Best Irish Songs To Learn? ( Teen )

9de5q7tsr8u2im · 22-07-2015 06:16PM #1

i really want to know a good few songs as i always dont know the words to them

, like:
rattling bog
whiskey in the jar
say no never or something like that?
i would appreciate a few more as theres loads of good ones out there and please correct me if i got the titles above wrong there!

4zn76tysfajdxp · 22-07-2015 06:29PM

Nothing gets a party going like Amhran na bhFiann. Going out the door, that is.

Notorious97 · 22-07-2015 06:35PM

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

i really want to know a good few songs as i always dont know the words to them , like:
rattling bog
whiskey in the jar
say no never or something like that?
i would appreciate a few more as theres loads of good ones out there and please correct me if i got the titles above wrong there!

Highly recommend The Clancy Brothers, especially Liam Clancy, also The Dubliners you cant go wrong with.

Plenty of others also

Sheep Lover · 22-07-2015 06:36PM

Lady in Red - Chris the Iceberg.

Arsemageddon · 22-07-2015 06:37PM

Best. Irish. Song. Ever.

Bigus · 22-07-2015 06:39PM

Fairytale of NY
Some from the fureys and dubliners are easy enough remembered.

MadsL · 22-07-2015 06:41PM

Sofia Sharp Fries wrote: »

Nothing gets a party going like Amhran na bhFiann. Going out the door, that is.

Completely off topic, but what the hell is going on with your sig?

Fr_Dougal · 22-07-2015 06:41PM

My Lovely Horse.

MadsL · 22-07-2015 06:44PM

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Best. Irish. Song. Ever.

I'm completely re-evaluating the lyrics of that song. Holy shit.

biko · 22-07-2015 06:45PM

Hold me now - Johnny Logan

Yellowblackbird · 22-07-2015 06:47PM

Now on that feather there was a flea
A rare flea and a rattlin' flea

wendell borton · 22-07-2015 06:50PM

MadsL wrote: »

Completely off topic, but what the hell is going on with your sig?

Jesus is omnipresent.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 22-07-2015 06:51PM

MadsL wrote: »

Completely off topic, but what the hell is going on with your sig?

My beliefs are my beliefs, mate.

The Backwards Man · 22-07-2015 06:54PM

Óró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile

Swiper the fox · 22-07-2015 07:00PM

I'm assuming you are a male OP?
If you want something to sing as a party piece, in a sing song etc it's usually best to go for one that is quite well known and gives the others a chance to join in, this is the case certainly while you are young, oldies tend to know the words of all the Irish songs ever.
With this in mind I would point you in the direction of 'the streets of New York' by the Wolfe Tones, 'The Green Fields of France' (Willie McBride) by the Fureys,
It's always good to know a song which is specific to where you come from also as you can belt that out when you are away from home and it'll be well received. I'm thinking Sean South for Limerick, The Banks for Cork, The rare oul times for Dublin etc.

degsie · 22-07-2015 07:03PM

The song about stabbin' a baby in da woods

Magico Gonzalez · 22-07-2015 07:11PM

"Ra ra the rattlin b..."

You'll generally here the groans and people headed for the door before you can start rattlin' through the verses.

MadsL · 22-07-2015 07:12PM

Sofia Sharp Fries wrote: »

My beliefs are my beliefs, mate.

Sorry, didn't see the Jesus image in the sig, thought it was some weird link hijack.
As you were.

9de5q7tsr8u2im · 22-07-2015 07:27PM

Completely astonished by the responses here lads appreciate it a lot and yeah for a sing song

Ruu · 22-07-2015 07:36PM

Best tune for an auld sing song! Get a bit of dance going too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P33V-wnfnzs

Jesus Wept · 22-07-2015 07:40PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYQluJW-dM

castletownman · 22-07-2015 07:43PM

Spancil Hill
Carrickfergus
Cuchulainns Son (Nicky Rackard's song)

Have wooed many a fine filly with those lovely numbers over the years.

GerB40 · 22-07-2015 07:55PM

"Song for Ireland" or "The Town I Loved So Well". Both made famous by The Dubliners and guaranteed to get attention and/or respect by any Trad fans.

Also "And The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda". Actually written by a Scottish fella called Eric Bogle (same lad that wrote "The Green Fields of France"). It's a beautiful, heartbreaking anti war song that's been performed by countless Trad bands.

If you're looking for something a bit more lively I'd go for "The Ferrymen". As soon as the chorus kicks in, anyone and everyone will instinctly join in.

By the way, do you play any instruments? Some songs sounds far better with a bit of accompaniment.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 22-07-2015 07:57PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

"Ra ra the rattlin b..."

Yes,nothing says Irish like Boney M singing about a Russian priest.

bnt · 22-07-2015 11:09PM

Denis Leary had a stab at one some time ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbeLu_3Wf_k

Best Irish Songs To Learn? ( Teen )

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