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Irish Street Ballads

Colm O Lochlainn: Irish Street Ballads (Constable & Co.)

Colm O Lochlainn,
Irish Street Ballads.
Dublin: Three Candles Press, 1939/1952
London: Constable & Co, Ltd., 1939
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The Songs

The songs are sorted by their first line (which isn’t shown here); the reference numbers are taken from the book.

  1. The Kerry Recruit (Roud 520; Laws J8; G/D 1:79)
  2. A Lady Fair (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471, H818)
  3. A New Song Called Granuaile (Roud 3034)
  4. New Song on the Taxes (Roud 3033)
  5. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232)
  6. The Maid With the Bonny Brown Hair (Roud 3032; Henry H24, H575)
  7. The Mantle of Green (Roud 714; Laws N38; G/D 5:1033; Henry H76)
  8. Youghal Harbour (Roud 2734; Henry H503)
  9. The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576)
  10. The Sporting Races of Galway (Roud 3031)
  11. The Piper’s Tunes (Roud 3030)
  12. There’s Whiskey in the Jar (Roud 533; Laws L13A; Henry H792)
  13. Grá Geal Mo Chroí (Roud 2329; Henry H582)
  14. A New Song on the Manchester Martyrs; or The Smashing of the Van (Roud 3028)
  15. Brian O Lynn (Roud 294; Henry H480a; TYG 27)
  16. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155)
  17. The Black Horse (Roud 3027; Henry H586)
  18. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Roud 689)
  19. The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe (Roud 562; Laws P7; Henry H84, H688)
  20. The Wreck of the Mary Jane (Roud 3026)
  21. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252)
  22. The Maid of Sweet Gurteen (Roud 3025; Henry H594)
  23. A New Song on the Rocks of Baun (Roud 3024; Henry H139)
  24. The Suit of Green (Roud 3023)
  25. The Bold Belfast Shoemaker (Roud 982; Laws J15; G/D 1:82)
  26. Donnelly and Cooper (Roud 2147)
  27. Father Murphy (Roud 3020)
  28. Bold McDermott Roe (Roud 3021)
  29. Young Molly Bán (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
  30. The Jolly Farmer (Roud 1603)
  31. The Sorrowful Lament for Callaghan, Greally and Mullen (Roud 3042)
  32. Coortin’ in the Kitchen (Roud 1007; Laws Q16)
  33. A Ballad of Master McGrath (Roud 3041; Henry H161c)
  34. Rossa’s Farewell to Erin (Roud 3040)
  35. The Old Grey Mare (Roud 3039)
  36. Lillibulero (Roud 3038)
  37. The Bold Rake (Roud 3036)
  38. Charming Mary Neal (Roud 142; Laws M17; Henry H55)
  39. The Hackler From Grouse Hall (Roud 3035)
  40. Dublin Jack of All Trades (Roud 3017)
  41. Down by the Tanyard Side (Roud 1021; Laws M28; Henry H52b)
  42. The Limerick Rake (Roud 3018)
  43. The Lucky Elopement (Roud 2559)
  44. Boston City (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691, 202)
  45. A New Song Called The Young Maid’s Love (Roud 3019; Henry H58)
  46. If I Was a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79)
  47. The Sporting Youth (Roud 3016)
  48. The Boys of Wexford (Roud 3015)
  49. Kevin Barry (Roud 3014)
  50. The Old Orange Flute (Roud 3013)
  51. The Rocky Road to Dublin (Roud 3012; Henry H44)
  52. Lanigan’s Ball (Roud 3011; G/D 3:627)
  53. Dunlavin Green (Roud 3010)
  54. The Women Are Worse Than the Men (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320)
  55. Lovely Willie (Roud 1913; Laws M35; Henry H587)
  56. My Boy Willie (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
  57. Cailín Deas Crúite Na Mbó (Roud V7930)
  58. The Banks of Claudy (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693)
  59. The Flower of Magherally (Roud 3009; Henry H220)
  60. Henry Joy McCracken (Roud 3008)
  61. The Maid That Sold Her Barley (Roud 3007)
  62. The Night of the Ragman’s Ball (Roud 3006)
  63. Grá-mo-chroí, I’d Like to See Old Ireland Free Once More (Roud 5204)
  64. The Real Old Mountain Dew (Roud 938)
  65. General Munroe (Roud 1166)
  66. The Lamentation of Hugh Reynolds (Roud 2395)
  67. Nell Flaherty’s Drake (Roud 3005; Henry H228b)
  68. The Bold Deserter (Roud 1655)
  69. The Parting Glass (Roud 3004; G/D 8:1531; Henry H769)
  70. The Orange Lily-O (Roud 3003)
  71. Mrs McGrath (Roud 678; Henry H131)
  72. Limerick Is Beautiful (Roud 3002)
  73. The Boys of Kilkenny (Roud 1451)
  74. The Peeler and the Goat (Roud 1458)
  75. Mary From Dungloe (Roud 3001)
  76. The Maid of Bunclody, and the Lad She Loves So Dear (Roud 3000)
  77. The Bantry Girls’ Lament (Roud 2999)
  78. The Grazier Tribe (Roud 2998)
  79. Sweet County Wexford (Roud 2997)
  80. The Banks of the Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444)
  81. Seán a Duír a’ Ghleanna (Roud 38230)
  82. Dobbin’s Flowery Vale (Roud 999; Laws O29; Henry H85)
  83. The Star of Donegal (Roud 2996; Henry H555)
  84. Doran’s Ass (Roud 1010; Laws Q19)
  85. Moorlug Mary (Roud 2742; Henry H173)
  86. The Lambs on the Green Hill (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198)
  87. Bold Robert Emmet (Roud 3066)
  88. Johnny Harte (Roud 2929; Henry H106)
  89. The Barley Corn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
  90. Pat of Mullingar (Roud 3067)
  91. Finnegan’s Wake (Roud 1009; Laws Q17)
  92. “I Thank You, Ma’am,” Says Dan (Roud 3044; Henry H184, H689)
  93. The Lily of the West (Roud 957; Laws P29; Henry H578)
  94. O’Reilly From the Co. Leitrim; or The Phoenix of Erin’s Green Isle (Roud 4720; Henry H580)
  95. Sweet Carnloch Bay (Roud 2300; G/D 5:971)
  96. Come to the Bower (Roud 3045)
  97. The Red-Haired Man’s Wife (Roud 3046)
  98. John McGoldrick and the Quaker’s Daughter (Roud 3047)
  99. Lovely Katie of Liskehaun (Roud 3048)
  100. Bachelor’s Walk: Mournful Lines on the Military Outrage in Dublin (Roud 3049)
  101. The Boys of Old Erin the Green (Roud 3050)
  102. Erin’s Lovely Home (Roud 1427; G/D 3:480)

