The Big Book Of Irish Songs Songbook

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A great collection of 76 beloved Irish tunes, from folk songs to Tin Pan Alley favorites! Includes: Danny Boy * Erin! Oh Erin! * Father O'Flynn * Finnegan's Wake * I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen * The Irish Rover * The Irish Washerwoman * Jug of Punch * Kerry Dance * Mary's a Grand Old Name * Molly Malone * My Wild Irish Rose * Peg O' My Heart * 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That's an Irish Lullaby) * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder * Wild Rover * and more.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 125 cherished folk songs, including: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms * The Croppy Boy * Danny Boy * The Galway Races * Johnny, I Hardly Knew You * Jug of Punch * Molly Malone * My Wild Irish Rose * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) * The Wearing of the Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * and more.

An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O'Carolan tunes, plus a special section of North American Celtic tunes. A generous collection of photos of Irish folk musicians, street scenes, and archaeological sites further enhances this fabulous book. All of the solos included here are written in 5-string banjo tablature only with a few tunes set in unusual banjo tunings. the appendices provide a sizable glossary and a wealth of information regarding soloists and groups playing Celtic music, Irish festivals, music publications, on-line computer resources, cultural organizations, and more. If you are serious about playing Celtic music on the 5-string banjo, or if you don't play the banjo but simply want to expand your knowledge of the Celtic music tradition-you owe yourself this book. the first-ever CD collection of Irish and Celtic music for 5-string banjo provides 68 lovely melodies and demonstrates revolutionary techniques for playing highly ornamented tunes and rolling back-up. Recorded in stereo with virtuosos Gabriel Donohue (steel- and nylon-string guitar and piano) and Robbie Walsh (bodhran- frame drum played with a stick), the five-string banjo is out front and plays through each melody in real-life tempo with authentic Celtic chordal and rhythmic backing. the recording features the music of all Six Celtic Nations and includes jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides, polkas, marches, country dances, larides, andros, slipjigs, strathspeys, airs and O'Carolan tunes. 35 songs in the book are not on the CD.

This 400-page songbook contains all of the best and most beloved traditional songs from Ireland, Scotland and beyond, ready to be played sung and strummed at your favorite session! Love Songs, Rebel Songs, Drinking Songs, Session Tunes, Folk Ballads, Sea Shanties and more. The author created this book specifically for people who like to play and sing Celtic songs. Full large-print lyrics are given for each song, along with the guitar chords for strumming along. A short informational snippet for each song, explaining some of its origin and history, is also included. A special "First Lines and Alternate Titles" index is also included, to help you find the song you are looking for. Each song is given in two different keys (C and G), with capo information to help you find your best key for singing. This is not a tablature songbook: only the lyrics and chords are given.This is a wonderful treasury of Celtic music perfect for session musicians or anyone wanting to learn more of this beautiful music.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A great collection of 76 beloved Irish tunes, from folk songs to Tin Pan Alley favorites! Includes: Danny Boy * Erin! Oh Erin! * Father O'Flynn * Finnegan's Wake * I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen * The Irish Rover * The Irish Washerwoman * Jug of Punch * Kerry Dance * Mary's a Grand Old Name * Molly Malone * My Wild Irish Rose * Peg O' My Heart * 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That's an Irish Lullaby) * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder * Wild Rover * and more.

(Guitar Chord Songbook). Here are the basics you'll need to play 45 Irish favorites, including: Danny Boy * The Foggy Dew * Girl I Left Behind Me * Harrigan * I'll Tell Me Ma * The Irish Rover * MacNamara's Band * Molly Malone (Cockles & Mussels) * My Wild Irish Rose * The Rose of Tralee * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * and more!

Thomas Balinger The Big Merlin Songbook 100 Songs for Merlin (M4) in D tuning (D-A-D) A song collection of classic tunes, arranged for easy Merlin (M4) in D tuning (D-A-D). Covering a wide musical range from traditional American folk songs to Hymns, Irish songs and children's classics. All songs arranged with the beginning player in mind, featuring chord symbols, chord diagrams and melody tab to make playing as easy and straightforward as possible. Songs: 1. A beautiful life 2. All creatures of our God and King 3. Amazing Grace 4. Animal fair 5. Aura Lee 6. Beautiful brown eyes 7. Billy the kid 8. Blood on the saddle 9. Boil them cabbage down 10. Botany Bay 11. Brahms' lullaby 12. Brennan on the moor 13. Buffalo gals 14. Bury me beneath the willow 15. Carrickfergus 16. Colorado trail 17. Come all ye fair and tender ladies 18. Come, Thou fount of every blessing 19. Crawdad song 20. Cumberland Gap 21. Dink's song 22. Don't this road look rough and rocky 23. Down the road 24. Drifting too far from the shore 25. East Virginia Blues 26. Engine 143 27. Finnegan's wake 28. Foggy mountain top 29. Footprints in the snow 30. Frankie and Johnny 31. Git along little dogies 32. Going down this road 33. Hickory dickory dock 34. Holy, holy, holy 35. Home on the range 36. House of the rising sun 37. How firm a foundation 38. Humpty Dumpty 39. I ain't gonna work tomorrow 40. I ride an old paint 41. I surrender all 42. It is well with my soul 43. Itsy bitsy spider 44. Jack and Jill 45. Jack of diamonds 46. James Connolly 47. Jesse James 48. Jesus paid it all 49. Jolly good fellow 50. Just as I am 51. Lavender's blue 52. Little Bessie 53. London Bridge is falling down 54. Long journey home 55. Make me down a pallet 56. Mary had a little lamb 57. Midnight on the stormy deep 58. Midnight train 59. Molly and Tenbrooks 60. My faith looks up to Thee 61. My home's across the smoky mountains 62. New river train 63. Nine pound hammer 64. Nothing but the blood 65. Oh! Susanna 66. Old Black Joe 67. Old Dan Tucker 68. On top of Old Smokey 69. Pease porridge hot 70. Pop! Goes the weasel 71. Rain, rain, go away 72. Rock a-bye, baby 73. Roving gambler 74. Row, row, row 75. Salty dog Blues 76. Saviour, like a shepherd lead us 77. Shady grove 78. Shall we gather at the river 79. She moved through the fair 80. Shortnin' bread 81. The auld orange flute 82. The farmer in the dell 83. The hills of Connemara 84. The jolly beggarman 85. The last rose of summer 86. The merry ploughboy 87. The minstrel boy 88. The moonshiner 89. There's a hole in the bucket 90. The rising of the moon 91. The rose of Mooncoin 92. The Sally Sardens 93. The star of the County Down 94. This old man 95. Three score and ten 96. Tom Dooley 97. Way down the old plank road 98. Wildwood flower 99. Wreck of the old 97 100. Yankee Doodle

This handy book contains the complete lyrics for 100 old favourites from the vast array of Irish songs and ballads.