''Dublin Street Songs'' and ''Through Dublin City'' are LPs of mostly traditional Irish songs by
Frank Harte
Frank Harte (14 May 1933 – 27 June 2005) was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and raised in Dublin. His father, Peter Harte, who had moved from a farming backgroun ...
. ''Dublin Street Songs'' was Frank Harte's first LP recording in 1967, having been recorded in two days earlier that year by
Bill Leader in the UK at the same time as the tracks that were to become ''Through Dublin City'', which was issued on the Topic label in 1973.
The CD is largely made up of traditional Irish songs, though there are some exceptions such as "Henry My Son", which is listed as a "European Ballad".
A CD amalgamating both albums was published in 2004. The full track list on this album contains all songs on the LPs except - because of CD space limitations - for "Traveller All Over the World" which was not included on the re-issue.
Track list
# "Henry My Son" see
Lord Randal
"Lord Randall", or "Lord Randal", () is an Anglo- Scottish border ballad consisting of dialogue between a young Lord and his mother. Similar ballads can be found across Europe in many languages, including Danish, German, Magyar, Irish
Iris ...
# "The Night of the Ragman's Ball"
# "The Shamrock Shore"
# "The Bold Belfast Shoemaker"
# "
The Night Before Larry was Stretched
"The Night Before Larry Was Stretched" is an Irish execution ballad written in the Newgate cant.
History
The song is in ''The Festival of Anacreon'', with tune direction "To the hundreds of Drury I write." It is also listed in Colm Ó Lochlai ...
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# "The Twang Man"
# "
The Finding of Moses
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# "
Father Murphy
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# "Rosemary Fair"
# "The Forgetful Sailor (Johnny Doyle)"
# "Dunlavin Green"
# "The
Spanish Lady
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# "The Flower of Magherally"
# "
James Connolly"
# "The Ship Carpenter's Wife"
# "The Connereys"
# "Three Weeks We Were Wed"
# "Matt Hyland"
# "The Row in the Town"
# "He Rolled Her to the Wall"
[Harte, Frank, 'Dublin Street Songs / Through Dublin City', Hummingbird, 2004]
Other recordings by Frank Harte
*''
And Listen To My Song'', 1976
*''Daybreak And A Candle-End'', 1987
*''
1798 - The First Year Of Liberty
Events
January–June
* January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts.
* January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of ...
'', 1998
*''My Name Is Napoleon Bonaparte: Traditional Songs On Napoleon Bonaparte'', 2001
*''The Hungry Voice: The Song Legacy Of Ireland's Great Hunger'', 2004
*''There's Gangs Of Them Digging: Songs Of Irish Labour'', 2007
References
See also
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Frank Harte
Frank Harte (14 May 1933 – 27 June 2005) was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and raised in Dublin. His father, Peter Harte, who had moved from a farming backgroun ...
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Traditional Irish Singers
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1973 albums
1967 albums
Topic Records albums
Frank Harte albums