Appendix

The appendix has either continued lyrics, related songs, or songs to the same tune as the songs referenced by the number.

  1. Poor Old Granuaile (Roud 3068)
  2. The Foot and Mouth Disease (Roud 3069)
  3. The Town of Antrim (Roud 2746; Henry H632)
  4. Father Murphy (Roud 3020) (cont’d)
  5. The Hackler From Grouse Hall (Roud 3035) (cont’d)
  6. The Sergeant’s Lamentation (Roud 3070)
  7. The Limerick Rake (Roud 3018) (cont’d)
  8. Pat O Donnell (Roud 2794)
  9. Lanigan’s Ball (Roud 3011; G/D 3:627) (cont’d)
  10. The Lamentations of Patrick Brady; or The Heroes of Ninety-Eight (Roud 3071)
  11. Cailín Deas Crúite Na Mbó (Roud V7930) (cont’d)
  12. The Night of the Ragman’s Ball (Roud 3006) (cont’d)
  13. Nell Flaherty’s Drake (Roud 3005; Henry H228b) (cont’d)
  14. The Old Leather Breeches (Roud 923)
  15. The Peeler and the Goat (Roud 1458) (cont’d)
  16. Dobbin’s Flowery Vale (Roud 999; Laws O29; Henry H85) (cont’d)
  17. Doran’s Ass (Roud 1010; Laws Q19) (cont’d)
  18. Lovely Katie of Liskehaun (Roud 3048) (cont’d)
  19. The Boys of Old Erin the Green (Roud 3050) (cont’d)

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More Irish Street Ballads

Colm O Lochlainn: More Irish Street Ballads (Three Candles Press)

Colm O Lochlainn,
More Irish Street Ballads.
Dublin: Three Candles Press, 1965
ISBN 0-330-25316-6;
London: Pan Books, 1978
ISBN 0-330-25317-4

 Colm O Lochlainn: More Irish Street Ballads (Pan Books)
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The Songs

The songs are sorted by their first line (which isn’t shown here); the reference numbers are taken from the book.

