http://www.tradworld.org/ Recent Videos Video  http://www.livetrad.com Chieftain's member Kevin Conneff sings 'Sliabh Gallion Braes' at the Aid Japan for Children benefit concert in Dublin. Recorded by Martin Moylan, provided to LiveTrad.com.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:10 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/846/irish-trad/kevin-conneff-sings-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  From Shoot The Crows Pub in Sligo, this session was recorded on a Tuesday evening and broadcast on LiveTrad.com on Friday June 10 2011. This informal gathering of local musicians happens in this pub every week. Typically, no one's ever sure who's going to pop in, and this is a typical example of an organic session, where people come and go, fool around with different tunes, and, because they're playing as much for their own enjoyment as for those in attendance, it gives top musicians a chance to enjoy the music in a relaxed, informal setting.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:09 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/845/irish-trad/traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom-shoot-the-crows-clip-4  Des Cafferkey on low whistle, Séamie O'Dowd on guitar, Junior Davey on bodhrán and Kevin Doherty on double bass play a Des composition live at The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. For more clips see LiveTrad.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:08 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/844/irish-trad/des-cafferkey-a-friends-on-livetradcom-clip-4  A live performance from O'Connor's bar in Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland, during the launch of the Online Academy of Irish Music in April 2011. This session was webcast on www.LiveTrad.com.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:07 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/843/irish-trad/oconnors-pub-oaim-launch-clip-6-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  Featuring the title track from her solo CD, Dervish singer Cathy Jordan gives it socks during the online launch of the CD on LiveTrad.com on Friday January 27th at The Model in Sligo. Accompaniment provided by Liam Kelly (whistle), Pádraic McGovern (uilleann pipes), Gustaf Llunggren & Roger Tallroth (guitars), Anna Houston (cello), Rick Epping (concertina) & Séamie O'Dowd (fiddle). More on www.LiveTrad.com. Learn the words, buy the CD on www.cathyjordan.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:05 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/842/irish-trad/cathy-jordan-clip-5-all-the-way-home-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  Legends of traditional Irish music Alec Finn and Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh team up with several other accomplished musicians for their latest concert. This performance was filmed and streamed live on LiveTrad.com during Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010, which took place in Cavan in August 2010. For more great live traditional Irish music visit LiveTrad.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:04 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/841/irish-trad/old-de-danann-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  http://www.LiveTrad.com Featuring Ciarán Tourish (fiddle), Martin Tourish (piano accordion), Tim Edey (guitar), Tríona Marshall (harp), Alyth McCormack (voice), Thomas Charles Marshall, Philip Horan (shakuhachi), Fran Marshall (voice) & Morgan Crowley (voice) performing 'Suite for Japan', composed by Martin Tourish. This was recorded at the Aid Japan for Children concert at St. Ann's Church, Dawson St., Dublin, to aid and support Japanese children effected by the 2011 earthquake & tsunami. Recorded and edited by Martin Moylan on behalf of Aid Japan for Children, and provided subsequently to LiveTrad.com.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:03 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/840/irish-trad/suite-for-japan-by-martin-tourish-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  http://www.livetrad.com Chieftain's member Kevin Conneff, flute player Paul McGrattan & guitarist Tony Byrne play at the Aid Japan for Children benefit concert in Dublin. Recorded by Martin Moylan, provided to LiveTrad.com.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:02 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/839/irish-trad/kevin-conneff-paul-mcgrattan-tony-byrne-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  A super set of slides, courtesy of Séamus Begley and Tim Edey, whose masterful performance at Sligo Live was webcast on www.LiveTrad.com on Friday Oct 28th 2011, as part of the 'Last Friday Web Sessions.']]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:45:01 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/838/irish-trad/seamus-begley-a-tim-edey-at-sligo-live-clip-4-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  http://www.livetrad.com Musicians Trudy O'Donnell (flute), Donna Harkin (button accordion) and Ramon Ferguson (guitar) play a set of Reels at the launch of 'The Donegal Gathering', a series of music and cultural events taking place in Donegal, Ireland, throughout 2012. This performance was streamed on www.LiveTrad.com. For more information on events taking place during The Donegal Gathering, check out www.DonegalGathering.com.