“Small Fairy Mound, Big Fairy Mound” is an Irish folk tune attributed to Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). In modern times, it…
This traditional Welsh song about the trials of a harassed housewife is sometimes spelled “Sospan Fach”. The title means “little…
This jaunty traditional Irish tune has been abridged for this tab which is based on John McCormack’s cover. It is…
Originally an 18th century poem by Peadar Ó Doirnín which was set to music by Seán Ó Riada two centuries…
An Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce about a doomed young man who sacrifices his love to plunge into…
This is an old Scottish song also known as “Maxwelton Braes”. It is based on a poem written by William…
A traditional Irish song probably from Ulster and based on the long history of emigration from Ireland and Scotland. It…
Although the best known covers of this song are by The Pogues and The Dubliners, the “dirty old town” of…
Sung famously by Tommy Makem with The Clancy Brothers and also by various others, here’s a rollicking song for you!…
A lovely ballad by Chauncey Olcott, an Irish-American tenor who rose to stardom at the turn of the last century.…