Sam Henry's Songs of the PeopleGale Huntington, Lani Herrmann The story of Ireland—its graces and shortcomings, triumphs and sorrows—is told by ballads, dirges, and humorous songs of its common people. Music is a direct and powerful expression of Irish folk culture and an aspect of Irish life beloved throughout the rest of the world.
In addition to the songs themselves and their original commentary, Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” includes a glossary, bibliography, discography, index of titles and first lines, melodic index, index of the original sources of the songs and information about them, geographical index of sources, and three appendixes related to the original song series in the Northern Constitution. |
Contents
Lullabies | 5 |
Irish Lullaby for the ChristChild | 7 |
Childrens games | 9 |
A3 References | 13 |
Animals hunting racing | 16 |
The Duck from Drummuck | 19 |
The Crummy Cow | 25 |
The Hare of Kilgrain | 31 |
Loves PartingJamie and Mary | 300 |
The returned lover | 306 |
The Lady of the Lake | 312 |
Disguises | 325 |
The True Lovers Departure | 331 |
Love uncertain | 339 |
The Six Sweethearts | 340 |
Farewell Ballymoney | 350 |
Occupations lifestyle | 38 |
The Jolly Thresher | 44 |
Dun Ceithern | 63 |
Celebrations | 71 |
War | 78 |
Bonny Woodha | 84 |
The Heights of Alma | 90 |
Sea | 95 |
The Shamrock Shore | 101 |
The Sailor Boy | 116 |
Crime | 118 |
Whiskey in the Jar | 122 |
Death laments ghosts | 138 |
A Collier Lad | 144 |
Praise of home | 155 |
Beautiful Churchill | 161 |
The Shores of Sweet Kenbane | 167 |
Goodbye home | 185 |
In Praise of the Glen | 195 |
The Happy Shamrock Shore | 201 |
Longing for home | 206 |
Sweet Glenbush | 212 |
Praise of a girl | 224 |
Bonny Mary Hay | 226 |
The Star of Glenamoyle | 232 |
Courtship and dalliance | 254 |
Courtship and dalliance | 255 |
The Young Farmers Offer | 261 |
Cloughmills Fair | 270 |
The Star of Moville | 276 |
Faithful farewells | 285 |
Fare Ye Well Enniskillen | 294 |
Love unrequited | 353 |
The Bonnie Wee Lass of the Glen | 356 |
The Banks of Kilrea II | 361 |
The Bonnet sae Blue | 367 |
The Lakes of Ponchartrain | 373 |
Love unfaithful | 382 |
Gramachree | 388 |
Deadly love | 410 |
Flora the Lily of the West | 416 |
C22 References | 422 |
Despite relatives | 426 |
The Maid of Ballyhaunis | 427 |
Sweet William | 433 |
Successful courtship | 453 |
The Bann Water Side | 460 |
Kellswaterside | 466 |
One Penny Portion | 472 |
Jamie and Nancy | 478 |
Jamies on the Stormy Sea | 484 |
Domesticity | 500 |
Wish That You Were Dead Goodman | 506 |
Whisky Is My Name a | 512 |
Appendix A Titles of songs in the original order with dates of their appearance | 522 |
Appendix B Additional text mainly by Sam Henry from the original columns | 532 |
Other relevant text not by Sam Henry but included by him | 541 |
Discography | 566 |
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Sources of illustrations | 631 |