Planxty A Nation Once Again The Rose of Mooncoin Danny Boy The Irish Washerwoman Kevin Berry Drunken Sailo When You Were Sweet Sixteen The Band Played Waltzing Matilda The Black Velvet Band The Unicorn Forty Shades of Green The British Army Cockles and Mussels The Derry Horn Pipe I Will Love You Botany Bay In 2005 we realized right before St. Patrick’s Day we needed a new Irish CD. We also realized we had to record it right away if it had any chance of being done by Paddy’s Day. The only problem was...

> Only 17 measley dollars

A Nation Once Again

A very popular rebel song, this is always a big hit wherever we are playing. It’s also a lot of fun to play. Besides, we believe in it. This song will get any true believer on his feet!

Rose Of Mooncoin

This is a really pretty Irish ballad about having to leave Ireland and the woman you love to go to a new land. This song in three quarter time contains a lovely melody and features our backup orchestra The Cakewalk Philharmonic. Don’t worry all orchestra members are paid union scale or more and have great benefits. No one has ever quit the orchestra so we’re sure they’re happy. We would never exploit artists or run a musical Triangle Shirt Company!

Danny Boy

Man, if we only had a nickel for every time… oh, never mind. Danny Boy is easily the most requested Irish ballad we do (unless we’re in a real Irish environment). There’s not much to say about Danny Boy except he probably is not a boy any longer. When we were the House Band at the Shamrock Club in West Palm Beach Florida we knew a lovely Irish lady who used to sing the third verse to this famous song with music based on The Londonderry Aire. We will not do the third verse here because we feel it belongs to her…

The Irish Washerwoman

Kevin Barry

Here’s a touching ballad done A Capella. We believe A Capella is a popular tourist attraction on the west coast of Mexico. We don’t understand what this has to do with singing but we’re willing to learn. The song is a story of the patriot, Kevin Barry who was executed by hanging.

The Drunken Sailor

The Drunken Sailor is another of the humorous Celtic style songs with a good beat and a lot of laughs. You can even make up a verse or two of your own as you listen.

When You Were Sweet 16

When You Were Sweet 16 has been widely performed. It is a lovely quiet ballad with an interesting banjo accompaniment. This song has been “covered” by many people. Now it is being covered by us!

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

This song was written by the inimitable Eric Bogle, a Scot now living in Australia, this song was one of the most popular songs in Australia in 2005. Waltzing Matilda is a story told through music about the Aussie contingent sent to Gallipoli (Suvla Bay) in the First World War. The casualties taken by the Aussies were truly horrendous in the engagement. The protagonist in the song explains the tale from the perspective of a badly maimed survivor. He returns to Australia to spend the rest of his life with no legs. It is a sobering statement of the horrors of war. Maybe someday this sort of thing will not be necessary.

The Black Velvet Band

This is another tune which is very popular. We like performing this one a lot. We do perform it a lot! There are quite a few “pub songs” that are a great fun and this is one of them. Just thinking about this song makes us want a pint of the black liquidation with the froth on the top.

The Unicorn

So you thought this was an Irish song! Actually it was penned by none other than Shel Silverstein… also famous as a cartoonist. I think almost everyone knows this song. Some people (the very privileged ones) even know the motions that go with it.

Forty Shades Of Green

You’ll like this song. It contains yet another truly pleasant melody. Green is Lonnie’s favourite colour. Like his face when working on the ships. Once Lonnie was not feeling well on The Queen Of Bermuda… yes, dammit, it is a ship… not Her Royal Highness. He sat down to rest in a green deck chair. No one noticed that he was there. Not even his boss, Mr. Queen Of Bermuda. Not even the captain’s Cocker Spaniel. Bermuda is very very beautiful. We used to want to go to Heaven when we died… now we’d rather go to Bermuda.

Come Join The British Army

We first heard this song done by Ronnie Drew… now there’s a lad with a distinctive voice! We love doing this song… and some of our best friends are from England.

Cockles And Mussels

Here is another song everyone knows. It is about the poor unfortunate Miss Molly Malone. She died of Ebola, you know. She really would have preferred dying of Marburg but Ebola was the only virus available at the time, so Ebola it was. Like Mick said "You can't always get what you want. That’s what happened on The Irish Rover too… after seven years Ebola broke out and the ship lost her way in the fog… thick fog… but we digress.

Derry Hornpipe

On this number we are backed by the Cakewalk Coeli Lads. A short but rollicking little number. The dance floor is yours… even if you are a Morris Dancer!

I Will Love You

We did the banjo part in this as inspired by Finbar Fury. Lonnie is like Finbar, he likes to sit down when he plays. He’s lazy. In reality he sits down because we cannot afford a guitar strap.

Botany Bay

Back in the good old days it was much easier to go to Australia. All you had to do was steal a loaf of bread or look at another man’s wife and you got free transport off! One of the most popular destinations was Botany Bay. This song is about going to Botany Bay only in this case the fellow wants to go. Lots of people went against their will.