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Posted By: Joe Offer
24-Sep-08 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: Irish Songbook Index PermaThread
Subject: Index: Irish Street Ballads (Colm O Lochlainn)
This is my favorite Irish songbook.

Title: Irish Street Ballads
collected and annotated by Colm O Lochlainn
adorned with woodcuts from the original broadsheets
New York: Corinth Books, 1960

A LADY FAIR
BACHELOR'S WALK: MOURNFUL LINES ON THE MILITARY OUTRAGE IN DUBLIN
BANKS OF CLAUDY, THE
BANKS OF THE ROSES, THE
BANTRY GIRLS' LAMENT, THE
BARLEY CORN, THE
BLACK HORSE, THE
BOLD BELFAST SHOEMAKER, THE
BOLD DESERTER, THE
BOLD MCDERMOTT ROE
BOLD RAKE, THE
BOLD ROBERT EMMET
BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES, THE
BONNY LABOURING BOY, THE
BOSTON CITY
BOYS OF KILKENNY, THE
BOYS OF OLD ERIN THE GREEN
BOYS OF WEXFORD, THE
BRIAN O LINN
CAILIN DEAS CRUITE NA MBO
CHARMING MARY NEILL
COME TO THE BOWER
COORTIN' IN THE KITCHEN
DARK EYED SAILOR, THE
DOBBIN'S FLOWERY VALE
DONNELLY AND COOPER
DORAN'S ASS
DOWN BY THE TANYARD SIDE
DUBLIN JACK OF ALL TRADES
DUNLAVIN GREEN
ERIN'S LOVELY HOME
FATHER MURPHY
FINNEGAN'S WAKE
FLOWER OF MAGHERALLY, THE
GENERAL MUNROE
GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME, THE
GRA GEAL MO CHROI
GRA-MO-CHROI, I'D LIKE TO SEE OLD IRELAND FREE ONCE MORE.
GRANUAILE
GRAZIER TRIBE, THE
HACKLER FROM GROUSE HALL, THE
HENRY JOY MCCRACKEN
IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD
"I THANK YOU, MA'AM," SAYS DAN
JOLLY FARMER, THE
JOHNNY HARTE
JOHN MCGOLDRICK AND THE QUAKER'S DAUGHTER
KERRY RECRUIT, THE
KEVIN BARRY
LAMBS ON THE GREEN HILLS, THE
LAMENTATION OF HUGH REYNOLDS, THE
LANIGAN'S BALL
LILLIBULERO
LILY OF THE WEST, THE
LIMERICK IS BEAUTIFUL
LIMERICK RAKE, THE
LOVELY KATIE OF LISKEHAUN
LOVELY WILLIE
LUCKY ELOPEMENT, THE
MAID OF BUNCLODY, AND THE LAD SHE LOVES DEAR, THE -
MAID OF SWEET GURTEEN, THE
MAID OF THE SWEET BROWN KNOWE, THE
MAID THAT SOLD HER BARLEY, THE
MAID WITH THE BONNY BROWN HAIR, THE - -
MANCHESTER MARTYRS, THE; OR THE SMASHING OF THE VAN
MANTLE SO GREEN, THE
MARY FROM DUNGLOE
MASTER MCGRATH
MOORLUG MARY
MRS. MCGRATH
MY BOY WILLIE
NELL FLAHERTY'S DRAKE
NIGHT OF THE RAGMAN'S BALL, THE -
OLD GRAY MARE, THE
OLD ORANGE FLUTE, THE
ORANGE LILY-O, THE
O'REILLY FROM THE COUNTY LEITRIM; OR THE PHOENIX OF ERIN'S GREEN ISLE.
PARTING GLASS, THE
PAT OF MIJLLINGAR
PEELER AND THE GOAT, THE
PIPER'S TUNES, THE
REAL OLD MOUNTAIN DEW, THE
RED-HAIRED MAN'S WIFE, THE
ROCKS OF BAUN, THE
ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN, THE
ROSSA'S FAREWELL TO ERIN
SEAN A DUIR A' GHLEANNA -
SORROWFUL LAMENT FOR CALLAGHAN, GREALLY, ANDE MULLEN, THE (THE FAIR OF TURLOUGHMORE)
SPORTING RACES OF GALWAY, THE
SPORTING YOUTH, THE
STAR OF DONEGAL, THE
SUIT OF GREEN, THE
SWEET CARNLOCH BAY
SWEET COUNTY WEXFORD
TAXES, THE
THERE'S WHISKEY IN THE JAR
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
WOMEN ARE WORSE THAN THE MEN, THE
WRECK OF THE "MARY JANE," THE
YOUGHAL HARBOUR
YOUNG MAID'S LOVE, THE
YOUNG MOLLY BAN

