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The title of the air came from the name of County Londonderry, and was collected by Jane Ross of Limavady in the county.. Ross submitted the tune to music collector George Petrie, and it was then published by the Society for the Preservation and Publication of the Melodies of Ireland in the 1855 book The Ancient Music of Ireland, which Petrie edited. [1]
(d) Military band (e) Two pianos, four hands 1907–47 1911 1914 1918 1921 1948 [5] [19] "My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone" OEPM (a) Solo piano (b) Violin, cello and piano (c) Strings, flute, English horn 1912 1912 1912 1912 [5] [30] "The Nightingale and the Two Sisters" DFMS 10 Wind band 1923–30 1931 Other versions in Danish Folksong Suite ...
Jane Ross was born in or near Limavady, County Londonderry on 5 August 1810. She was the eldest of the four daughters and two sons of John Ross (1781–1830) and his second wife Jane (née Ogilby). She was the eldest of the four daughters and two sons of John Ross (1781–1830) and his second wife Jane (née Ogilby).
"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.
2014 The song appears in a scene of episode 2.6 of British period drama Mr Selfridge performed by Alfie Boe. The song is also heard in Series 2 Episode 1 of period crime drama Peaky Blinders, this time performed by Johnny Cash. 2017 Emmet Cahill, an Irish tenor, released the song in his solo 2017 album Ireland [25] while part of the band Celtic ...
Back Home in Derry" is an Irish rebel song written by Bobby Sands while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song has been covered by multiple artists, most notably by Christy Moore in his 1984 album Ride On , who sang it to a melody inspired by Gordon Lightfoot 's famous 1976 song " The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald .
A group of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries outside the London and North Western Hotel in Dublin following an IRA attack, April 1921 "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" is an Irish rebel song, written by Dominic Behan, which criticises and satirises pro-British Irishmen and the actions of the British army in its colonial wars.
It was recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack. It was used as a marching song among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war. Welcoming signs in the town of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare "You've come a long way" in reference to the song. [4]