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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Genie Date: 09 Mar 13 - 09:00 AM I know it's English, but I think it works as "Irish" as well, because it's about a man who was apprenticed in London and could well have been from Ireland (as in Mountains O' Mourne): Blow The Candles Out |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 01 Aug 12 - 03:20 PM Hi, Katy Bob. See if you like this one. (I do.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joflMTTPE3s |
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Subject: Lyr Add: ALL THE LIES THAT YOU TOLD ME (F Black) From: GUEST Date: 31 Jul 12 - 03:45 PM ALL THE LIES THAT YOU TOLD ME, by Frances Black. All the lies that you told me, all the tears that I've cried All the loving you gave me, it was a lie I could never imagine, when I felt so high That there could be somebody new Better than you in my life When I woke up this morning, with tears in my eyes I never felt more like saying goodbye I could never imagine, when I felt so high That there could be somebody new Better than you in my life Chorus Am I just fooling myself? Could there be somebody else? Could there be somebody new, waiting around the corner? Yes there is, waiting for you, waiting for someone like you All the nights that you told me, all your loving was mine And I wanted to listen, to all of your lies I could never imagine, when I felt so high That there could be somebody new Better than you in my life Chorus All the nights that you told me, all your loving was mine Now there could be somebody new Better than you in my lfe |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: KatyBob Date: 30 Jul 12 - 08:57 PM So I came to this thread, foolish mortal what I am, hoping to find Irish songs and stuff to be sung by WOMEN from a WOMAN'S perspective. At least, I thought that was what the question was. Silly Katy. Most of the song suggestion would be perfect for a dyke to sing, and, being bi, I might be able to get away with it, but come on fellas, read the words in the question before you put on your ethno-musicologist hat and tell me how to build a watch when I am asking for the time. Anyway, I got a couple of good ideas out of the whole thread, so thanks to those brave souls who GOT IT. Yeesh... |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Cassie Boyle Date: 26 Nov 10 - 06:08 PM Well it all depends on how rebellious you want to be and how many people you want to get on the wrong side of because there are some excellent Irish rebel songs such as Come out you Black & Tans and The Easter Rising. I think maybe something by Cara Dillon like Garden Valley, There were Roses or Cragie Hill would be good and if you seriously want to touch a nerve there's a song by an American artist that the people of Ulster have sort of adopted and that's Broken Things. If you are in the mood log in to you tube and search for TheGhostofCasper you should find a few good/unusual Irish folk songs on there Slainte cass |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST Date: 24 Mar 10 - 04:22 AM I agree that Donal Og is a beautiful song. If you want a version of it I actually recorded it on my CD 'A moment in time" which can be heard on itunes. KATE DELANEY |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 07 Sep 09 - 03:51 AM I suppose, if is an Irish, or Celtic song, written by an Celtic composer, and sung by a female Celtic singer, about an Irish lass, who is staying behind, in Ireland, while her love goes and makes a way for her, in the new world, well, I guess that qualifies it as an Irish tune..right? It may not be older, but certainly deals with everything that classic songs are made of..right??? Try this one, sung by Lisa Kelly....and you musicians, who write, should love this one! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EemvDk4Kmw |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: smpc Date: 06 Sep 09 - 02:13 PM emmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .there are a good few songs that don't actually declare what gender is meant to sing it ! ! ! !i.e. p stands for paddy down by blackwaterside theres a dear little isle erin gradh mo chroi . . . . . .do i need to continue? ? ?however i do have songs for female singers too i.e. johnny lovely johnny o reilly the fisherman low low lands of holland. . . . .thats presently all i can think of anyway its not the song its how you sing it! !! ! !! ! |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,mg Date: 28 Jun 09 - 12:40 PM I am not sure where this song comes from..Canada??? Ireland?? Anyway, Lost Jimmy WHalen...beautiful tune..Whalen is an Irish name (my ggmother was Bridget Whalen). mg |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Suegorgeous Date: 28 Jun 09 - 06:41 AM Flower of Magherally |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: ard mhacha Date: 28 Jun 09 - 05:57 AM Alternatively go to You Tube and be spoiled for choice by visiting, clarebannerman, machree01, or lorgain2, all of these Sites contain all you need and more. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE AUGHAGALLON ROAD (J Creaney) From: ard mhacha Date: 27 Jun 09 - 01:18 PM A lovely little ditty from Aidan Crossey`s paythereckoning Site, written by the late Jimmy Creaney from Lurgan Co Armagh, THE AUGHAGALLON ROAD