APPENDIX - - -
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, THE
LAMENTATIONS OF PATRICK BRADY, THE; OR THE HEROES OF NINETY-EIGHT
OLD LEATHER BREECHES, THE
PAT O DONNELL
POOR OLD GRANUAILE
SERGEANT'S LAMENTATION, THE
TOWN OF ANTRIM, THE

COMMENTARY
ADDENDUM—SOME DUBLIN BALLADS
INDEX OF FIRST LINES

1 The Kerry Recruit About four years ago I was digging the land
2 A Lady Fair A lady fair in a garden walkin’
3 A New Song Called Granuaile All through the North as I walked forth
4 A New Song on the Taxes All you young men and maidens come an’ listen to my song
5 The Dark-Eyed Sailor As I roved out one evening fair
6 The Maid With the Bonny Brown Hair As once I roved out very early
7 The Mantle So Green As I went out walking one morning in June
8 Youghal Harbour As I roved out on a summer’s morning
9 The Bonny Labouring Boy As I roved out one morning all in the blooming spring
10 The Sporting Races of Galway As I roved out through Galway town to seek for recreation
11 The Piper's Tunes As I roved thro’ the town to view the pretty lasses
12 There's Whiskey in the Jar As I was going over the far-famed Kerry Mountain
13 Gra Geal Mo Chroi At the foot of Newry mountain clear water does flow
14 A New Song on the Manchester Martyrs,
    or, The Smashing of the Van
Attend you gallant Irishmen and listen for awhile
15 Brian O Linn Brian O Linn had no breeches to wear
16 The Bonny Bunch of Roses By the margin of the ocean, one pleasant evening in the month of June.
17 The Black Horse Come all ye airy bachelors, a warning take by me
18 The Girl I Left Behind Me Come all ye handsome comely maids
19 The Maids of the Sweet Brown Knowe Come all ye lads and lasses and hear my mournful tale -
20 The Wreck of the "Mary Jane" Come all you dry-land sailors bold
21 Van Diemen's Land Come all you gallant poachers that ramble void of care
22 The Maid of Sweet Gurteen Come all you gentle muses, combine and lend an ear
23 A New Song on the Rocks of Baun Come all you loyal heroes wherever that you be
24 The Suit of Green Come all you pretty fair maids, and listen to my melody
25 The Bold Belfast Shoemaker Come all you true-born Irishmen wherever you may be
26 Donnelly and Cooper Come all you true-bred Irishmen I hope you will draw near
27 Father Murphy Come, all you warriors and renowned nobles
28 Bold McDermott Roe Come all you wild young gentlemen, so reckless and so bold
29 Young Molly Ban Come all you young fellows that follow the gun
30 The Jolly Farmer Come each jolly fellow that loves to be mellow
31 The Sorrowful Lament for Callaghan, Greally, and Mullen
    (Killed at the Fair of Turloughmore)
Come tell me dearest mother
32 Coortin' in the Kitchen Come single belle and beau, to me now pay attention
33 A Ballad of Master McGrath Eighteen sixty-nine being the date of the year
34 Rossa's Farewell to Erin Farewell to friends of Dublin town, I bid ye all adieu
35 The Old Grey Mare Good fellows all that’s straight and tall
36 Lillibulero Ho, brother Teige, dost hear the Decree
37 The Bold Rake I am a bold rake and this nation I travel’d all round
38 Charming Mary Neill I am a bold undaunted youth, my name is John McCann
39 The Hackler from Grouse Hall I am a roving hackler lad that loves the shamrock shore -
40 Dublin Jack of All Trades I am a roving sporting blade they call me Jack of all trades
41 Down by the Tanyard Side I am a ramblin’ hero and by love I am betrayed.
42 The Limerick Rake I am a young fellow that’s easy and bold
43 The Lucky Elopement I am a young fellow that ran out my land and means
44 Boston City I belong to Boston City, boys
45 A New Song Called the Young Maid's Love I was courted by a young man for many a long day
46 If I Was a Blackbird If I was a blackbird, I’d whistle and sing
47 The Sporting Youth I’m a stranger to this country from America I came
48 The Boys of Wexford In comes the captain’s daughter, the captain of the Yeos
49 Kevin Barry (Died for Ireland, 1st November, 1920) In Mountjoy jail one Monday morning
50 The Old Orange Flute In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon
