Some Irish midi files

[aprilla]

I went through some midi folders (some very old!) and collected anything that seemed Irish into a collection in time to listen to them before St Patrick's Day.
Quality will vary, but some might be useful. Enjoy the better ones, delete any you don't like.

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[Sam Wacker]

You are really kind to keep posting stuff like this. I'm sure many members will be pleased.

Here's a little story for you with an Irish theme. It's about a Christmas song rather than a song or tune for St. Patrick's Day.
Based on a documentary,  which can be confirmed in Wikipedia, this is part of the story of A Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues.  If you are in the UK at Christmas you will hear this classic song in many places. It's a masterpiece of conversational storytelling and has interesting musical roots. Auntie BBC banned the fine old English word 'arse' in favour of the American 'ass' and other words were blocked too. And I thought these were the times of over sensitivity and cancel culture.

For the  lyrics in the video  "...  the boys of the NYPD choir still singing  Galway Bay, and the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day...."

Except that they didn't have a choir and the NYPD Pipes and Drums all dressed -up in Irish tartan and quite drunk didn't know the words to Galway Bay so sang the theme tune for the Mickey Mouse Club!

Look out for a young Matt Dillon playing a cop.

Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl no longer with us, sadly


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[aprilla]

It's a great story!

Auntie BBC banned the fine old English word 'arse' in favour of the American 'ass' and other words were blocked too.

When we were young we'd vacation in Ireland, returning to the USA with a vocabulary bursting with words like arse which we delighted our friends with. Arse is a classic 👍

[Sam Wacker]

When we were young we'd vacation in Ireland, returning to the USA with a vocabulary bursting with words .....  👍

Indeed. There's nothing wrong with good old Anglo -Saxon words.  And the common 'arsehole' in the UK/US has its roots in the 1400s. I'm interested in the origin and meaning of words (etymology) and how sometimes they change over the years.

One word you might like for St. Patrick's Day is craic

This is a Gaelic version of the word "crack" that has travelled through England, Scotland and Ireland and back again. It's a perfect word for a scene or environment where it can mean laughter, fun, news, entertainment, gossip and enjoyable conversation. I would add loud acoustic music and singing to the mix.  John Lennon and Cynthia used to drink at Ye Cracke, a small pub very close to the art college where they were students. It's a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans.

My ancestry is Manx (Isle of Man) and West coast Scottish on my mother's side but Liverpool was once called the 'capital' of Ireland due to the "navvies" who came to build the railways among other things.

Here's part of a lyric from Boys of the Lough you might enjoy:

"It was the pig fair last September, the day I well remember
I was walking up and down in drunken pride
When my knees began to flutter, and I sank down in the gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side
As I lay there in the gutter, thinking thoughts I could not utter
I thought I heard a passing lady say
You can tell the man who boozes by the company that he chooses
And with that the pig got up and walked away"

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