Celtic Folk Music and Culture

Print Sources (Music & Text) in the Ted McGraw Collection

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 Title:  Folksongs & ballads popular in Ireland, Vol. 1
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  Contributor:  Loesberg, John (collector, arranger, editor)
  Publisher:  Ossian Publications
  Place of Publication:  Cork
  Date of Publication:  1979
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  Publication Number:  ISBN 0946005001
  Number of Pages:  61 p.
  Binding Style:  Staple-bound
  Dimensions:  8.5 in.
  Contents:  Will you come to the bower -- Muirsheen Durkin -- Old maid in the garret -- Mary from Dungloe -- In Dublin's fair city -- Brian OLinn -- Spinningwheel song -- The leaving of Liverpool -- The foggy dew -- Lonely Banna Stand -- Carrickfergus -- Jug of punch -- The bonny boy -- Molly Ban -- Slievenamon -- Baidin Fheilimi -- Bunclody -- She moved through the fair -- My singing bird -- The bold Fenian men -- My mary with the curling hair -- The castle of Dromore -- Eileen Aroon -- Love is pleasing -- On the banks of the roses -- Spancil Hill -- Quare Bungle Rye -- The rose of Tralee -- A nation once again -- The lambs on the green hills -- The Spanish lady -- Will you go, lassie, go -- The rising of the moon -- Oro se do Bheatha 'Bhaile -- Skibbereen -- The mountains of Mourne -- The cliffs of Dooneen -- Connemara cradle song -- The wild rover -- Boulavogue -- The lark in the clear air -- Kevin Barry -- I'll tell me ma -- Whiskey in the jar -- The lowlands of Holland -- Joe Hill -- Mary Hamilton -- The house of the rising sun -- Scarborough fair -- Amazing grace
  Notes:  Includes musical notation for the melodies, plus chord letters. Includes introduction, tips for guitar accompaniment, notes on the origins of each song, a chart of keys and their related chords, and hints on capo transposition.
  Format:  Pamphlet
  Subject - Culture:  Irish
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  Subject - Genre:  Song-book



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