51 The Rocky Road to Dublin In the merry month of May, from my home I started
52 Lanigan's Ball In the town of Athy one Jeremy Lanigan
53 Dunlavin Green In the year of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight
54 The Women Are Worse Than the Men Is it true that the women are worse than the men
55 Lovely Willie It happened one evening at the playing of ball
56 My Boy Willie It was early, early all in the Spring
57 Cailin Deas Cruite Na Mbo It was on a fine summer’s morning
58 The Banks of Claudy It was on a summer’s morning all in the month of May
59 The Flower of Magherally It was on a summer’s morning, when flowers were a-blooming
60 Henry Joy McCracken It was on the Belfast mountains I heard a maid complain
61 The Maid that Sold Her Barley It’s cold and raw the North winds blow
62 The Night of the Ragman's Ball Just pay attention for a while, my good friends one and all
63 Gra-Mo-Chroi, I'd Like to See Old Ireland Free Once More Last night I had a happy dream, tho’ restless where I be
64 The Real Old Mountain Dew Let grasses grow and waters flow in a free and easy way
65 General Munroe My name is George Campbell, at the age of eighteen
66 The Lamentation of Hugh Reynolds My name it is Hugh Reynolds, I came of honest parents
67 Nell Flaherty's Drake My name it is Nell quite candid I tell
68 The Bold Deserter My parents reared me tenderly, I being their eldest son
69 The Parting Glass Oh, all the money e’er I had
70 The Orange Lily-O Oh did you go to see the show, each rose and pinkadilly-o
71 Mrs. McGrath Oh Mrs. MacGrath, the sergeant said
72 Limerick Is Beautiful Oh, then, Limerick is beautiful as everybody knows
73 The Boys of Kilkenny Oh the boys of Kilkenny are stout roving blades
74 The Peeler and the Goat Oh the Bansha peelers went out one night
75 Mary from Dungloe Oh then, fare ye well sweet Donegal, the Rosses and Gweedore
76 The Maid of Bunclody, and the Lad She Loves So Dear Oh, were I at the moss house where the birds do increase
77 The Bantry Girls' Lament Oh who will plough the field now or who will sell the corn
78 The Grazier Tribe Oh, ye toilers of this nation, I hope you will draw near
79 Sweet County Wexford On Moniseed of a summer’s morning
80 The Banks of the Roses On the banks of the Roses my love and I sat down
81 Sean A Duir A Gleanna One morning as I started, from the arms of Morpheus
82 Dobbin's Flowery Vale One morning fair, as Phoebus bright her radiant smiles displayed
83 The Star of Donegal One evening fair to take the air alone I chanced to stray
84 Doran's Ass One Paddy Doyle lived near Killarney, and loved a maid
85 Moorlug Mary The first I saw of my Moorlug Mary
86 The Lambs on the Green Hills The lambs on the green hills they sport and they play,
87 Bold Robert Emmet The struggle is over, the boys are defeated
88 Johnny Harte There was a rich farmer’s daughter lived near to the town of Ross
89 The Barley Corn There was three farmers in the North, as they were passing by
90 Pat of Mullingar They may talk of Flying Childers, and the speed of Harkaway
91 Finnegan's Wake Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street
92 "I Thank You, Ma'am," Says Dan What brought you into my room, to my room, to my room?
93 The Lily of the West When first I came to Ireland, some pleasure for to find
94 O Reilly from the County Leitrim,
    or The Phoenix of Erin's Green Isle
When first I came into this counterie
95 Sweet Carnloch Bay When winter was brawling o’er high hills and mountains
96 Come to the Bower Will you come to the Bower
97 The Red-Haired Man's Wife Ye muses divine, combine, and lend me your aid
98 John McGoldrick and the Quaker's Daughter You muses nine, with me combine; assist me with your aid
99 Lovely Katie of Liskehaun You gentle muses I pray excuse me
100 Bachelor's Walk:
    Mournful Lines on the Military Outrage in Dublin
You true born Sons of Erin’s Isle, come listen to my song
101 The Boys of Old Erin the Green You true-hearted sons of Hibernia
102 Erin's Lovely Home Young men that have your liberty, I pray you now draw near
Music notation for most songs.