Author: Balinger, Thomas

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 126

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Release Date: 01-01-2017

Details: Product description Thomas Balinger The Ukulele SongbookIrish Songs & Ballads Ireland is not just one of the most beautiful places on earth, it also has some of the most beautiful songs, too. From the lyrical beauty of The last rose of summer and The mountains of Mourne to the vociferous humor of Finnegan’s Wake–there are a lot of musical treasures to discover. Here you’ll find a collection of Irish songs and ballads loved and played all over the world, arranged for Ukulele in standard C tuning (C-G-E-A). As these songs stem from a long and rich musical tradition there are lots of variants of music and/or text. Since this book is written with the beginning to intermediate player in mind, the songs have been arranged for easy playability.To further facilitate playing and singing, there are chord symbols, melody TAB and lyrics. There’s also a section on tuning your Ukulele, the basic Ukulele chords and some easy basic strumming and picking patterns you can use to play these (and other) songs. Songs 1. A bunch of thyme 2. All for me grog 3. Banna Strand 4. Boolavogue 5. Botany Bay 6. Brennan on the moor 7. Carrickfergus 8. Courtin‘ in the kitchen 9. Danny Boy 10. Dicey Riley 11. Down by the Glenside 12. Finnegan‘s Wake 13. I‘ll tell me Ma 14. I never will marry 15. I once loved a lass 16. James Connolly 17. Molly Malone 18. Never wed an old man 19. New York girls 20. Old Maid in a garret 21. Poor Paddy works on the railway 22. Reilly‘s daughter 23. She moved through the fair 24. Skibbereen 25. Spancil Hill 26. Swallow tail jig 27. The auld orange flute 28. The Bard of Armagh 29. The black velvet band 30. The cliffs of Dooneen 31. The flower of sweet Strabane 32. The foggy dew 33. The hills of Connemara 34. The hills of Kerry 35. The humour is on me now 36. The jolly beggarman 37. The last rose of summer 38. The Lowlands low 39. The mermaid 40. The merry ploughboy 41. The Minstrel Boy 42. The moonshiner 43. The mountains of Mourne 44. The nightingale 45. The rising of the moon 46. The rose of Mooncoin 47. The Sally Gardens 48. The snowy-breasted pearl 49. The Spanish lady 50. The star of the County Down 51. The wearing of the Green 52. The wild rover 53. Three drunken maidens 54. Three score and ten 55. Waxies‘ Dargle 56. Whiskey in the jar

Package Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches

Languages: English