Irish Songs of Resistance-The Great Rebellion (1956) Wallace House CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives.  The original liner notes from the LP are included."

The songs collected on this album come from the age of revolutions: the American, the French, and in Ireland, the Revolution of 1797 and Emmet’s ill-fated uprising of 1803. Charles Edward Smith’s liner notes provide succinct historical background for this collection of historic songs.

101     Bold McDermott Roe      Wallace House      2:25                        
102     The Shan Van Voght     Wallace House     2:19                           
103     The Rising of the Moon     Wallace House     3:46                       
104     Dunlavin Green     Wallace House     2:44                               
105     Father Murphy - The War in Wexford     Wallace House     3:37           
106     Father Murphy of the County Wexford     Wallace House     2:08         
107     Sweet County Wexford     Wallace House     2:31                         
108     The Boys of Wexford     Wallace House     2:54                         
201     The Bold Belfast Shoemaker     Wallace House     3:10                   
202     General Munroe     Wallace House     2:18                               
203     Billy Byrne of Ballymanus     Wallace House     2:36                   
204     The Rambler From Clare     Wallace House     2:05                       
205     The Wearing of the Green     Wallace House     2:04                     
206     The Croppy Boy     Wallace House     2:18                               
207     Bold Robert Emmet     Wallace House     4:48                           
208     The Memory of the Dead     Wallace House     2:14