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List of songs about Dublin

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This is alist of songs aboutDublin, Ireland, including parts of the city such as individual neighborhoods and sections, and famous personages, arranged chronologically.

18th century

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  • "The Night Before Larry Was Stretched" - about the night before a hanging, in oldNewgatecant; recorded byFrank Harte. Other Dublin execution ballads from this period include "The Kilmainham Minit", "Luke Caffrey's Ghost" and "Larry's Ghost".[1][2]
  • "The Dublin Privateer", late 1700s[3]
  • "The Dublin Baker", late 1700s[3]
  • "The Dublin Tragedy, or, the Unfortunate Merchant's Daughter", late 1700s[3]
  • "Miss King of Dublin", late 1700s[3]
  • "The Country Recruit's Description of the Military", late 1700s[3]
  • "A New Song on the Police Guards", late 1700s[3]
  • "The May Bush", late 1700s[3]
  • "Lock Hospital" (also known as "St. James Hospital" and "The Unfortunate Rake") - Irish version of a song also found in Britain and the USA (where it developed into "The Dying Cowboy" and "St. James Infirmary)"[4]

19th century

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  • "Ye Men of Sweet Liberties Hall" - written by DublinerZozimus (Michael Moran, 1794–1846) about the DublinLiberties.[5]
  • "The Holly and Ivy Girl" - a Christmas song written by John Keegan (1809–1849).[6]
  • "Donnelly and Cooper" - relates a bout between the Dublin boxer and an Englishman, from about 1845[7]
  • "The Twangman" - a comical murder ballad attributed (by Dominic Behan) to Zozimus (Michael Moran).[5]
  • "The Finding of Moses" - a comical ballad attributed to Zozimus (Michael Moran).[5]
  • "Molly Malone" - probably the best-known song about Dublin.[8]
  • "Courtin' in the Kitchen" - a music-hall-type song made popular byDelia Murphy.[9]
  • "The Spanish Lady" - a man becomes enamoured of a Spanish lady; versions of this popular song were recorded by Al O'Donnell, the Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners.[5]
  • "The Return of Pat Malloy"[10]
  • "The Little Beggarman" - sung to the melody of the "Red-Haired Boy", recorded byThe Clancy Brothers.[11]
  • "General Guinness" - a song about thestout from Dublin, recorded byThe Boys of the Lough.[12]
  • "Miss Brown of Dublin City" - a murder ballad related to "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter", recorded byEd McCurdy.[5][13]
  • "'Twas in the end of King James's Street" - a romance ending in tragedy, from thePetrie collection[14]
  • "The Humours of Donnybrook Fair", 1830-1850 - at least three songs were written aboutDonnybrook Fair.[3]
  • "Hannah Healy, the Pride of Howth", c. 1840 - about a girl fromHowth.[3]
  • "The Phenix of Fingal", c. 1840[3]
  • "Catherine Skelly, for the Drowning of her Child", c. 1850[3]
  • "Willy O", c. 1850[3]
  • "The Seducer Outwitted", c. 1850[3]
  • "Tim Finigan's Wake" - also known as "Finnegan's Wake" - mid 19th-century broadside and music-hall song published in New York, attributed to John F. Poole.[15] to an air called "The French Musician"[16][17]
  • "Sally and Johnny", c. 1854[3]
  • "The True-Lovers' Trip to theStrawberry Beds", c. 1854 - about a trip to a favourite courting spot.[3]
  • "The Night of the Ragman's Ball" - collected byColm O'Lochlainn from a ballad singer inThomas Street in 1913; melody, called "It was in Dublin city", is in the Petrie collection (1855).Luke Cheevers said it, and a follow-up, "The Ragman's Wake", was written by Tommy Winters, who died in WW1. Recorded byFrank Harte,The Dubliners.[16]
  • "The Rocky Road to Dublin" - a rollicking song written by Galwayman D. K. Gavan for music-hall artist Harry Clifton around 1863.[18][19]
  • "Lannigan's Ball" - written by Galwayman D. K. Gavan for popular music-hall artist Harry Clifton around 1863.[16][18]
  • "Dublin Jack of All Trades" - a broadside ballad from the 1860s recorded byThe Johnstons, among others.[3]
  • "Tied my Toes to the Bed", c. 1870[3]
  • "The New Tramway", on the new horse tramway of the Dublin Tramway Company, 1872.[3]
  • "Waxies' Dargle" - about the annual outing toRingsend by Dublin cobblers (waxies).[20]

