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The ballad is also called "The Brown Girl" and found in a number of variants. [55] "The Black Velvet Band" – Irish version of a broadside ballad dating back to the early 19th century [56] "The Blooming Flower of Grange" – a love song from County Wexford, recorded by Paul O'Reilly in Waterford in 2007. [57]
Petrie was of the opinion that it was an "old Anglo-Irish song" and argued that the Scottish versions were most likely developed from it. [3] Several printed ballad versions exist, under titles such as The Lamenting Maid. The most well known version of the text, usually referred to by the title The Winter it is Past, is attributed to Robert Burns.
"Foggy Dew" is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament.The most popular song of that name (written by Fr.Charles O'Neill) chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in World War I.
This Irish ballad gets spirited update in this 2009 version recorded by the High Kings. The traditional tune is about a young man who becomes infatuated with a fair colleen named Rosie, otherwise ...
"Kevin Barry" - about young medical student and Irish revolutionary Kevin Barry controversially executed during the Irish War of Independence [21] "The Foggy Dew" - about the Easter Rising of 1916, written by Canon Charles O’Neill in 1919. "The Row in the Town" - a song written by Peadar Kearney commemorating the 1916 Rising. [5]
Irish ballads (6 P) Ballads of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (14 P) Mary Black songs (1 P) Tara Blaise songs (5 P) C. ... Pages in category "Irish folk songs"
Traditional Irish singing is the singing of traditional songs in the native styles such as sean nós. Though some people consider sean nós to particularly refer to singing in the Irish language, the term "traditional singing" is more universally understood to encompass singing in any language, as well as lilting .
"Step It Out Mary" (also "Step It Out Mary My Fine Daughter") [1] is a traditional Irish ballad. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1999, The Companion to Irish Traditional Music credited Sean McCarthy with penning the song.