  1. The Thirteenth Lock (Roud 37672)
  2. The New Irish Girl (Roud 308; G/D 5:946; Henry H711)
  3. James Stephens, the Gallant Fenian Boy (RoudBS B275285)
  4. One Penny Portion (Roud 993; Laws O41; G/D 6:1093; Henry H634)
  5. Peggy Bawn (Roud 661)
  6. Doon the Moor (Roud 375; Henry H177)
  7. Reilly the Fisherman (Roud 270; Laws M8; G/D 1:22; Henry H468)
  8. The Verdant Braes of Skreen (Roud 419; Henry H593)
  9. Slieav Gallion Braes (Roud 1420)
  10. The Bonny Green Tree (Roud 2512; Laws P19; Henry H794)
  11. Our Lady of Knock (Roud 9759)
  12. The Stuttering Lovers (Roud 9669)
  13. The Brigade at Fontenoy (Roud 9758)
  14. Murty Hynes (Roud 9757)
  15. Billy Byrne of Ballymanus (Roud 2376)
  16. The Lay of Oliver Gogarty
  17. The Cruise of the Calabar (Roud 1079; Henry H502)
  18. Ye Loyal Lovers (Roud 9232)
  19. Jim Larkin, R.I.P.
  20. Rody McCorley (Roud 5279)
  21. Farewell Dearest Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755)
  22. The Turfman From Ardee (Roud 5187)
  23. My Gentle Colleen Bawn (Roud 4391)
  24. The Hiring Fairs of Ulster (Roud 6533)
  25. The Beggarman’s Song (Roud 900; Henry H751)
  26. John Mitchel (Roud 5163; Henry H179ab)
  27. Drihaureen O Mo Chree (Little Brother of My Heart) (Roud 2360)
  28. The Black Stripper (Roud 2287; Henry H20a)
  29. The Cod Liver Oil (Roud 4221)
  30. Lament of John O Mahony
  31. The Grave of Wolfe Tone (Roud 9313)
  32. The Bright Star of Derry (Roud 9754)
  33. The Merchant’s Daughter (Roud 4715; Henry H159b)
  34. The Newry Highwayman (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260)
  35. Goodbye Mursheen Durkin (Roud 9753)
  36. The Cow Ate the Piper (Roud 8147; Henry H29)
  37. My Beatuy of Limerick (Roud 9752)
  38. Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold (Roud 553; Laws N17; G/D 1:176)
  39. The Croppy Boy (Roud 1030; Laws J14)
  40. The Croppy Boy (Roud 31263)
  41. The Valley of Knockanure (Roud 9761)
  42. The Dark Fairy Rath (Roud V24801)
  43. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848)
  44. Mary of Ballyhaunis (Roud 7960; Henry H483)
  45. The Chinaman (Roud 9762)
  46. Harp or Lion? (Roud 9763)
  47. The Fenians’ Escape (Roud 9764)
  48. Nach Mbonin Shin Do (Roud 9765)
  49. Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 329)
  50. Billy O’Rourke (Roud 2101)
  51. The March of Intellect (Roud V34400?)
  52. Lovely Mary Donnelly (Roud 41708)
  53. Lurgan Town (Roud 6870)
  54. The Outlaw of Loch Lene (Roud 39459)
  55. The Boys of Mullabawn (Roud 2362)
  56. The Galbally Farmer (Roud 6978)
  57. Sweet Jenny of the Moor (Roud 581; Laws N34; G/D 5:1050; Henry H107)
  58. The Irish Stranger (Roud 1629)
  59. The Shan Van Vocht (Roud 6529)
  60. The Young Serving Man (Roud 539; Laws M15; G/D 5:1003; Henry H668)
  61. Dermody and Hynes (Roud 9766)
  62. The Thief of the World (Roud 37780)
  63. The Woman of Three Cows (Roud V15681)
  64. Pirate Smith
  65. The Agricultural Irish Girl (Roud 37287)
  66. The Rising of the Moon (Roud 9634)
  67. The Rambler From Clare (Roud 1531)
  68. The Little Red Fpx (Roud 7906)
  69. The Player Who Played Before Moses (Roud 3091)
  70. Three Brave Blacksmiths (Roud 9768)
  71. The Maid of Castlecraig (Roud 39316)
  72. Brennan on the Moor (Roud 476; Laws L7; G/D 2:258)
  73. Blow the Candle Out (Roud 368; Laws P17; G/D 4:788)
  74. A Kiss in the Morning Early (Roud 3807; G/D 1:50)
  75. The Manchester Martyrs (Roud 3029)
  76. The Shady Road to Clane (Roud 9769)
  77. The Blackbird (Roud 2375)
  78. M’Dermott’s Farewell (RoudBS B301522)
  79. The Woods of Drumbo (Roud 13466)
  80. The Potato (Roud V54233)
  81. Song of Repentance
  82. Pretty Susan the Pride of Kildare (Roud 962; Laws P6)
  83. The Star of Slane (Roud 6530)
  84. Mo Chreeveen Eeven Aulin Og (My Pleasant Beautiful Young Little Branch)
  85. Harry Flood’s Election Song (Roud 9770)
  86. In Praise of the City of Mullingar
  87. The Shamrock Shore (Roud 1455)
  88. George's Quay, or The Forgetful Sailor (Roud 678; Henry H131)
  89. The Behy Eviction (Roud V54236)
  90. The Battle of Carrickshock (Roud 9772)
  91. Nice Little Jenny From Ballinasloe (Roud 5305)
  92. Hannah Healy, the Pride of Howth (Roud 9313)
  93. Sweet Portaferry (Roud 31051)
  94. The Boys From Rebel Cork (Roud 9774)
  95. The Bag of Nails (Roud 26083)
  96. The Holy Ground (Roud 929)
  97. The Green Mossy Banks of the Lea (Roud 987; Laws O15)
  98. Rosemary Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
  99. Rody McCorley (Roud 5279)