1900 - 1950

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  • "Girls of Dublin Town (Gals of Dublin Town)" - a shanty based on a real ship, the Shanandoah, captained by "Shotgun" Murphy
  • "The Pride of Pimlico" - a song about the DublinLiberties written byArthur Griffith.[2]
  • "The Cruise of the Calabar" - a comical song about a canal barge byArthur Griffith[5]
  • "Twenty Men From Dublin Town" - written by Arthur Griffith, recorded by Danny Doyle
  • "Down by the Liffeyside (Fish and Chips)" - written byPeadar Kearney[5]
  • "Dying Rebel" - a song about the aftermath of the 1916 Rising in Dublin
  • "The Recruiting Sergeant" - Written by Dublin journalist Seamus O'Farrell (1886–1973) in 1915; recorded by, among others, Dominic Behan andThe Black Brothers.
  • "Easy and Slow" - a song of somewhat constant innuendo set in Dublin'sLiberties[5]
  • "Biddy Mulligan the Pride of the Coombe" - written by Seamas Kavanagh about a Dublin street-seller, made popular byJimmy O'Dea.
  • "Daffodil Mulligan (Fresh Fish)" - written byHarry O'Donovan, music by Eva Brennan, about Biddy Mulligan's daughter.
  • "The Vamp of Inchicore" - written by Harry O'Donovan, recorded byJimmy O'Dea
  • "Rathgar" - written by Harry O'Donovan, recorded by Jimmy O'Dea
  • "The Dublin Fusiliers" - comical song about the regiment, recorded by Jimmy O'Dea in the 1930s, later by the Dubliners.
  • "Hannigan's Hooley" - written byCecil Sheridan, recorded byMaureen Potter
  • "I'm On My Way To Dublin Bay" by Owen J McCormack
  • "Kevin Barry" - about young medical student and Irish revolutionaryKevin Barry controversially executed during theIrish War of Independence[21]
  • "The Foggy Dew" - about theEaster Rising of 1916, written by Canon Charles O’Neill in 1919.
  • "The Row in the Town" - a song written by Peadar Kearney commemorating the 1916 Rising.[5]
  • "Dublin City 1913" - the struggle from 1913 to 1916, written byDonagh MacDonagh[5]
  • "The Banks of the Dargle"
  • "Arbour Hill" - written by Declan Hunt about the burial place of the Easter 1916 Leaders.[22]

1950 - 2000

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  • "The Auld Triangle" - by writerBrendan Behan, about his time inMountjoy Prison
  • "The Dublin Saunter (Dublin Can Be Heaven)" - byLeo Maguire, made famous byNoel Purcell
  • "The Burning of the Abbey Theatre" - a comical song about theAbbey Theatre by Sylvester Gaffney (Leo Maguire).[23]
  • "Three Lovely Lasses from Kimmage" - a comical song by Sylvester Gaffney (Leo Maguire).[23]
  • "Dublin Me Darlin'" - written by Sylvester Gaffney (Leo Maguire), recorded byDanny Doyle.[24]
  • "Monto (Take Her Up To Monto)" - a song byGeorge Hodnett about the famous red-light district around Montgomery Street in Dublin.[25]
  • "On Raglan Road" -Patrick Kavanagh poem to the 19th-century melody "The Dawning of the Day"[26]
  • "The Ferryman" - about the ferries on theRiver Liffey, by Pete St. John.[27]
  • "Ringsend Rose" - about a girl fromRingsend, written by Pete St. John.[27]
  • "Dublin Lady" - by singer/songwriterJohn Conolly. Not written by the excellent John Conolly but rather by Patrick Carroll (lyric) and Andy Irvine (music).
  • "From Dublin With Love" - by Newfoundland singer/songwriterRon Hynes
  • "The Black Dodder" - written and recorded by Dublin singer/songwriter/actor Mick Fitzgerald.
  • "Drink" - written and recorded by Dublin singer/songwriter/actor Mick Fitzgerald.
  • "Dublin you live in my heart" - byIan Campbell
  • "Dublin Town (Fly Me Home)"
  • "Dublin Take Me" - byRab Noakes
  • "The Dublin Rambler" - recorded by the Dublin City Ramblers
  • "The Dublin Minstrel Boy (Luke Kelly)" - written and recorded byPaddy Reilly.
  • "Summer in Dublin" - written byLiam Reilly and recorded byBagatelle[28]
  • "Leeson Street Lady" - recorded by Bagatelle.
  • "Anne Devlin" - about Robert Emmet's sweetheart, by Pete St John[27]
  • "Mother Redcaps" - song by Pete St John about a cherished music pub in the Dublin Liberties, closed in 2005[27]
  • "Danny Farrell" - a song about a traveller, by Pete St John, recorded byThe Dubliners[27]
  • "Rosie Up in Moore Street" - about a Dublin street dealer, by Pete St John[27]
  • "Dicey Riley" - Dublin song about a woman who enjoys her little drop, with verses by Dominic Behan[29] andTom Munnelly[5]
  • "The Zoological Gardens" - by Dominic Behan aboutDublin Zoo[5]
  • "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" - British Army-taunting song written byDominic Behan
  • "The Mero" - a song about a former cinema in Mary St., Dublin, popular with children, by Pete St. John[27]
  • "Johnie McGory" - a song about children, by Pete St John, recorded byThe Dubliners[27]
  • "Ringsend Boatman" - by Pete St John[27]
  • "The Maid From Cabra West" - an Irish version of an English song, sung byFrank Harte[5]
  • "Dublin City in 1962" - written by musician and footballerDermot O'Brien
  • "Dublin in my Tears" - written by DublinerBrendan Phelan and recorded by theDublin City Ramblers[5]
  • "Dublin" - written and recorded byPhil Lynott in 1972
  • "Inner City Song" - written by harmonica-player Don Baker about 1974 which became a hit for the Jolly Beggarmen (with Baker on harmonica and Johnny Carroll on vocals)
  • "Meet Me At The Pillar" - about the 1916 Rising, by Seán and Frank O'Meara; recorded byJim McCann, the Dublin City Ramblers, and others.
  • "My Last Farewell" - by Seán and Frank O'Meara, based on Padraic Pearse's last letter; recorded by theBarleycorn (vocals by Derek McCormack).
  • "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" - 1980s song about Dublin before the 1960s (composer:Pete St. John)[26]
  • "Grace" - written in 1985 by Frank and Seán O'Meara aboutGrace Gifford; recorded byJim McCann,Anthony Kearns, theWolfe Tones and others.
  • "My Dublin Bay" - composed by Waterford-born May O'Higgins.
  • "Old Dublin Town" byPete St. John
  • "At the Metropole" - written by Paul Barrett, recorded by Metropolis in 1981.
  • "Dubliners" - written by David McDonagh, recorded by the Dubliners and released in 1987 on the25 Years Celebration album.
  • "The Rose of Inchicore" - written by Dublin singer/songwriter Mick Fitzgerald about a girl fromInchicore
  • "Farewell to Dublin" - written and performed byBrian Warfield
  • "Second World Song" - written by David McDonagh, recorded by the Dubliners.
  • "D'Ya Remember Jem" - recorded byRonnie Drew
  • "Baile Atha Cliath" - for solo recorder, composed byJuan María Solare
  • "Christchurch Bells" - written and performed byHothouse Flowers

