To grossly understate the matter, I have a lot of Irish – more accurately, Celtic – music. That won’t stop me from trying to grab ten of them for a Saint Patrick’s Day-themed Friday Random Ten.
1. Danny Boy – Johnny Cash
2. God Bless The Irish – Rob Carlson
3. The Irish Ballad – Tom Lehrer
4. Back To Tyrone – SixMileBridge
5. Song for Ireland – Ceili’s Muse
6. Irish Dream – Eddie From Ohio
7. Irish Rover – Flying Fish Sailors
8. Irish Paddy/Festival Reel/Roger’s Reel – Great Big Sea
9. Ireland’s Green Shore – Tim O’Brien
10. Finnegan’s Wake – The Mollys
What’s got you wearing the green this week?
Entire song list report: Started with “Demon(s)” by Darkest Hour. Ended with “Donald McGillavry”, by Silly Wizard, song #1175 for a whopping 130 this week. And given the theme, an appropriate place to end up.
My genes are Scots/Irish/English/Swedish and assorted others, yet I have not a lick of Irish music (one album by the Chieftains, but it’s all Christmas) or even a single song with the words Ireland, Irish, or Eire in the title.
What’s a guy with a nice Germanic name like yours doing with so much?
Charles,
If you’ve never heard “Danny Boy” by Reuben Blades from the CD Mundo, do yourself favor and hunt that down for a listen. It evolves from a mournful Irish tune into a lively Latin song over the course of it’s 6 minutes.