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Title Credit Source Places Nautical Chantey Chorus A Cappella Concertina Vulgar Ribald
All for Me Grog mc wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Arrr!!! mb England
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Are Ye Right There Michael dt wp mb Percy French wp mb (w&m, 1897) Betty O’Kelly d Co. Clare ✓
The Back Door mb Cathie Ryan h mb (w&m, 1992) Cherish the Ladies h wp mb Ireland
United States 		✓
Big Strong Man dt wp mb
(My Brother Sylveste) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions United States
Ireland
Canada
Italy
Japan 		✓ ✓
The Black Velvet Band dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Belfast
Australia 		✓
Come Out, Ye Black and Tans dt wp mb
(Black and Tans)
(Come Out, You Black and Tans) 		Dominic Behan wp mb (w, c. 1960)
Piaras Mac Gearailt mb (m, mid-1700s)		 The Granitemen mb Dublin
Killeshandra 		✓
Danny Boy dt wp mb Frederic Weatherly wp mb (w, 1910)
[trad.] (m)		 Ireland
England
Dirty Old Town dt wp mb Ewan MacColl wp mb (w&m, 1949) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Salford
Ireland 		✓ ✓
Do You Love an Apple? dt mb [trad.] (w&m) The Bothy Band wp mb Ireland ✓
Fathom the Bowl dt wp mb
(The Punch Ladle) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Ferryman dt wp mb Pete St. John h wp mb (w&m, 1985) Òran Mór mb Dublin ✓ ✓
Fiddler’s Green dt mb John Conolly mb (w&m, 1966) San Francisco chantey sing h Grimsby
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Fields of Athenry dt wp mb Pete St. John h wp mb (w&m, 1979) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Athenry
Botany Bay 		✓
Finnegan’s Wake dt wp fw gb mb
(Tim Finigan’s Wake) 		John F. Poole mb (w, pre-1867)
[trad.] (m)		 Òran Mór mb Dublin
New York 		✓
The Foggy Dew dt wp mb
(Down the Glen) 		Charles O’Neill mb (w, 1919)
[trad.] (m)		 Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland
Suvla Bay
Sedd el Bahr
Four Green Fields dt wp mb Tommy Makem wp mb (w&m, 1967) The Granitemen mb Ireland ✓
The Gals of Dublin Town dt mb
(The Harp Without the Crown)
(The Shenandoah) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Dublin
New York 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Galway Girl mc wp mb
(The Galway Girl) 		Steve Earle wp mb (w&m, 2000) Òran Mór mb Galway
Nashville 		✓ ✓
God Bless England dt mb
(Whack Fol the Diddle) 		Peadar Kearney wp mb (w)
[anon.] (m)		 The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Ireland
England
Charlestown 		✓ ✓
The Good Ship Calibar dt mb
(The Calabar) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Lisburn
Portadown 		✓
Haul Away Joe dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Hawk and the Crow dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Sean Doyle mb Pomeroy ✓
Here’s to the Morning Glory dt mb
(Morning Glory)
(One for the Morning Glory) 		Doug Flett wp mb (w&m, 1973)
Guy Fletcher h wp mb (w&m, 1973)		 The Press Room sessions England
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Humours of Whiskey dt mb
(Paddy’s Panacea)
(Stick to the Crathur)
(Stick to the Cratur) 		Joseph Lunn wp mb (w, c. 1825)
[trad.] (m)		 Tim Lyons mb Ireland ✓ ✓
The Irish Ballad dt mb Tom Lehrer wp mb (w&m, early 1950s) Tom Lehrer wp mb Ireland
Cambridge 		✓
The Irish Rover dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Cork
New York 		✓ ✓ ✓
Isn’t It Grand dt mb
(Isn’t It Grand, Boys)
(Look at the Coffin) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions Ireland ✓ ✓
The Jamestown Homeward Bound dt mb [anon.] (w&m) Joanna Colcord wp United States
Ireland
Mediterranean Sea
Italy 		✓ ✓
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye dt wp mb Joseph B. Geoghegan mb (w, 1867)
[trad.] (m)		 The Granitemen mb Athy ✓ ✓
Johnny Jump Up dt wp mb Tadgh Jordan mb (w&m, 1934) Òran Mór mb Youghal ✓
The Jolly Roving Tar dt mb
(Get Up Jack, John Sit Down) 		Edward Harrigan wp mb (w, c. 1885)
David Braham wp mb (m, c. 1885)		 San Francisco chantey sing h New York
Jaffrey
Ireland
India
Japan 		✓ ✓ ✓
The King dt mb
(Please to See the King)
(The Wren) 		[trad.] (w&m) Wench Work Scotland
Ireland 		✓
Lady Franklin’s Lament dt wp mb
(Lord Franklin)
(The Sailor’s Dream) 		[trad.] (w, c. 1850 & m, pre-1582) San Francisco chantey sing h England
King William Island
Ireland 		✓
The Leaving of Liverpool dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool
Ireland
Mystic
California 		✓ ✓
Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake dt mb
(Miss Hooligan’s Christmas Cake) 		C. Frank Horn mb (w&m, 1883) Jake Schumacher Philadelphia
Ireland 		✓ ✓
My Son John dt wp mb
(Mrs. McGrath) 		[trad.] (w&m) John C. Reilly wp mb Ireland
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Night Paddy Murphy Died dt wp mb
(The Night Pat Murphy Died) 		Johnny Burke wp mb (w&m, pre-1925) Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
Ireland 		✓
On Raglan Road dt wp mb
(Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away)
(Raglan Road) 		Patrick Kavanagh wp mb (w, 1946) Mourning Glories h Dublin
Paddy Doyle’s Boots dt mb
(Paddy Doyle) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy Lay Back dt mb
(The Liverpool Song)
(Mainsail Haul)
(Paddy Get Back)
(Valparaiso Round the Horn) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Ireland
San Francisco
France
Valparaíso
Chincha Islands 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy West dt mb [trad.] (w&m) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Liverpool
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy Works on the Railway dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Parting Glass dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland
Scotland 		✓
Peggy Gordon dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Nova Scotia
United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓
The Rising of the Moon dt wp John Keegan Casey wp (w, c. 1865) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Granard ✓
Rocky Road to Dublin dt wp mb D. K. Gavan ws mb (w, pre-1863) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Dublin
Tuam
Holyhead
Liverpool 		✓ ✓ ✓
Shove Around the Jug The Johnson Girls h wp mb United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
South Australia wp dt mb
(Bound for South Australia)
(Rolling King)
(Ruler King) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Australia
England
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Spancil Hill Michael Considine (w) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb California
Spancil Hill 		✓
There Were Roses Tommy Sands (w&m) Robbie O’Connell Newry ✓
The Water Is Wide Pendragon mb Ireland
Scotland 		✓
Whiskey in the Jar dt wp Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Co. Kerry ✓
Wild Goose Nation San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wild Mountain Thyme wp Francis McPeake (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Belfast
Scotland 		✓ ✓
The Wild Rover Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland ✓