability of the
    entire nation.  
    
    That teetotaller holds Mr. Farrell in high regard and they also appriciate
    Dermot's warm reception.  Ahhhh nothing like a bit of home when one is
    away.  
    
    paddy
    
    ps.  I'll have one for you for Mbr. in about 3 hours.  Looks like you
    could use it 8*).
    
        
    

    <<I'll have one for you for Mbr. in about 3 hours.  Looks like you
    <<could use it 8*).

I'll be having one (or more) somewhere in or around Littleton, MA when
I arrive via the DEC charter tonight. 

If anyone is interested in a session, I can be reached at the Westford
Regency until Wednesday afternoon.

keVin, I'll bring down the book.  If I can't get it to you directly
can I get it to Paddy at LKO?

Pat    
        
    

    Hey Pat, I'm at LTN1 facility if you want to drop anything off.
    Give me a ring at DTN 226-6416.
    
    There's a good lunch buffet at Yangtze River next to LKG on
    King Street if you like Chinese food.  We call it the Yangtze
    Conference Room...
    
    Regards,
    -George