There are many
different types of songs in Irish Music. They can vary between Love Songs to
Drinking Songs.
Love Songs: Many love songs are about lost love but not all of them. Below are a selection of Love songs:
I Will Love You by The Fureys and Davey Arthur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOMs0oN00Vo
Clannad Siúil a Rún http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTXrdt7piyc
The Corrs - Runaway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fMUYU8DC1U
Sinead O’ Conner - Nothing Compares To you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0
Working Songs: These songs were composed and sung while
working on the farm, in the house etc.
Molly Malone sung by the Dubliners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diUkiTs1gxM
The Pogues - Poor Paddy on the Railway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGL4ZtvDN0o
The Dubliners - McAlpines Fusiliers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMvv3LL94GM
Laments: These are slow
sad songs about loss.
The Fureys - The Old Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCSaBYY-wQk
Liam Clancy - Anach Cuan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikSEJ3EL5ww
The Dubliners - Fields of Athenry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLZRWNdGCUc
Patriotic Songs: Songs
sung about national pride.
The Clancy Brothers - The Rising of The Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHm18K3kjs
The Wolfe Tones - The Patriot Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhaaQ9TathM
Boys From The County Cork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhdqTIftlI
Lullabies: Songs to help
babies to Sleep.
Daniel O’ Donnell - An Irish Lullaby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1mutveajA
Humorous Song: Lively
Tunes with nonsense words.
Makem and Clancy - The Town of Ballybay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqu2mwPdkGE
Willie Brady Slattery’s Mounted Foot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pOwNXJkd7E
Seamus Kennedy - General Guiness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkea0C68iY
Drinking Songs: Lively
rhythms sung at Social Events
The Dubliners - Whiskey in the Jar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eOIU9ekSMk
The Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Hb5nzwE4I
The Pogues - The Mountain Dew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwdwhGkdB3Y
Sean Nós Songs: Sean Nós means ‘old style’. So it is
the traditional way of singing in the Irish language. The styles of singing
however can differ thought the country. It is generally sung unaccompanied by
music. The songs are often sung through the nose and have a nasal quality, can you hear it in the following songs?
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