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:59 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/837/irish-trad/the-donegal-gathering-clip-1-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  20 popular session tunes played on Tin whistle. Mp3, video and sheet music downloads at http://www.tradschool.com The tunes are played at a more or less standard speed, with ornamentation. If you would like slower versions of the tunes, please leave a comment. Tunes as listed on http://www.irishtune.info/session/tunes.php as of June 2010. The list on irishtune.info has since been updated, I will try to add the missing tunes as soon as possible! Sorry about the sound quality, due to Youtube's video conversion. I haven't been able to fix it yet; but full-quality videos are available for download at tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:20 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/836/irish-trad/20-popular-session-tunes-18-the-butterfly  Reel on Irish flute. http://tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:18 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/835/irish-trad/the-cavan-reel-irish-flute-workshop-tradschool  The students at Tradschool's Summer Workshops 2009 play The Drunken Landlady. www.tradschool.org]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:17 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/834/irish-trad/the-drunken-landlady-tradschool-irish-music-workshops  Learn a tune on Irish whistle. I play it through once slowly, then up to speed. More tunes at http://tradschool.com/en]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:16 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/833/irish-trad/andersons-reel-irish-whistle-tutorial-tradschool  Reel on a M&E rosewood flute. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:14 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/832/irish-trad/the-new-policeman-mae-irish-flute  Live Irish on flute & bouzouki from Drisheen. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:13 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/831/irish-trad/drisheen-out-on-the-ocean-jigs  Steve & Bean play a few reels at the Passionfruit Theatre benefit gig in Athlone. www.passionfruittheatre.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:12 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/830/irish-trad/the-cat-that-ate-the-candle-irish-flute-and-guitar  Learn an Irish Tune on Whistle with Tradschool. Sheet music & mp3 at www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:10 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/829/irish-trad/tune-of-the-week-14-the-haunted-house-jig  Learn an Irish tune on tin whistle. Sheet music at www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:09 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/828/irish-trad/the-fermoy-lasses-reel  Irish music on whistle and bodhran.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:08 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/827/irish-trad/drisheen-sporting-paddy  Harp and Shamrock on a M&E polymer flute. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:07 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/826/irish-trad/harp-and-shamrock-irish-flute-tradschool  The Crock of Gold reel, played on a M&E polymer flute. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:05 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/825/irish-trad/the-crock-of-gold-mae-polymer-flute  Strige the Gay Harp, jig on a Dixon Trad Whistle. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:04 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/824/irish-trad/strike-the-gay-harp-tradschool  Learn an Irish tune on tin whistle. Sheet music at www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:03 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/823/irish-trad/toss-the-feathers-reel  The Abbey Reel on an Irish ebony flute. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:02 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/822/irish-trad/the-abbey-reel-irish-flute  Flute tunes at Tradschool's Summer Workshops 2009. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:44:00 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/821/irish-trad/9s-march--tommy-peoples-reel-tradschool-youtube  The Man of the House, played on low whistle. tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:43:59 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/820/irish-trad/the-man-of-the-house-irish-reel-on-low-whistle  This is another tune from Roscommon flute player Josie McDermott. On his album Darby's Farewell plays it with Dominic's Farewell to Cashel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrkZxLzU2Sw More Irish music at http://www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:43:58 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/819/irish-trad/the-trip-to-the-cottage-irish-flute-tutorial-tradschool  Learn an Irish tune on tin whistle. www.tradschool.com]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:43:56 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/818/irish-trad/eel-tin-whistle-tradschool-youtube  Playing the Turlough O'Carolan masterpiece 'Loftus Jones', John Carty and Arty McGlynn take to the guitars for this tune, performed at The Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland in July 2011. Part of an online broadcast on www.livetrad.com.