Hi yall. This is like 3 songs to the same tune. "The rising of the moon," an emotional song about an Irish rebellion in 1798 I think. "The orange and the gree," a bit funnier, though I don't really know the lyrics. "The army of the free," an American one, about the civil war, I like to think it was written by one of the many, many Irish volunteers on the Union side of the civil war.
If yall want a good band, im a fan of "The High Kings". Ive already written about "The Rocky Road to Dublin" but I also really like "Star of the County Down". anyways its 1am, bye yall.
I dont know who you are, but you NEED to listen to battle hymn of the Republic. The lyrics are beautiful, "as he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,".
I doubt anyone reads this, but you should listen to "The Rocky road to Dublin," as with every song, listen to a couple versions. The singing in the song is strange, it sounds as if the speaker doesnt breath throughout the song. Its great.
Hi! i have a strange taste in music, but i figure there's enough people who'll get some value out of this. Myself, I play the Fife and acoustic guitar. If the choice of instrument didnt give it away, i mainly like Folk & Military band, which are often the same songs played differently. I'll stop waiting and actually get to the music now
Ok so two things, First Midnight in Moscow. It's a beautiful song. I don't know how I'd describe it in words. Kenny ball has a great version of it, but I also recommend finding a good sung version in both English & Russian. Besides Kenny Ball(who you should check out anyway, listen to 55 days at peking & Dixie) the version by the Ian Cooper Quartet is very good. Ok, secondly, you should check out the haunted windchimes. They kinda remind me of "The dead south," or "The weavers," with its tone, their a very talented band.
just to get something out here, I'll speak some on one of my favorite songs. "The girl I left behind me," also known as "Brighton Camp," and sharing a melody with "An Spailpín Fánach (The wandering laborer, in the Irish language)" is a song from about the 17th century. It was played by soldiers in both the English and American civil war. Its origin is hidden by time, and is claimed to be originally English from "Brighton camp," or Irish from "The wandering laborer," Based on the content of the song, people say it was played when soldiers were shipped away from home. Nevertheless its origins, it's a nice song, and it'd be hard to find a version you won't like. Theres massive bands, Bluegrass, Orchestra, folk, and military band versions of the song. Also the Weirldy different Tennessee Ernie Ford version.