Lyr Add: Irish Fireside Songs (book download)

Subject: Lyr Add: Irish Fireside Songs
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 10 Aug 13 - 01:04 PM

The 1912 classic by the author of many songs including Follow Me Up to Carlow is free to download on archive.org.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Irish Fireside Songs
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 11 Aug 13 - 01:44 PM

In case anyone thinks this is illegal downloading, it's not; archive.org is what it says, an archive of out-of-copyright material. Some fascinating film and audio on there too.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Irish Fireside Songs (book download)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 12 Aug 13 - 10:48 AM

Thanks for the link, JTT.

The songs are poems; there are no melodies.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Irish Fireside Songs (book download)
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 12 Aug 13 - 03:23 PM

I shall send a stiff note back to 1911 complaining of the lack of melody.

By the way, steer clear of the .mobi, it's awful. Go for the PDF if you're downloading it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Irish Fireside Songs (book download)
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Aug 13 - 11:22 PM

Internet Archive is very much worth looking into for Irish songs, although many of the books they have are filled with 'Oirish' banalities there are still quite a few better ones. There are also a number of Irish Gaelic books, but unfortunately nearly all of them are in the old typeface which makes reading difficult if you are not used to it.