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:35:19 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/817/irish-trad/traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom-john-carty-a-arty-mcglynn-clip-4  A clip from the LiveTrad archive, as Cathy Jordan and Dervish sing and perform 'The Fair of Bellaghy' and 'The Ploughman' during a webcast on LiveTrad.com. The session took place at McGarrigle's Bar in Sligo October 2010.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:35:18 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/816/irish-trad/dervish-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom-clip-4  Former Dé Danann singer Andrew Murray gives a lovely rendition of the classic 'Parting Glass' during a session in the Doonmore Hotel on Inishbofin Island on Sept 30th 2011. The session was part of the Inishbofin Set Dancing and Trad Music Weekend and was webcast live on the internet on www.LiveTrad.com (and repeated on Friday Oct 7th at 10pm).]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:35:16 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/815/irish-trad/traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom-andrew-murray-sings-the-parting-glass  Another clip from the LiveTrad.com archive, featuring Beoga performing at the Fleadh Cheoil in Cavan in 2010. The show was webcast on LiveTrad.com.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:35:15 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/814/irish-trad/beoga-clip-3-traditional-irish-music-from-livetradcom  Check us out on www.LiveTrad.com. A chat and a song from Cathy Jordan, singer with Dervish, but who, on Friday January 27th 2012, starts a whole new chapter in her musical career with the launch of her first solo album, right here on LiveTrad.com. This interview was recorded at The Model in Sligo, where the upcoming webcast will take place. See www.themodel.ie for ticket details if you plan to attend the event.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:35:13 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/813/irish-trad/cathy-jordan-sings-on-livetradcom-ahead-of-live-webcast-on-fri-jan-27th-2012  http://www.setdancingnews.net/wcss/wcsst.htm Tony Mac Mahon & Barney Mc Kenna play one of my favourite reels "The Wise Maid". Made popular by the late Joe Cooley a great box player from County Galway.(The original is in my favs. played by the great man himself just a month before he died.) Joe Cooley (1924-73) THE great Irish novelist John McGahern once said that he expected his characters were waiting for him to die off before taking on lives of their own. The accordeon music of Joe Cooley has taken on a life of his own since his death in 1973. Joe Cooley was born into a musical family in Peterswell, near Gort, in south County Galway, in 1924. Both his father and mother played the melodeon and most of his brothers played music. He began to play around ten years of age. In his late teens he worked in the Midlands before moving to Dublin in 1945 where he played with The Galway Rovers Ceili Band. In Dublin he met box player Sonny Brogan, later with Ceoltoiri Cualann, and Johnny Doran. But as the famous piper travelled a lot in counties Galway and Clare, Cooley in his youth would most likely have heard Doran or his brother Felix playing at local fairs and sports events. He was one of the earliest members of the Tulla Ceili Band when, as the St Patrick's Amateur Band, Tulla, they won the ceili band competition at Féili Luimní in 1946. He played with the Tulla on their first broadcast for Radio Eireann in 1948. At the end of that year he left the band to work on the buildings in London. His place was taken by Paddy O'Brien, the innovative accordeonist from Portroe, Co Tipperary. Joe Cooley rejoined the band when he returned from England towards the end of 1950. One wonders at the spectacle of Paddy O'Brien and Joe Cooley playing together on the same platform. In 1953 both men competed in the All Ireland competition in Athlone. After a recall by the judges, Paddy O'Brien was placed first and Joe Cooley second. He often played with Galway fiddle player Joe Leary, travelling, as accordeon player Tony MacMahon described it, "on dusty, icy or rainy roads on a motorcycle, the fiddle slung over Cooley's back, the accordeon tied to the fuel tank." Tony MacMahon who was a pupil of Cooley's, recalled the times he visited their family home: "The New Custom House," he wrote at the album's sleeve notes, "brings me back to my schooldays, when first Joe came to our house in the Turnpike in Ennis to play. He charmed my parents, family and neighbours with tunes like this one, which he played with great taste and discernment." In 1954, first Joe Cooley and then Paddy O'Brien left for the US. Before he left, the other musicians presented Joe with an accordeon as a farewell gift. Joe's brother, Seamus, played banjo with the Tulla, went on a US and made a recording with them. He left the band in 1958 while on tour and stayed in the US. While in New York he was involved in the Joe Cooley Ceili Band and the Joe Cooley Instrumental Group. He moved from New York to Chicago and finally to San Francisco. He told one interviewer that he met the Cronins in Boston. In America he married Nancy McMahon from Killenana, Co Clare. The Kerry accordeonist and writer, Maidhc Dainín O Sé*, worked in Chicago in the 1950s. In his biography, A Thig ná Tit Orm, he mentions one Sunday afternoon