Thomas Balinger Harmonica Songbook Irish Songs & Ballads
A collection of Irish Songs & Ballads, arranged for easy Blues Harp (10-channel diatonic harp, system Richter) in C. You’ll find the “classicsâ€, but you’ll also encounter songs not as common and maybe even some you might never have heard before. This book is aimed at the beginning to intermediate player. The songs have been transposed and arranged for easy playing – you can play all of them without having to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing first. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: these songs you can play right away. All songs feature additional harmonica tablature. This system of graphical notation tells you exactly what to play, making it ideally suited for beginners and players who don’t read standard notation. Plus chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams. If you happen to have any guitar playing friend(s), you can start playing these songs together right away!
Songs
1. Boolavogue 2. Botany Bay 3. Brennan on the moor 4. Carrickfergus 5. Courtin’ in the kitchen 6. Dicey Riley 7. Down by the Glenside 8. Fiddler’s Green 9. Finnegan’s Wake 10. I’ll tell me Ma 11. I never will marry 12. I once loved a lass 13. James Connolly 14. Molly Malone 15. Never wed an old man 16. New York girls 17. Old Maid in a garret 18. Poor Paddy works on the railway 19. Reilly’s daughter 20. She moved through the fair 21. Skibbereen 22. Spancil Hill 23. Swallow tail jig 24. The auld orange flute 25. The Bard of Armagh 26. The cliffs of Dooneen 27. The flower of sweet Strabane 28. The foggy dew 29. The hills of Connemara 30. The humour is on me now 31. The jolly beggarman 32. The last rose of summer 33. The Lowlands low 34. The mermaid 35. The merry ploughboy 36. The Minstrel Boy 37. The moonshiner 38. The mountains of Mourne 39. The nightingale 40. The rising of the moon 41. The rose of Mooncoin 42. The Sally Gardens 43. The snowy-breasted pearl 44. The Spanish lady 45. The star of the county down 46. The wild rover 47. Three drunken maidens 48. Three score and ten 49. Waxies Dargle 50. Whiskey in the jar