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Thread #130487   Message #2936808
Posted By: GUEST,BBS
29-Jun-10 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Trad Irish songs, rebel & other... help
Subject: RE: Trad Irish songs, rebel & other... help
Thanks for the help so far... here's a partial list from some recent sets:

I'll Tell Me Ma
The Leaving of Liverpool
The Gypsy Rover
Boulavogue
The Rising of the Moon
Red Is the Rose
Four Green Fields
The Rocky Road To Dublin
The Mary Ellen Carter
Brennan on the Moor


There are more, obviously... I almost always play "A Nation Once Again"
at or near the end of the performance.

An FYI to those who might notice a Republican slant to my song choices...
I have read and heartily agree with
a certain sentiment in the thread 'Irish songs of rebellion
as social document' (sic). In summary, I sing these songs
because they have redeeming social, political,
cultural and historical value even as
they advocate certain attitudes and/or actions that I might not.

To paraphrase Pete Seeger:

"Some may find them [Irish Republican/rebellion songs] merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to... revolution. And who will say if either or both is wrong? Not I."