visit with his brother Sean to Hanley's pub in Chicago. There he met Joe and Seamus Cooley and a host of musicians. [My translation]: "Joe Cooley was there and a cigarette between his lips, his fingers weaving through every tune. His head was thrown back and his heart and mind were lost in the music. Among the musicians there was a man called Mike Neary. A middle-aged man with a sweet, gentle style on the fiddle. His sister Eleanor was there and her name was given as the piano player. I was listening to Sean naming them and trying my best to take in the music at the same time. On drums was Billy Soden, another man who came over with a ceili band. "Then another man sat in their company. Sean said it was Kevin Keegan who had been playing in the Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band until recently. When he was in the form, he'd knock sparks out of most musicians. There were two brothers from south Galway, Bertie and Tommy McMahon, one on the banjo and the other on the fiddle. If I could number all the musicians, I'd say there were at least 25 musicians in the pub that afternoon. Every one of them would have a place in a band back in Ireland, they were such good musicians." He added that they would play four or five tunes, one after another, for about half an hour. Joe Cooley made several trips home. On one visit Ciaran Mac Mathuna recorded him in the Dublin home of Bridie Lafferty. She played the piano with the Castle Ceili Band. Also on that recording he is reunited with fiddle player Joe Leary. He returned finally to Ireland in the...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:31:54 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/812/irish-trad/the-wise-maid  Paddy Maloney of the Chieftains (Clip from 1991)]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:45 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/811/irish-trad/-youtube  Jimmy O'Brien Moran from County Waterford play a slow air ---- Dark Lochnagar. (Clip from 1981)]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:43 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/810/irish-trad/uilleann-pipes  http://www.setdancingnews.net/wcss/wcsst.htm Frankie Gavin Fiddle Dermot Byrne Accordian Steve Cooney Guitar Carl Hession Piano]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:42 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/809/irish-trad/the-foxhunterhollands-two-reels  Jazz meets Irish Trad. Stephane Grappelli and Frankie Gavin try out a classic.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:41 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/808/irish-trad/sweet-georgia-brown  Just love the way Seán plays. Fantastic exponent of the tin whistle in traditional music. Here he plays two reels with a great bodhrán player Johnny ( Ringo) McDonagh. Recorded in Taylor's Pub, Galway in 1990.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:39 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/807/irish-trad/tin-whistle-music  The Band was formed in 1946, by Paddy Canny and P.J. Hayes, their passion for traditional Irish music and talent set the tone for the band. The Tulla Céilí Band has celebrated its 60th year in existence. They toured all over the world and even played at New York City's Carnegie Hall. On their trip to America in 1997 the band received a presentation from Mayor Rudolf Giuliani at New York City Hall. This clip is from 1996.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:38 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/806/irish-trad/tulla-ceili-band-a-clare-set-dancers-  Páidí Bán Ó Broin Step Dancing & Dessie O'Connor Whistle. Clip from 1972.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:37 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/805/irish-trad/step-dancing-from-1972  http://www.setdancingnews.net/wcss/wcsst.htm Played at a session at the Willie Clancy Summer School 1997, with views of Spanish Point & surrounding area. The still clips are of Willie Clancy. Mick O'Brien (born March 26, 1961) is an Irish musician. Born in Dublin, Ireland,[1] Mick began his musical education on the Uilleann pipes in the renowned Thomas Street Pipers Club in Dublin. His father Dinny O'Brien, a traditional "box" player, was also a constant source of tunes and inspiration. Mick recorded his first LP with his family when he was 13 years old. He later joined Na Píobairí Uilleann, an organisation founded to promote piping, where he absorbed hundreds of tunes and refined his technique. His playing can be heard on numerous recordings with artists such as The Dubliners, Frankie Gavin and The RTE Concert Orchestra. Mick has toured extensively and given master classes throughout Europe and North America. His highly acclaimed solo CD of traditional Irish music; "May Morning Dew" was released in 1996. Mick's Uilleann pipes were built by William Rowsome in 1921, and his whistles were made by Mike Burke in the USA. In 2003, Mick released Kitty Lie Over along with fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. It was named No.1 Traditional Album of 2003 by Earle Hitchner in the Irish Echo.