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Whiskey In The Jar by The Dubliners, An old Irish war song sang the world over and still as popular as ever.
Brian Flynn who is a guitar teacher teaches you how to play the song in the key of C. It's very easy to follow.On youtube
this songs ranks as the No. 1 Irish folk song of all time. One version by The Dubliners has a view count of 6,426,339
as of January 2013. A second version has 3,206,247 views . A Tin Lizzy Versions has a count of 613,514, and another
live version by the same group has 8,184,682, so clearly it's the top folk hit of all time going by those stats.
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The Green Fields Of France, an anti war song by Scotsman Eric Bogle. About WW1 Sang by The Fureys. There's a download
tab. version for this song if your intrested in picking the notes instead of strumming. As of January 2013 this song on youtube
has hits over 10,000000. That's just counting 10 different versions by different bands/singers.
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| Night Visiting Song Luke Kelly |
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The Night Visiting Song by The Dubliners featuring Luke Kelly singing his final song before departing. Considering his
long years as a singer, Luke kept his best until last. There a video to teach you how to play this one, it's by myself and
it's handy enofe to play.
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| Will You Go Lassie Go Clancys |
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Will you go lassie go, a Scottish love song by The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem, it's as fresh today as it was
over 40 years ago. A true classic that has been recorded by over 40 bands/singers over the years. It had reached over 5,000000
hits on youtube, January 2013 under two different names. Some people call it ''Wild Mountain Thyme'' and other call it ''Go
Lassie Go''.
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| Grace Song By Jim McCann |
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Grace by Jim McCann. A love song about Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett set the night before Joseph was executed in
Kilmainham prison in 1916 for his part in the rising. For the past 10 years this one has been one of the most popular songs
on the site. Between the Wolfe Tones and Jim McCann it has over a million youtube hits and rising.
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| Galway Girl Steve Earl |
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Galway Girl, a modern day love song by Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon which has now become the most popular Irish song
in the last twenty years, well almost. There is sheet music for this one for those playing the lead. The youtube views for
this one are over 10,000000 as of Jan. 2013 for various versions of either Steve Earle or Sharon Shannon's versions. This
has got to be the most covered song of all time, I counted 150 versions by musicians playing various instruments on youtube.
Anthing from guitar to mouth organ.
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| The Ferryman-The Ramblers |
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The Ferryman written by Pete St.John and first played by The Dublin City Ramblers has now become an all time favorite
at ballad session around the world. It's all about the men who used to ferry people across the River Liffey before all the
new bridges were built.
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| Dirty Old Town Lyrics Chords |
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Dirty Old Town is known all over the world, written by Ewan McColl and brought to Ireland by Luke Kelly. The Dubliners
have being singing it for 50 years. You'll hear it sang in most ballad session in Ireland and Britain. There's a refrain after
every 4 line verse and chorus which makes it easy to remember.
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| Red Rose Cafe Fureys |
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The Red Rose Cafe as sung by The Fureys And Davie Arthur is centered around a small cafe in Amsterdam where nobody ever
goes to work and they meet up each day for to drink and sing, my kind of people, sure there's no point in working if you cant
enjoy the fruits of your labour.
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| Back Home In Derry |
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Back Home In Derry which was written by Bobby Sands while locked away in Long Kesh and recorded by Christy Moore. The
song details the voyage to Australia to serve their time in a penal colony and the conditions of the ships that transported
them their.
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| When You Were Sweet Sixteen |
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Sweet Sixteen is a love song brought back to life by The Fureys And Davie Arthur, written 100 years ago by American James
Thornton. Included are the ''Letter Notes'' of the music which are suitable for all lead instruments including whistle and
mandolin.
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| Red Is The Rose Martin Dardis |
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Red Is The Rose which I recorded myself is an old traditional song. I learned it from Tommy Makem, it's a love song and
the tune is most likely of Scottish origins. There's also a video lesson for playing the tin whistle, it's in the sheet music
section.
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| Let The People Sing Wolfetones |
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Let The People Sing by The Wolfe Tones is a cry to the powers that be to stop harassing Irish people for singing their
songs and stories which forms a large part of their culture. This song is from the album of the same name and is regarded
by their fans as their finest record ever made.
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| Fields Of Athenry |
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The Fields Of Athenry, words and music by Dublin songwriter Pete St. John and sang by Paddy Reilly is about The Great
Hunger that spread throughout Ireland from 1847 to 1851 and centeres around the Town Of Athenry in County Galway. Video tuition
included for guitar.
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Ronnie drew takes the lead singing The Merry Ploughboy. A live version from 1974 with Luke Kelly doing the backing vocals
in a different voice pitch.
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Amhrán na bhFiann The National Anthem of Ireland Includes the lyrics, sheet music and video. The 15 songs here are
not necessarily in the order of popularty on the site.
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