And Listen To My Song
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For 'And Listen to My Song' the memorial documentary made about Frank Harte
by Peter Browne (Irish musician) for RTÉ Radio, see here
And Listen To My Song is the third LP released by traditional Irish singer
Frank Harte
. It was the first of many albums recorded with Donal Lunny
as accompanist and the first of Frank's many recordings published by Hummingbird Records. It was first recorded on vinyl in 1975 and reissued for the first time in CD format in 2003. Donal Lunny provides accompaniment on guitar and bazouki on every second track, the rest being sung unaccompanied.
' It is a measure and reflection of the high plateau of excellence achieved and maintained by Frank Harte of Dublin' according to Geordie McIntyre.
The accompanying twenty-page booklet has all the lyrics for the songs as well as meticulous notes that are a characteristic of any Frank Harte
album.
Frank Harte
Frank Harte was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born and raised in Dublin. His father Peter Harte who had moved from a farming background in Sligo owned 'The Tap' pub in Chapelizod...
by Peter Browne (Irish musician) for RTÉ Radio, see here
And Listen To My Song is the third LP released by traditional Irish singer
Traditional Irish Singers
Some of the traditional Irish singers alphabetically listed below are known to have sung in both the Irish and English language and if so are listed in both sections below as well known singers of macaronic Irish songs.-Mainly English language songs:...
Frank Harte
Frank Harte
Frank Harte was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born and raised in Dublin. His father Peter Harte who had moved from a farming background in Sligo owned 'The Tap' pub in Chapelizod...
. It was the first of many albums recorded with Donal Lunny
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
as accompanist and the first of Frank's many recordings published by Hummingbird Records. It was first recorded on vinyl in 1975 and reissued for the first time in CD format in 2003. Donal Lunny provides accompaniment on guitar and bazouki on every second track, the rest being sung unaccompanied.
' It is a measure and reflection of the high plateau of excellence achieved and maintained by Frank Harte of Dublin' according to Geordie McIntyre.
The accompanying twenty-page booklet has all the lyrics for the songs as well as meticulous notes that are a characteristic of any Frank Harte
Frank Harte
Frank Harte was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born and raised in Dublin. His father Peter Harte who had moved from a farming background in Sligo owned 'The Tap' pub in Chapelizod...
album.
Track listing
- Miss Brown
- Madam Im A Darling
- The Forgers Farewell (Sweet Eirin The Green)
- Jimmy MurphyJimmy Murphy (song)Jimmy Murphy also known as 'Little Jimmy Murphy' is a song, possibly of music-hall origin, referencing the 1798 rebellion, which occurred largely in Wexford....
- Morrissey and The Russian Sailor
- Women are worse Than The Men
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Biddy MulliganBiddy Mulligan the Pride of the CoombeBiddy Mulligan the Pride of the Coombe is a song written by Seamas Kavanagh in the 1930s, and made famous by the performances of the music-hall singer and comedian Jimmy O'Dea, who also took on the persona of the charismatic stall-holder.-History of the Song:The song-writer Seamus Kavanagh...
- Woods of Truagh
- Dicey Reilly
- Plains of Waterloo
- Wearing The Britches