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Thread #169613   Message #4156469
Posted By: GeoffLawes
27-Oct-22 - 04:48 AM
Thread Name: Any May songs?
Subject: RE: Any May songs?
SONGS BY PERCY FRENCH
1 May 1854 birth date of Irish songwriter Percy French

Percy French from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_French
Percy French - Documentary on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48xknMcbXcI
Songs Attributed to Percy French, from Wikipedia with some links below to YouTube recordings     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_French#Songs

Abdul Abulbul Amir (1877)     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=abdul+abulbul+amir+song
Abdul the Bulbul Emir from The Ballad Index    http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LxA341.html
Andy McElroe (1888)    
Are Ye Right There Michael? (1897)     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Are+Ye+Right+There+Michael%3F+
Come Back, Paddy Reilly, to Ballyjamesduff (1912)     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Come+Back%2C+Paddy+Reilly%2C+to+Ballyjamesduff+
The Darlin' Girl from Clare     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Darlin%27+Girl+from+Clare
Donegan's Daughter (1908)     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Donegan%27s+Daughter+
Drumcolligher    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dromcollogher+song
Eileen Oge (The Pride of Petravore or McGrath the Cattle-Jobber)     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Eileen+Oge+(The+Pride+of+Petravore+or+McGrath+the+Cattle-Jobber)+
The Emigrants's Letter (Cutting the Corn in Creeslough) (1910)
    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Emigrants%27s+Letter+(Cutting+the+Corn+in+Creeslough)+
Father O'Callaghan (1910)     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Father+O%27Callaghan+
Fighting McGuire    
Flanagan's Flying Machine (1911)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2bk1OI_fHQ
The Fortunes of Finnegan     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcNTrBpPqsg
The Girl on a Big Black Mare    
The Hoodoo (1910)    
I Fought a Fierce Hyena    
Jim Wheelahan's Automobeel    
The Kerry Courting (1909)    
The Killyran Wrackers (1914)    
Kitty Gallagher    
Larry Mick McGarry (1915)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5foN1F9fEew
Little Brigid Flynn     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4cZW3F4y0
Many recordings of “Maguire's Motor Bike" Sung by Stanley Kirkby “on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKD7XkQ8-NM
Many recordings of Mary Ann McHugh on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Mary+Anne+Mchugh
Many recordings of “Mat Hannigan's Aunt - Des Keogh “on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPyUCc944_8
Many recordings of “McBreen's Heifer “on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=McBreen%27s+Heifer+SONG
Many recordings of “The Mountains of Mourne “on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Mountains+of+Mourne++song
Mick's Hotel    
Mrs Brady - Brendan O'Dowda     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9LzaZTf_1I
Mulligan's Masquerade    
The Night that Miss Cooney Eloped
No More of Yer Golfin' for Me (1906)
The Oklahoma Rose · Brendan O'Dowda     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCTFb2WuGU
Many recordings of “Phil the Fluther's Ball “ on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Phil+the+Fluther%27s+Ball%3C%2F
Pretendy Land (1907)    
Rafferty's Racin' Mare (1906)
   
A Sailor Courted a Farmer's Daughter (parody of the folk song)    
Many recordings of “Slattery's Mounted Fut “ on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Slattery%27s+Mounted+Fut+song
Sweet Marie - Dick Hogan     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6SFrgM82Fk ;
Many recordings of”Tullinahaw” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tullinahaw+
When Erin Wakes (1900)    
Many recordings of ” Whistlin' Phil McHugh” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Whistlin%27+Phil+McHugh
Who Said the Hook Never Hurted the Worms?    

Link to PERCY FRENCH posted above by Felipa