Welcome to Irish song lyrics and guitar chords by Martin Dardis. The best site by far for all your favorite
songs by The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, The Pogues The Fureys, Mary Black, Christy Moore, Foster And Allen, The Barleycorn
and hundreds more by verious Irish singers songwriters and traditional songs.
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This site is a history of Ireland through songs. Singing and songwriting is a tradition in
Ireland , It goes back hundreds of years , from the time of the bards[storytellers] to the modern folk/balladeer.
Songwriters throughout Ireland's history have written about every aspect of Irish life , from
our troubled history under British rule , about the general strike of 1913 , about unemployment , hunger-strikes , the travelling
community , about the evictions of families by cruel landlords , tales of drink , also anti drug tunes
like Uncle Nobby's Steamboat , love, happy and sad stories , songs about the sea and our brave fishermen , and emigration
to find a better life. hundreds more commemorating patriots and hero's.
These songs tell us a lot about who we are as a people and the hardship we endured to get
to where we are today in this great country of ours.
The only reason this site is here is to keep the Irish folk/ballad scene alive.If any songwriter
has a problem with their work been displayed here let me know and it will be removed.But I believe from an artists prospective
to encourage others to preform their songs at school,collage,pub or club is of great promotional value
As the Wolfe Tones say ''Let the people sing their stories and their songs and the music
of their native land''Learn the songs join a band,get a session going in your local pub or club.Ask your local radio station
to play Irish folk songs , lets keep our songs alive
All the songs here have been credited to who wrote them or if traditional then to whoever singer/band
made them famous.Please let me know if you have any info./background on a song that may be of interest , any requests just
email me or use the guestbook . The chords/tabs have been kept easy, mostly just three chords.If you have written
an Irish or folk song and want it published, send it to me, lots of novice and established songwriters have already.
The sheet music section has been redesigned and is a hugh success. A big thank you to all who made contributions
to the site's up-keep. The video's are on the way back, soon,,it takes time. There are now 103 Wolfe Tones songs, 65 Christy
Moore, 109 Dubliners, 42 Fureys, 32 Mary Black, 52 Pogues, 40 Foster And Allen, 38 Dublin City Ramblers, 25 Barleycorn, 60
Clancy Brothers, 6 Charlie And The Bhoys, 8 Gary Og, with a total of 640 including the traditional songs.
Any requests go to about me,
The video of the day is Johnny McEvoy singing ''The Merry Ploughboy [1966]
Please support the site by making a small contribition to it's upkeep, ever little helps
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