Irish Folk Songs

There are many Irish folk songs that are still a vital part of Americana music even to the present time. Many of the following Irish tunes are Saint Patricks Day favorites that I play in my piano concerts for the holiday enjoyment of my audiences.

Here is quite a list of Irish folk tunes I hope you'll enjoy as we celebrate the St. Patricks Day holiday in March!

• Harrigan
  
  
• Annibel Lee
  
  
• White Cliffs of Dover
  (W.W.II song - English/Irish)
  
  
• My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
  (Scotch song, but adopted by the Irish)
  
  
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady
  
  
• When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
  

  

• Peg O'My Heart
  (Composed in 1913, but remained popular up to the 40s and 50s)
  
  
• Notre Dame Fight Song
  (Football team known as the Fighting Irish)
  
  
• Danny Boy
  (In my opinion, one of our most beautiful secular songs)
  
  
• Mother Machree
  (A song about everyone's mother)
  
  
• The Irish Washer Woman
  
  
• I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
  
  
• Tour-A-Lour-A
  (From the movie "Going My Way")
  
  
• Peggy O'Neill
  
  
• Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?
  
  
• Happy Days Are Here Again
  (Also known as a democratic political song)
  
  
• It's the Same Old Shillelagh
  
  
• Auld Lang Syne
  (Originally a Scotch song, but adopted by the Irish and has become nearly universal as a New Year's Eve celebration song)
  
  
• It's A Long Way to Tipperary (video clip)
  
  
• Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
  
  
• I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
  
  
• Wearing Of The Green

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