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Lyrics for Singalongs and Original Songs
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Category: Irish Songs
Popular Irish Songs
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The song “My Wild Irish Rose,” written and composed by Chauncey Olcott, was inspired by an actual flower given to his wife Margaret by a young boy in Killeagh, County Cork, Ireland, in 1898.
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This popular ballad with Irish origins was actually written by an English lawyer, Frederic Weatherly. The song’s lyrics, written in 1910, were later set to the tune of “Londonderry Air”.
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Also known as “That’s an Irish Lullaby,” Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra was written by James Royce Shannon in 1913. It became widely popular when Bing Crosby sang it in the 1944 film “Going My Way,” turning it into a sentimental favorite among Irish-American audiences.
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