Since 2000

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Harte, Frank,Dublin Street Songs, Topic, 1967
  2. ^abO Lochlann, Colm (1965).More Irish Street Ballads. Dublin: Three Candles Press.ISBN 0-330-25317-4.
  3. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrHugh Shields. Old Dublin Songs. Folk Music Society of Ireland, Dublin, 1988.ISBN 0-905733-04-5
  4. ^A.L.Lloyd, Folksong in England (London, 1967), pp. 219-220. It was collected in County Cork in 1848 and the singer said he learned it in Dublin in 1790.
  5. ^abcdefghijklmnHarte, Frank,Songs of Dublin, (ed.), 1978, Gilbert Dalton, Dublin and 1993, Ossian Publications, Cork.ISBN 0-946005-51-6
  6. ^The Irishman, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1849
  7. ^Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G."Donnelly and Cooper".The Traditional Ballad Index. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved7 August 2010.
  8. ^"Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone)".Folkinfo.org (quoting book by Sean Murphy). 2002. Archived fromthe original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved12 August 2011.
  9. ^O'Hara, Aidan (1997).I'll live till I die. Leitrim: Drumlin Publications.ISBN 1-873437-17-X.
  10. ^"My Father Sold Charcoal" Songster, 24-25, in the Library of Congress. Attributed to A. Anderson, to the air of "The Captain with the Whiskers".
  11. ^Brothers, Clancy (1969).The Irish Songbook. New York: Wise Publications.ISBN 0-86001-280-8.
  12. ^Boys Of The Lough - Live At Passim, 1974
  13. ^Tobar an Dualchais
  14. ^George Petrie: Old Irish Folk Music and Song (1855)
  15. ^John K. Casey:The Rising of the Moon, and other Ballads, Songs and Legends
  16. ^abcO Lochlann, Colm (1939).Irish Street Ballads. Dublin: Three Candles Press.ISBN 0-330-25316-6.{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  17. ^The Journal of the Folk Song Society, vol. IV, p. 294
  18. ^abThe Era magazine, 22 February 1863
  19. ^Walton, Martin.Treasury of Irish Songs and Ballads. Dublin: Walton's Music.
  20. ^Quidnunc (9 October 1933). "An Irishman's Diary".The Irish Times. p. 4.
  21. ^Moore, Christy (2000).One Voice. London: Lir/Hodder and Stoughton.ISBN 0-340-76839-8.
  22. ^Arbour Hill Declan Hunt.YouTube.Archived from the original on 8 December 2021.
  23. ^abGaffney: Sing an Irish song Book 8: popular parodies for platform and parties
  24. ^The BalladeersArchived 2012-09-12 atarchive.today
  25. ^Obituary (24 September 1990). "George Desmond Hodnett".The Irish Times.
  26. ^abConway, Pat (1982).Soodlum's Irish Ballad Book. New York: Oak publications.ISBN 978-0-8256-0284-9.
  27. ^abcdefghiSt John, Pete (2007)."Complete list of songs".Web site. Pete St. John/Saint Music. Retrieved30 November 2011.
  28. ^"Bagatelle". Last.fm. 11 February 2009. Retrieved1 January 2013.
  29. ^Dominic Behan: Ireland Sings (London, 1969)
  30. ^abSiobhán Long (20 May 2011)."Danny Ellis".The Irish Times. Retrieved28 May 2011.
  31. ^"The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew (2008)". Ie.7digital.com. 22 February 2008. Archived fromthe original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved2 January 2013.

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