Soldiers who wanna be Heroes

This is a song by Rod Mckuen.
Born Rodney Marvin McKuen in Oakland, California, McKuen ran away from home at the age of eleven to escape an alcoholic stepfather and to send what money he could to his mother. After a series of jobs, from logger, ranch hand, railroad worker to rodeo cowboy[citation needed], throughout the west, he turned to live poetic performance. McKuen began in the 1950s to give poetry readings, appearing with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; during this time, he often used the pseudonym "Dor."
McKuen moved to New York City in 1959 to compose and conduct for the TV show The CBS Workshop. During the early 1960s he spent most of his time in France. There he began to translate the work of Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel into English.
McKuen wrote over 1500 songs, accounting for over 100 million records. His symphonies, concertos, and other classical works have been performed by orchestras around the globeHis work as a composer in the film industry has garnered him two Academy  awards nominations.^[

 

Good Morning to Your Night Cap

This is a fast reel, here played by Karen Ashbrook


I've made a transcription for bouzouki and low whistle, with thanks to Dominique Rivière for the bouzoukiscore

Le Canal En Octobre

This is a melody of Frederic Paris, played as a scottish.

Botany Bay

Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay. Two runways of Sydney Airport extend into the bay.


On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of James Cook's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the continent of Australia, after his extensive navigation of New Zealand. Later the British planned Botany Bay as the site for a penal colony. Out of these plans came the first European habitation of Australia at Sydney Cove.

Off to California (hornpipe)

Three Drunken Maidens

Craonne

A song, created by a unknown soldier, during Word War 1.
This song has been forbidden during long years by the french and untill now, there are lots of French who walked away the moment they hear this song.

The Arboretum de Craonne (7 hectares ) is an arboretum located near Craonne, Aisne, Picardie, France. The arboretum was planted on the site of the former village of Craonne, totally devastated in April-May 1917 by French artillery during World War I, and serves as its memorial. Its cratered terrain is a reminder of the war's extreme destruction. Today the arboretum contain 57 varieties of trees, together with signs displaying maps and photos of the former village. It is open daily without charge.

Lannigan's Ball

Also known as a fast jig, you can hear it here as a beautifull song by the Bards

Star of the County Down

This well-known song is brought here by GT Moore, an English folksinger. With the Folky Towers we enjoyed some jamsessions with him.


Here you have the sheet music of the Star of County Down, played as a jig

Princess Royal/Miss Mc Dermit

Another lovely O'Carolan tune, here played with classical guitar