One evening as I strolled down the Aghagallon Road |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Irish Girl Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:38 PM Down by the sally gardens As she moves through the fair The Swallow All good sean nos songs |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Irish sergeant Date: 21 Jan 05 - 04:58 PM Do you love an Apple?- The Bothy Band (Triona Ni Domhnaill(sp) |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Com Seangan Date: 21 Jan 05 - 11:38 AM That was Donal Og - the accents don't come out when I submit. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Com Seangan Date: 21 Jan 05 - 11:22 AM For female singers - that's what the lady wants. Some of the fine songs mentioned like " Mo Ghile Mear" are a bit macho. But a real, real strong and moving song for the female voice is "Dónal Óg". The strongest love song that I know in any language. I think there is an English translation but I don't have it. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST Date: 21 Jan 05 - 05:32 AM you often write stuff about score music.......... where do I get these files on the internet? I'm looking e.g desperately for sheet/score music for step it out mary and read something here in the forum . but I couldn't find the sheet/score music please help me |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Kathy Egan Date: 23 Dec 04 - 03:28 PM Does anyone know where to find the English lyrics to "Kousket," from the Celtic Christmas Silver Anniversary CD? It is performed by Maighread and Triona Ni Domnhaill. Also, are there any lyrics for "On a Winter's Day" sung by Karan Casey? Thanks for any help and Merry Christmas. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Kaleea Date: 03 Dec 04 - 03:35 AM Dark Haired Jimmy Owen is one of my favs. & what about the Connemarra Cradle Song? I just did that on my latest harp CD. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Kathleen Egan Date: 02 Dec 04 - 07:31 AM I am looking for an English translation of a song called "Kousket" that is sung by Triona and Mairead Ni Domnhaill (spelling?). The song is on the Celtic Christmas VI silver anniversary CD. Thanks for any help. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Georgiansilver Date: 23 Sep 04 - 11:11 AM You could try both these..whichever is most use. http://www.cs.hut.fi/~zaphod/irish/ http://www.cs.hut.fi/~zaphod/irish/all_titles.html Just copy and paste into your address bar an away you go! Best wishes. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,songsmith Date: 23 Sep 04 - 10:29 AM May Morning Dew The Banks of the Lee The Plains of Waterloo cheers songsmith |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Diana Date: 22 Sep 04 - 03:05 PM "O Light of the Morning" (A Sholais na Maidine) is a Christian song with the first verse in Irish (Gaelic) and 5 verses in English, for two female voices, an alto and a low soprano. It can be found at www.valkyriepub.com. Valkyrie Publications also has two more Irish traditional songs now, "Be Thou My Vision" and "The Gartan Mother's Lullaby." Beautiful, quite easy harp arrangements of both, which could also be played on the piano, and chords for guitar. (See my earlier post about Irish traditional and W.B. Yeats songs on this website.) |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: matai Date: 24 Apr 04 - 11:06 PM This may have been mentioned but Sinead O'Connor's version of 'Peggy Gordon' is hard to beat and what's the problem with a new take on a well known song? If you want something more up to date check out the songs of Jimmy McCarthy. They are many and wonderful. Matai |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST Date: 24 Apr 04 - 05:57 PM translate Mary Black's "Prayer for Love" V krayu dalyokum, chuzhie ne nuzhny. O tyubvi malyum otchayanno Say it on your knees, |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Guest, Anne Date: 24 Mar 04 - 02:50 PM Hi, There are some great American - Irish songs, quite recent, that you could try. From Tom Russell's album The Man From God Knows Where : "When Irish Girls Grow Up" and "Mary Clare Malloy", and both are sung on this album by guest artist Dolores Keane. Also The Mollies number " On We Go" - it's a catchy bouncy tune, even if the topic is a bit violent - old woman drowns her pain of a husband on the way home from the pub. Steve Earle's "Galway Girl" is a favourite American-Irish number at our folk club when we sing bouncy numbers. Another tune you might like is "Step It Out Mary." - Irish tune, 1955. None of these numbers are for delicate voices, they are more robust tunes. Anne |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,eileen Date: 24 Mar 04 - 06:22 AM "Golden Apples of The Sun" is actually a poem by Yeats called "The Tale of Wandering Angus". Karen Casey (sp?) does a great version of this on one of her albums... |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Diana Date: 24 Mar 04 - 03:41 AM You can find two more Yeats poems set to music and an 8-piece set of Irish folk songs at www.valkyriepub.com. The songs are arranged for the harp but most of them include guitar chords as well, and the set includes She moved Thro' the Fair, Must I Go Bound, Oro, 'sE Do Bheatha Abhaile (sorry, I can't make the sine fada in this text box), Oro Mo Bhaidin, Eamon an Chnoic, Baidin Fheidhlimidh, The Castle of Dromore, and Caoineadh na dTri Muire. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,C Date: 29 Oct 03 - 07:24 AM I've read through the majority of this thread, and to be honest all I've heard is a lot of song names repeated and repeated one that springs to mind and i don't mean to critisise this song in any way but raglan Road:It's a song for a male performer! it was written by a man! also included is Kilkelly Ireland while it has beautiful lyrics narrates the letters a father writes to his son.I no these are just technicalities but they matter. i stumbled onto this site looking for a different song to sing for a competion that is held here in Ireland called scor and when i saw the heading Irish songs for female singers i thought well this is graet i'll have found a song in no time.i'm replying to a thread that was started over three years ago and well i'm sorry to say that i haven't found anything out of the ordinary.if you want to truly perform an irish song to the best of your ability you must first find a song that suits your voice and that you believe in this is different for everybody, for example when i'm asked to sing my father always asks me to sing "only a river runs free" but for some reason i was never comfortable singing it until about two weeks ago when i heard a version of it playing in my dads car i guess something just made sense a song sang in a different way than your used to can be quite powerfull. I'm only 15 years old and i won't pretend i know every thing there is to know about it but i've been singing since as long as i can remember i think my first song that i claimed to be my own was "nobody's child!"If you want to hear a really good irish singer the one name that springs to mind would have to be Sinead O' Conner although some of her compositions are are quite new her version of "she move through the fair"( featured on the michael collins film)is abslootly fantastic plus "scorn not his simplicity" even though is was written by Phil Coulter these two names are probably the greatest song writers/performers ireland has produced well in the last while anyway. I've nothing much else to say except i hope someone finds some use in all of this! |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,caraiosa Date: 29 Oct 03 - 06:40 AM |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Alice Date: 14 May 03 - 11:02 AM New link for The Gartan Mother's Lullaby. Alice |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: winniemih Date: 14 May 03 - 09:16 AM I would like to recommend several songs by a somewhat obscure female group from the Washington D.C. area, Connemara. I don't know if they're still together, but have several of their C.D.s from a few years back. They do a mix of instrumentals and vocals; good arrangements and harmonies. I particularly like their vocal of The Scholar, which takes its melody from the traditional tune, slows it down a little and gives the tune a nice spin with the somewhat contemporary words. I think this one would fit well into a session such as you have described. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Mac Tattie Date: 13 May 03 - 05:48 PM Guest Magpie, the Dirrum a doo in "Dirrum a doo a day" is a simple vocal attempt at recreating the sound of the bagpipes. There is, however, a more complex song "language" used amoung pipers to learn and rember pipe tunes known as Canntaireachd (canter-ach-t). There have been verry fiew songs sugested here that I would recomend and many to avoid. I would recomend that the singers looking for songs should listen to as much material from as many sources as possible and let the songs find them. The 5000 or so in the didgital tradition are only a fiew amoung many. Cheers |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Keith A o Hertford Date: 13 May 03 - 03:08 AM The Bantry Girl's Lament is lovely and little heard. Keith. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: PoppaGator Date: 12 May 03 - 06:22 PM celticblues5's mention of Judy Collins jogged my memory a bit; one of her late-60s albums included a sung rendition of the W.B. Yeats poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" (or, at least, an excerpt therefrom). I think the song may have been titled "Golden Apples of the Sun." It's certainly not traditional, and probably not even folk music but rather "art song." While English rather than Irish/Gaelic, the words are from an undeniably Irish lyricist, unless you're so hard-assed as to exclude the Anglo-Irish. Yeats may have been born into the Ascendancy, but he was certainly a great moving force in the Irish cultural revolution of the 1880s, a necessary percursor to political independence. No one can claim to love Ireland more than did William Butler Yeats. The melody's origins are probably inauthentic in some sense, but quite lovely. The guitar part alone is beautiful enough, even without the poetry. I would think that a performance of this piece would be entirely appropriate for an Irish-American meeting of New Yorkers. (That is, it's a good bit more authentic, and more aesthetically pleasing, than "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.") I wish I could be there to hear you ladies, whatever you decide to sing. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Magpie Date: 12 May 03 - 03:59 PM I always wonder about the chorus: "Dirrum a doo a day" - does it mean something in Gaelic? or "dire ma do a day" or "doir e ma du a de" ... whatever... |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: celticblues5 Date: 03 Aug 00 - 12:44 PM The song that the two Sues refer to is also called "Love & Freedom" by some. I thought it was "hey, daughter, ho, daughter too!" ;-) Ah, Mondegreens! The one verse I've also heard as - I have naught to offer you/this young man said to me/but you'll gain love & freedom/if you'll come away with me small variations, but avoids the ookiness of "my dear," (which I don't like except in parody - just a personal thing). I *think* that 'Farewell to Tarwathie' is in the Judy Collins songbook. Connie Dover of Scartaglen does a beautiful song called "Somebody" which technically doesn't come under this heading because it is a Jacobite lyric, but I think it could be lovely if harmnonized. Another haunting song, though composed & not traditional (though becoming somewhat so) is 'There Were Roses.' |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,JTT Date: 02 Aug 00 - 05:10 PM You were asking for seldom-sung old songs. Assuming you're not talking about the sean-nós tradition, what about songs seldom sung nowadays like two Wexford favourites, Come to the Bower and The Streams of Bunclody? I'm sure someone will have the words. Songs that are always sung at any Irish séisiún are The Parting Glass (which is usually the finisher), Éamonn an Chnuic, I Know My Love, I Know Where I'm Going, If My Love Leaves Me...oh, it goes on and on. Email me at jt.thompson.source@indigo.ie (but take out the .source, it's just an anti-bots device) and I'll find you the words. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,iains Date: 01 Aug 00 - 07:53 PM Dublin in my tears the voyage Connemara cradle song Ride on |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Mikey joe Date: 01 Aug 00 - 08:04 AM bantry girls lament |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Amergin Date: 06 May 00 - 05:42 PM Vindelis, that would be Farewell to Tarwathie. Has Sailor Boy been mentioned? Amergin |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,AStar15@hotmail.com Date: 06 May 00 - 01:29 PM Hey, I'm looking for a specific song. I am not sure of the name but here are some of the words. Maybe somone here know it. Oh Wild wind won't you blow, and carry me to my love, no not where it goes, I'll spread my wings, on your windy back I'll ride, oh wild wind, won't you blow. those are just some of the words. Its a really pretty song and I am wanting to sing it for my junior night next year. So if anyone has any information on this song, please let me know. Thanks! |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: keltcgrasshoppper Date: 06 May 00 - 10:21 AM I know that its not a "TRADITIONAL" Irish song.. But I just love the Nancy Griffith tune.. " trouble in the fields".. It reminds me of the famine.. as well as the dustbowl in our country...KGH |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Brigid in the mountains Date: 05 May 00 - 12:08 PM Thanks alice, do you happen to know the air too? Can you send me the notation? |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,John Leeder in Calgary Date: 05 May 00 - 11:19 AM Just yesterday I picked up a nice compilation CD of Celtic songs sung by female singers, from Shanachie Records. Some are in Gaelic, most in English. It might be a good starting point for branching out into other areas. It would also give you an overview of singers, and you could choose ones whose work you'd like to investigate further. (I'm sending message this from work, and the CD is at home, and I'm afraid I don't actually remember the title.) When I say "Celtic", I don't mean "Gaelic", but that much-abused term "Celtic" which includes Irish and Scottish traditional songs, plus modern songs and songs from other traditions (especially English and American) which have been adopted by people who like the Irish and Scottish songs. At the risk of throwing a dash of cold water on the discussion, I'm afraid there are lots of bandwagon-jumpers out there (especially in North America) who think of themselves as "Celtic" singers who in fact have never heard traditional Celtic music and wouldn't like it if they heard it. I hope the women who intitiated this discussion don't fall into that category. But the fact that they're not familiar with so many of the very well-known songs that have been suggested gives an impression that they're pretty new to the genre. I say, hang onto your enthusiasm, but keep aware of where you're coming from. And I say, yes, sing what you like, and sing it the way you like, but don't represent yourselves as "Celtic" singers unless you're really stuck into that tradition. Meanwhile, listen to lots of the music to see what it's like on its home ground -- maybe you'll become "Celtic" singers after all. If I'm wrong about you, forgive me; but I think these comments still apply to the generality. |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Alice Date: 05 May 00 - 11:09 AM Brigid, click here - KILKELLY |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,Brigid in the mountains Date: 05 May 00 - 10:20 AM Dear M. I have done my best and not for the life of me can I find anything to do with Kilkelly in the the Digitrad bit!!!! help! |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: GUEST,brigid in the mountains Date: 05 May 00 - 10:13 AM can someone please tell me how I can post a music score onto this page from Cakewalk |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: phil h Date: 04 May 00 - 05:05 PM You might also try listening to the CD 'Adieu to lovely garrison'by Rosie Stewart from Fermanagh for some excellent unaccompanied female vocals of traditional material (in English). Phil |
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Subject: RE: Irish Songs for female singers From: Alice Date: 04 May 00 - 09:59 AM The Magpie's Nest
The Fanaid Grove
For Scottish songs, Tam Glen Alice Flynn |
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