We all need to remember joy these days…This flash mob is sensational. This is from the 4th movement of Beethoven’s…
The Wandering Canadian…. The singer of this sad and wistful song is one of the banished Quebecois sent as far…
Harbour Grace and Carbonear are towns in Newfoundland. Swilin’ is hunting for seals, long the main industry of the island.…
A Canadian folk song which is an adaption of the 1791 Scottish folk song, “The Soldier’s Adieu”. It is well-known…
This lovely melody is the final aria from Verdi’s opera, “Aida”. I have abridged it for the strumstick. The title…
An Irish-Australian ballad of which there are many different versions. This is the Irish version. TAB Click immediately above to…
A traditional Appalacian folk song probably from eastern Kentucky. Many variants exist. TAB Click immediately above to get the TAB.
Written by Canadian, Ian Tyson, and sung by the duo, “Ian and Sylvia”, the song is a melancholic reflection on…
There are several Irish ballads, and an Irish lament named “Foggy Dew” . This one chronicles the Easter Uprising of…
A ballad written by the English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913 and set to the traditional Irish melody of “Derry…