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Practice SessionsIrish Folk Songs - chords and lyrics
... the heart of Irish music
You will find videos, chords and lyrics to all the Irish Folk songs here. They have been arranged so that they relate to each video, in both key and format... just play along with the video clip. There is even help for anyone that finds the song charts a little confusing as well as a free service for song transpositions.
✔ the song is suitable for beginners (B)
* All songs include chord charts for right and left-handed guitarists.
Songs & Featured Artists
- A Soldiers Song - Irish National Anthem - Unknown ✓
- And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Liam Clancy ✓
- Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee, The - Seán O Sé ✓
- Black Is The Colour - Christy Moore ✓
- Bold Fenian Men, The - The Clancy Brothers ✓
- Bridget Flynn - The Irish Rovers ✓
- Bright Blue Rose - Mary Black ✓
- Come Back Paddy Reilly - Paddy Reilly ✓
- Danny Boy - Eric Clapton
- Dirty Old Town - The Pogues ✓
- Fiddlers Green - The Irish Rovers ✓
- Fields Of Athenry - Paddy Reilly
- Foggy Dew, The - The Wolfe Tones ✓
- Four Green Fields - Jim McCann ✓
- Galway Bay - Various ✓
- Goodbye Mrs Durkin - The Irish Rovers ✓
- Grace - Jim McCann ✓
- Green Fields Of France, The - The Fureys & Davey Arthur
- Green Grow The Rushes - Celtic Woman ✓
- If We Only Had Old Ireland Over Here - Foster & Allen
- Ireland's Call - Celtic Thunder
- Isle Of Innisfree - Orla Fallon
- Minstrel Boy, The - John McDermott
- Molly Malone - The Dubliners ✓
- Mountains Of Mourne, The - Irish Mist ✓
- My Irish Molly O - The Dublin City Ramblers
- No Frontiers - The Corrs
- Only Our Rivers Run Free - Christy Moore ✓
- Orange And The Green, The - The Irish Rovers
- Patriot Game, The - The Wolfe Tones ✓
- Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Irish Descendants
- Rare Old Times, The - Jim McCann
- Red Is The Rose - Daniel O'Donnell
- Ride On - Celtic Thunder
- Rocky Road To Dublin - The High Kings
- Sam Hall - Paddy Reilly ✓
- Song For Ireland - The Dubliners ✓
- Spancil Hill - The Dubliners ✓
- Spanish Lady, The - Celtic Women
- Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door, The - Foster & Allen
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady - The Freddy Williams Four ✓
- That's An Irish Lullaby - John Gary ✓
- The Contender - Jimmy MacCarthy ✓
- The Town I Loved So Well - The Dubliners✓
- 'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer - Celtic Woman
- When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - 1. Mary Duff - 2. Méav ✓
- Whisky In The Jar - The Dubliners ✓
- Wild Rover, The (No, Nay, Never) - The Dubliners ✓
- Will Ye Go Lassie Go - The High Kings ✓
The Magic
Whether the song is centuries old or only a few years old, it tells a story that is timeless; hardship and suffering, love and longing, happiness and sadness... it is complete. You never tire of listening to these tunes because through this music lies the history of Ireland, its people and everything they have endured and celebrated throughout the ages.
The instruments used in most Irish Folk Songs include the guitar, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle, violin or fiddle, Uilleann Pipes, accordion, flute, harmonica, Bodhran and various other forms of percussion. There's something about these instruments that pull at your very heart strings, or make you want to dance and sing for joy... there-in lies the magic of Irish Music.
If there is a particular song you would like to see here, please drop us a line and we will do our best to include it on our list.
