by Ben Traverse | Jun 6, 2023 | Ballad, England, Ireland, Uncategorized
Danny Boy Words by F. E. Weatherly, Music Traditional, 1910 | Roud 23565, Ballad Index FSWB323 Lyrics: Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountainside The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling It’s you,...
by Ben Traverse | Apr 17, 2023 | Ireland, Waltz
Southwind (A Ghaoth Andeas) Domhnall Meirgeach Mac Con Mara, c. 1700s Tune: Lyrics - A Ghaoth Andeas Words by Domhnall Meirgeach Mac Con Mara. As published in Donal O’Sullivan’s 1960 book Songs of the Irish. (File)A ghaoth andeas na mbraon mbog glas,A ní...
by Ben Traverse | Apr 6, 2023 | Ballad, Ireland, Waltz
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór Turlough O’Carolan, c. 1690 Tune: Lyrics published in The Poems of Carolan Published by The Irish Text Society in Donal O’Sullivan’s book, The Poems of Carolan (1916) Imreas mór tháinig eidir na ríoghna,Mar fhíoch a d’fhás ón...
by Ben Traverse | Mar 6, 2023 | Ballad, Ireland
As I Roved Out Traditional, 1947 | Roud 162, 227; Laws O17; Child 299; Ballad Index C299, LO17 Lyrics: As I roved out on a May morningOn a May morning right earlyI spied my love upon the wayOh, Lord but she was early Her shoes were black, her stockings whiteAnd her...
by Ben Traverse | Feb 21, 2023 | Ballad, Ireland, Uncategorized
Molly Malone Traditional, c. 1875 | Roud 16932, Ballad Index FSWB124B Lyrics: In Dublin’s fair cityWhere the girls are so prettyI first set my eyes on sweet Molly MaloneAnd she wheeled her wheel-barrowThrough streets broad and narrowCrying, “Cockles and mussels,...