Appendix I

The appendix has related songs, or songs to the same tune as the songs referenced by the number.

  1. The Escape of James Stephens (Roud V8284)
  2. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180)
  3. Wild Sliav Gallen Brae (Roud 3577; Henry H540)
  4. Naileannáin Bhriotacha (The Stuttering Lovers)
  5. The Straightened Banks of Erne
  6. On Board the Bugaboo (Roud 9775)
  7. The Clonmel Flood (Roud 9776)
  8. The Wreck of the Avondale (Roud 9777)
  9. Rare Clomnel (Roud 9778)
  10. The Old Settoo (Roud 3420)
  11. Jimmy Mo Veela Sthore (Jimmy My Thousand Treasures) (Roud 9782)
  12. Ballyburbling
  13. Changing Berth (Roud 9779)
  14. The Night Before Larry Was Stretched (Roud 37837)
  15. The Malahide Fishermen (Roud 9780)
  16. The Piper of Crossbarry - 19 March 1921 (Roud 34676)
  17. Lord Wathe’ford (Roud 6529)
  18. Captain Thompson (Roud 2373)
  19. The Tarry Trousers (Roud 542, 3086; G/D 4:746; Henry H532, H641)
  20. Sweet River Suir (Roud V24767)
  21. The Chant of the Coal Quay
  22. The Deserter’s Meditation (Roud V12556)
  23. The Shamrock Shore (Roud 2287; Henry H20a)

Appendix II

This appendix has more songs that can be fitted to songs in Irish Street Ballads. They are referenced by page number.

  1. Fish and Chips (Roud 38216)
  2. Whack Fol the Diddle (Roud 32972)
  3. The Wreck of the Vartry
  4. Morrissey and the Benicia Boy (Roud 9781)
  5. Heenan and Sayers (Roud 2148; Laws H20)
  6. Morrissey and the Russian Sailor (Roud 2150; Laws H18)
  7. The Wreck of the Gwendoline
  8. The Star of Sunday’s Well
  9. The Two Travellers
  10. Black and Amber Glory
  11. Erin’s Green Shore (Roud 280; Laws Q27)
  12. The Drydaun Dun (Roud 2363; Henry H206)
  13. Mournful Lines, or The Death of General Michael Collins
  14. The Pride of Pimlico (RoudBS V54296)