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Mother Machree" is a 1910 American-Irish song with lyrics by Rida Johnson Young and singer Chauncey Olcott, and music by Ernest Ball. It was originally written for the show Barry of Ballymoore. [1] It was first released by Chauncey Olcott, then by Will Oakland in 1910. The song was later kept popular by John McCormack and others.
Mother Machree is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by John Ford that is based on the 1924 work The Story of Mother Machree by Rida Johnson Young about a poor Irish immigrant in America.
He was born in Buffalo, New York. His mother, Margaret (née Doyle), was a native of Killeagh, County Cork. [3]Actor Chauncey Olcott, c. 1896, photo by W. M. Morrison. In the early years of his career Olcott sang in minstrel shows, before studying singing in London during the 1880s.
Young wrote over 30 plays and musicals and approximately 500 songs. [6] She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Some of her better-known lyrics include " Mother Machree " from the 1910 show Barry of Ballymore , "Italian Street Song", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Ah!
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.
The song is an observational commentary on the fact that there are Irish-styled pubs in every part of the world as well as a protest against what the band saw as a commercialization and inauthentic expression of Irish diaspora culture. The song's official music video amassed over 85 million views on YouTube.
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This is a list of Irish musicians and musical groups. Jazz and blues. Josephine Alexandra Mitchell (1903–1995) was Ireland's first female saxophonist.