Suggestions for Irish songs for a St. Patrick's Day gig, please!
Suggestions for Irish songs for a St. Patrick's Day gig, please!
Irish Washerwoman, Road To Lisdoonvarna, Swallowtail Jig. Father Kelly's Reel
2012 Weber Bitterroot F5.
OMG, there are (approximately) a gazillion of them. Do you do vocals? If so:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
My Wild Irish Rose
Toora Loora Loora
Molly Malone
Wild Rover
Black Velvet Band
Danny Boy (if you can deal with it!)
Rambles of Spring
The Unicorn (if you can deal with it!)
Roddy McCorley
The Jug of Punch
Rosin the Beau
Wild Colonial Boy
Brennan On the Moor
Whiskey In the Jar
Gypsy Rover
Wild Mountain Thyme
Irish Rover
That list took me about 90 seconds -- can you tell I do a lot of St. Pat's work?
If you're just asking about instrumentals, I like to do some O'Carolan tunes like:
Sheebeg Sheemore (spelled phonetically)
Planxty Fanny Power
Planxty Irwin
Planxty George Brabizon
O'Carolan's Quarrel With His Landlady (if only for the title!)
And, jigs:
Off She Goes
Smash the Windows
Saddle the Pony
Dingle Regatta
Kesh Jig
Foxhunter's (if you can do 9/8)
plus the ones Kevin listed
Reels:
All the Way to Galway
Wind that Shakes the Barley
Drowsy Maggie
Rakes of Mallow
Girl I Left Behind Me
My Love Is But a Lassie
Waltzes/Airs:
South Wind
Gentle Maiden
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Greenwood Tree
Ash Grove
Ned of the Hill
Snowy-Breasted Pearl
Star Of the County Down
Now, learn all of those between now and Mar. 17! Seriously, easily accessible music, tablature and lyrics on-line for all of them. Good luck and wear something green!
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
"The Spotted Pony" is one of my favorites to play. I'm not sure if it's an Irish tune though...
Is this gig over here in Houston by any chance?
It depends on how drunk and/or how Irish your audience is. I do stuff like Poor Richard's Blues in 'Jig' time and no one seems to know the difference... or care.
"I play BG so that's what I can talk intelligently about." A line I loved and pirated from Mandoplumb
Not in Houston, gig is at MacKenzie's Pub in Beaumont, TX.
The Fields of Athenry Would be a must for me on St. Pats day
would seem Patsy Geary's Jig would be a standard for a Texas Irishman
2012 Weber Bitterroot F5.
Well, if you've a fine tenor voice, give this one a go...
Despite the high cost of living, it still remains popular...
Ger the Rigger
Jackie Tar
The Peelers Jacket
Mike Snyder
If you're singing, I think it's good to add one or two of the songs that require an audience response by either singing or clapping.
The Wild Rover, or Whiskey In The Jar are good examples.
A good rabble rouser is Come Out Ye Black and Tans.
For wooden musical fun that doesn't involve strumming, check out:
www.busmanwhistles.com
Handcrafted pennywhistles in exotic hardwoods.
"Waxie's Dargle". No one will have a clue what you're singing in the verses, but they'll understand and really like the chorus.
Rob Ross
Apple Valley, Minne-SOH-tah
1996 Flatiron A5-Performer, 1915 Gibson F-2 (loaned to me by a friend), 2008 Kentucky Master KM-505 A-Model
1925 Bacon Peerless tenor banjo (Irish tuning), 1985 Lloyd Laplant F-5, 2021 Ibanez PFT2 Tenor Guitar (GDAE)
and of course, the 1970 Suzuki-Violin-Sha Bowl Back Taterbug
ST Patricks Day 6/8
Wearing O The Green 4/4
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