The Rocky Road To Dublin

"Rocky Road to Dublin" is a fast-paced 19th century song about a man's experiences as he travels to Liverpool, England from his home in Tuam. The tune has a typical Irish rhythm, classified as a slip (or hop) jig in 9/8 timing, and is often performed instrumentally.

Mc Pherson's Lament (Farewell)

The words are by Robert Burns and are based on the real Jamie MacPherson's farewell which MacPherson wrote before the outlaw was hanged on November 16, 1700. He reportedly played this tune on the gallows and offerred his fiddle to anyone who could play it. Since no one took him up on the offer, he broke the fiddle. 

Einsamer Hirte

Einsamer Hirte oder auch Der einsame Hirte, englisch The Lonely Shepherd, ist ein Instrumentaltitel von James Last, der in der Aufnahme mit dem rumänischen Panflötenspieler Gheorghe Zamfir bekannt wurde.

The Fields Of Athenry

"The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine (1845–1850) about a fictional man named Michael from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family. It is a widely known and popular anthem for Irish sports supporters.

Along with my Love

I'm into Folk

A nice song, full of humour, from the Belgian band "The Radios"

The Portugese Sailor

The Little Beggarman

An irish Street Ballad, here performed by the High Kings

EYES - Goats don't Shave

A song from "Goats don't Shave"

Eyes

G – Bm – C – D - G – Bm – C – G

Em                                       G

When I was a boy, on the banks of the Moy,

           C                                          D

I went fishing one fine summer’s day

Em                                                  G

Down the patchy that strolled my heart took a roll

C                                        D

Seemed to pour past that way.

Am                           C                                         D

It was there, she sat down and we talked for a while

           Am             C                                 D

It was there I surrendered my heart to a smile.

              Em                          G

She had eyes of the purest kind

    C                            D

And lips I longed for all the time.

    Bm                    C                     D

But her cruel father tore us all apart.

Em                                   G

She could smile, put the sun to shame

     C                                       D

Still in my dreams I call her names

Bm                                 C             D           G

Lost time has failed to take her from my heart.

Her family had money, but her father had gambled

Most of his fortune away

He arranged her to marry an old gentleman

But my love she couldn’t betray.

And to where we first met brooked hearted she stroll

In the Moy she surrendered  her body and soul.

On the banks of the Moy where we once did appoint

A lonely old man now  I did stray.

Many years have gone by, but there’s not one that I

Didn’t long to return to that day.

In the pool by the banks of the Moy there’s a swan,

And they say that she talks to a lonely old man.

 

Valse in Em

A simple, but nice waltz