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Irish Street Ballads

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

Colm O Lochlainn,
Irish Street Ballads.
London: Constable & Co, Ltd., 1939

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 3022)
  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)
  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 V7466)
  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) (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)