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Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs

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1 Whiskey in the Jar Traditional/Dubline 3:00
2 Irish Rover Clancy/Makem/Clancy 2:12
3 South Australia Clancy/Clancy/Clanc 2:01
4 The Galway Races Bourke/Sheahan/Kell 3:19
5 I'm a Free Born Man MacColl 3:52
6 I'm a Rover Bourke/McKenna/Kell 4:52
7 Drink It Up Men Meek/Dubliners 2:04
8 Weila Waile Kelly/McKenna/Bourk 3:27
9 The Jug of Punch [Live] Kennedy/McPeake 4:20
10 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [Live] Balll/Graff/Olcott 2:47
11 Danny Boy [Live] Traditional/Tate. J 4:37
12 Kelly, The Boy from Killan Dubliners/Tradition 2:30
13 Mountain Dew Clancy/Makem/Clancy 2:10
14 The Pub with No Beer Parsons 2:26
15 The Rocky Road to Dublin Young/Finch/Lewis 4:04
16 Fields of Athenry St.John 4:25
17 Wild Rover Traditonal 3:24
18 Holy Ground [Live] Clancy/Clancy/Makem 2:10
19 Malone Wants a Drink Behan 2:15
20 The Leaving of Liverpool Makem/Clancy/Tradit 2:46
21 The Rising of the Moon McKenna/Kelly/Sheah 2:38
22 Fare Thee Well Enniskillen Makem 2:40
23 Muirsheen Durkin' Dubliners/Tradition 2:32
24 All for Me Grog   2:04
25 Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye Clancy/Clancy/Tradi 3:45
26 A Nation Once Again Davis/Behan 2:43
27 The Rose of Tralee [Live] Kelly/Glover/Spence 3:37
28 Seven Drunken Nights Sheahan/McKenna/Bou 3:45
29 Black Velvet Band Drew/McKenna/Bourke 4:27
30 Amsterdam Mistress Hurley 6:30
31 Sally MacLennane [Live] MacGowan 2:50
32 The Dirty Glass Dropkick Murphys 3:39
33 Whiskey, You're the Devil [Live] Clancy/Makem/Clancy 2:13
34 Dirty Old Town [Live] McColl 4:01
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Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Sony Music Distribution

Category: Pop/Rock

Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs

UPC: 828767893525

Release Date: 02/21/2006

Original Release Date: 02/21/2006

Number of Discs: 2

Tracks: [Whiskey in the Jar, Irish Rover, South Australia, The Galway Races, I'm a Free Born Man, I'm a Rover, Drink It Up Men, Weila Waile, The Jug of Punch [Live], When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [Live], Danny Boy [Live], Kelly, The Boy from Killan, Mountain Dew, The Pub with No Beer, The Rocky Road to Dublin, Fields of Athenry, Wild Rover, Holy Ground [Live], Malone Wants a Drink, The Leaving of Liverpool, The Rising of the Moon, Fare Thee Well Enniskillen, Muirsheen Durkin', All for Me Grog, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye, A Nation Once Again, The Rose of Tralee [Live], Seven Drunken Nights, Black Velvet Band, Amsterdam Mistress, Sally MacLennane [Live], The Dirty Glass, Whiskey, You're the Devil [Live], Dirty Old Town [Live]]
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Marisa Brown

Stemming from a long tradition of Irish storytelling, the artists featured on Whiskey in the Jar sing tales of broken hearts, finding one's fortune, and of course, drinking. Alcohol, and more specifically Guiness and whiskey, are the most frequent subjects here, and even if they're not explicitly mentioned in every song, it's clear from the rousing choruses that that's what's on everyone's mind. The compilation features 34 tracks on two discs from influential Irish folk bands like the raucous Dubliners (whose first single, "Seven Drunken Nights," was quite controversial when it was released in 1967) and the mellower Clancy Brothers. The Young Dubliners and Rogue's March, relative newcomers to the scene, bring electric guitars and drums to traditional sounds of fiddle and mandolin, and there's even punk from the Pogues and the Dropkick Murphys. Only Frank Patterson, the tenor, seems out of place with his pretty versions of classics "Danny Boy" and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." The songs on Whiskey in the Jar cover every emotion from regret to celebration, and they're all very singable -- an important attribute for something that is made to raise a glass to. And with 34 tracks, there's more than enough time here to open up the tap and join in. ~ Marisa Brown, Rovi