Andy Irvine - The Ballad Of Tom Joad

performed at a Woody Guthrie tribute show in Whelans, Dublin - 3/10/07. Not high quality, but better than nothing.

The maid that sold her barley

There are many versions of that song, but I prefer the recording of the group Déanta. Whatever happened to these great musicians? PDF with lyrics and chords at: http://insel.heim.at/jamaica/320453/bouzouki_songs/maid.pdf


The bouzouki I'm playing on this video is handmade by Heiner Dreizehnter, Leutkirch, Germany. Unfortunately he died about two years ago. RIP!

{t:The Maid That Sold Her Barley}

It’s [Gm]cold and raw, the north winds blow

Black in the [F]morning [Gm]early

When [Gm]all the hills were covered with snow

Oh then it was [F]winter [Gm]fairly.

As [Gm]I was riding o’er the moor

I met a farmer’s daugh[Dm]ter

Her [Gm]cherry cheeks and coal-black hair

They caused my [Dm]heart to [C]falter.  

I bowed my bonnet very low

To let her know my meaning.

She answered with a courteous smile 

Her looks they were engaging. 

"where are you bound my pretty maid 

It's now in the morning early?"

The answer that she gave to me 

"Kind sir, to sell my barley."

"Now twenty guineas I've in my purse 

And twenty more that's yearly.

You need not go to the market town 

For I'll buy all your barley.

If twenty guineas would gain the heart 

Of the maid I love so dearly

All for to tarry with me one night 

And go home in the morning early."

As I was riding o'er the moor

The very evening after

It was my fortune for to meet

The farmer's only daughter.

Although the weather being cold and raw 

With her I thought to parlay

The answer that she gave to me 

"Kind sir, I've sold my barley."

Yoyotimmy

Yoyotimmy brings us two instrumentals on his zouk. First Lark in the morning, a 4-part jig


Next Brian Boru's March


Lament on Con O'Leary's Wife's Death



Fine work, yoyotimmy, love this a lot!

Julie Fowlis w/ Jenna Reid & Donal Lunny

My favourite Singer Julie Fowlis in a new Transatlantic Session. You gotta see the fun they have playing that fantastic song.
Seo 'N Làimh Mo Rùin
(The drink would be in my Love's hand)

Transatlantic Sessions series 3 (2007)

bouzouki - Donal Lunny
dobro - Jerry Douglas
whistle - Michael McGoldrick
guitar - Russ Barenberg




Here's "The blackest crow"

2nd fiddle : Aly Bain
flute: Michael McGoldrick
guitar: Russ Barenberg
dobro: Jerry Douglas
bouzouki: Phil Cunningham
bass: Todd Parks
percussion: James Mackintosh
vocals: Julie Fowlis



Embedding is disabled, but I got it to work, anyway, so have fun!

Three Drunken Maidens

I learned this song from an old Planxty recording. Thought I could play it, too. Here's a part of my version. You'll find the words and chords underneath the video.

{t:Three Drunken Maidens}

{c:}

There [D]were three drunken [G]maidens Came [A]from the [G]Isle of [D]Wight 

They [D]drank from Sunday [G]morning Nor [A]stopped till [G]Saturday [D]night

When [Em]Saturday night came round me boys They [D]would not then go [A]home

Then [Bm]These three drunken [G]maidens They [A]pushed the [G]jug a[D]bout

Then [D]in comes bouncing [G]Sally, her [A]cheeks as red as [D]bloom

“Move [D]up me jolly [G]sisters and [A]give young Sally [D]room

For [Em]I will be your equal be[D]fore the night is [A]out.”

And [Bm]these four drunken [G]maidens they [A]pushed the [G]jug a[D]bout

There’s [D]woodcock and there’s [G]pheasant, there’s [A]partridge and there’s [D]hare

[D]There’s all sorts of [G]dainties; no [A]scarcity was [D]there

There’s [Em]forty quarts of beer, me boys, they [D]nearly drunk them [A]out

And [Bm]these four drunken [G]maidens, they [A]pushed the [G]jug a[D]bout

Then  [D]up and comes the [G]landlord; he’s [A]asking for his [D]pay

It’ a [D]forty shilling [G]bill, me boys, these [A]gals have got to [D]pay

That’s [Em]ten pounce apiece, me boys, but [D]still they wouldn’t go [A]out

And [Bm]these four drunken [G]maidens, they [A]pushed the [G]jug a[D]bout

“[D]Oh, where are your [G]feathered hats, your [A]mantles rich and [D]fine?”

“They’ve [D]all been swallowed [G]up, me boys, in [A]tankards of good [D]wine.”

“[Em]And where are your maidenheads, you [D]maidens brisk and [A]gay?”

“We [D]left them in the [G]alehouse, we [A]drank them [G]clean a[D]way!”

Adam Page playing Nickel Creek's Smoothie Song

Fantastic zouk playing. I wish I was so fast.

Slide

A stunning live performance by this fine group.

Bracken Finally Falls!

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Here's the flying pig:

The Flying Pig Video

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DRD

A new video from DRD. Nor further information available. Bouzouki, Flute and Fiddle. Great video.

Salamanca reel por Xaiva, Noci band o como carallo se llamen

Salamanca reel is played here by some Musicians at the Festival de Peiteiros 2007. Very powerful.

Russ Rentler (aka Dobrodoc)

Russ is playing an original song on his zouk tuned GDAE. Like this one a lot.

Mandola playing on youtube

Here's a solo on mandola, the tune is Cunla, known by Planxty and others:



Here's a real nice tune called Rochdale Coconut Dance



I really love this one, well made boys!

Some tunes played by fiddle and bouzouki on youtube

Here are some tunes I found on youtube:

First two reels in E minor and one in D:


Then two reels: eileen curen's and another



Here comes a jig:



the wild swans at coole



some g minor "version"

Kasir - Killavil jig /The Cicada / The Paper Bird

The group Kasir live from "Det Bruunske Pakhus", Denmark,2006. Fine playing. You can see an octave mandolin made by Jimmy Moon.

Old blind dogs

One of the finest Scottish folk bands around.

this is a video from 1998 at lowender peran.



No zouk, on this one, but nevertheless fantastic. On this video you can see Jonny Hardie, the song is the Barnyards of Delgathy.



This must be a new one featuring Aaron Jones on Cittern. Very short extract only.

Josep Maria Ribelles & Carlos Beceiro

Cittern and Harp together playing some tunes from Catalonia.