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Thread #1815   Message #6369
Posted By: Barry Finn
06-Jun-97 - 03:22 PM
Thread Name: Irish Songs: Sources
Subject: RE: Irish Songs: Sources
A couple more Ireland Sings by Dominic Behan, copyright 1965 Essex Music, LTD. London, England about a100 songs, with music Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, published something years,ago, and titled it "Traditional Songs And Singers" prepared and edited by Seamus Mac Mathuna A few songs are in Gaelic, a few Gaelic-English and the rest in English, 22 in all.There is alot of info of the songs and singers, people like Paddy Tunney, Geordie Hanna, Len Graham, Paddy Berry, Micheal O Suilleabhain,Una de Faoiteand, Tomas O Coisdealbha (Tom Phaidin Tom) and others.

Dan Milner, who'll be at Mystic this week and Paul Kaplan published a book "Songs Of England, Ireland & Scotland- A Bonnie Bunch Of Roses" put out by Oak Publications, copyright 1983. There's some info on the song, source, recordings or singers. This is a great collection by a great singer.