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:36 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/804/irish-trad/uilleann-piper-mick-obrien  Irish Emigration Ballad by Dolores Keane & John Faulkner. "As I was walkin' one morning all in the month of May To view all your mountains and valleys so gay, I was thinking on the flowers all going to decay That bloom around ye, bonny, bonny Slieve Galleon Braes. Full of times I have wandered with my dog and my gun, I'd ramble these mountains and your valleys for fun, But those days they now all over and I can no longer stay So farewell unto you bonny, bonny, Slieve Galleon Braes. How oft in the evening with the sun all in the west I walked hand in hand with the one I love best But the hopes of youth are ended and I am far away So farewell unto you bonny bonny Slieve Galleon Braes 'tis not for the want of employment at home That causes the son of ould Ireland to roam, But the rates were gettin' higher and I could no longer stay So farewell unto you bonny, bonny, Slieve Galleon Braes. Our isle it will be green and our cottages be gay Our children will be clothed and our wives will drink strong tea Oh you tyrannising landlords - I will no longer stay So farewell unto to you bonny bonny Slieve Galleon Braes." Dolores Keane (born 26th September, 1953) is an Irish folk singer and musician. She was a founding member and vocalist of De Dannan, and appeared on the self-titled debut album Dé Danann in 1975. In 1977, Dolores left the group to marry John Faulkner. (Both being multi-instrumentalists, they recorded three albums together.) Dolores played concertina, flute, whistle, hurdy gurdy, and bodhrán. The anthology A Woman's Heart (1992), with three songs by Dolores Keane, was one of the most popular folk anthologies of the nineties. Keane was born in Caherlistrane, County Galway, Ireland. She is a sister of musician Seán Keane. Her aunts Rita and Sara Keane are also singers. She has duetted with American singer John Prine on his album In Spite of Ourselves. In a slight departure, "Tideland" is a mixture of Irish and Norwegian songs, song by Dolores Keane and Norwegian singer Rita Eriksen. It was originally released in 1996 in Norway, but reached a larger audience when it was re-released]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:33 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/803/irish-trad/slieve-galleon-braes  Seán Maguire and Friends.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:32 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/802/irish-trad/the-mathematician-hornpipe  Chieftains & Friends. "As I set out for Dromore town Pike in hand to go a-workin' Who did I meet on the hillside But a tan puck goat stone mad for scrappin' Aillilú etc He chased me through the hedges and ditches Around the bog in frenzy runnin' But when his horns got caught up in gorse I leapt on his back despite his buckin' Aillilú etc There were no rocks or gaps between He didn't jump the puc ar buille And me hangin' on to save me life When he jumped off the Faille Brice Aillilú etc The garda sergeant at Rochestown Called all his forces to surround us But the goat stuck both horns suas his hón And gobbled up his brand new trousers Aillilú etc In Dingle Town the next afternoon The parish priest addressed the meeting And swore it was The Devil himself He'd seen ridin' on the puc ar buille."]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:31 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/801/irish-trad/an-poc-ar-buile-the-mad-puck-goat-  Composed by Richard Thompson & sung by Seán Keane.http://www.seankeane.com/ Oh she dressed in the dark And she whispered amen She was pretty in pink Like a young girl again Twenty years married And she never thought twice She sneaked out the door And walked into the night And silver wings carried her Over the sea From the west coast of Ireland To West Tennessee To be with her sweetheart, Oh she left everything From Galway to Graceland to be with the king She was humming Suspicion, That's the song she liked best She had Elvis I Love You Tattooed on her breast When they landed in Memphis, Well, her heart beat so fast She'd dreamed for so long, Now she'd see him at last She was down by his graveside Day after day Come closing time they Would pull her away Ah to be with her sweetheart, Oh she'd left everything From Galway to Graceland to be with the king Ah, they came in their thousands From the whole human race To pay their respects At his last resting place But blindly she knelt there And she told him her dreams And she thought that he answered Or that's how it seems Then they dragged her away It was handcuffs this time She said "my good man are you out of your mind?" Don't you know that we're married? See, I'm wearing his ring. From Galway to Graceland to be with the king. I come From Galway to Graceland to be with the king.]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:29 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/800/irish-trad/from-galway-to-graceland  Tune on Irish flute. More at http://tradschool.com]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:41:33 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/799/irish-trad/her-long-golden-hair-tradschool-irish-flute  Irish whistle tutorial from http://tradschool.com i play the tune once through slowly, then up to speed]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:41:31 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/798/irish-trad/the-crooked-road-to-dublin-reel-irish-whistle-tutorial  Irish music from http://tradschool.com]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:41:29 GMT http://www.tradworld.org/video/viewvideo/797/irish-trad/ships-are-sailing-irish-flute-tune