In elementary school music class on St Patricks Day we sang from this book of "St Patricks day" songs that were really parodies of traditional Irish songs but with different lyrics (ex. my wild Irish rose was green Irish clothes). I really loved the last tune in this book but since it was a parody I don't know what the real title or lyrics were. Here is what I remember it sounding like:
What is this Irish song_.m4a (249.64 KB) this is just me playing it on the piano so you can identify it, I can't just Shazam it because it's not an official recording and it's not necessarily the same key.
I have searched for this song in songbooks of Irish songs (like piano sheet music books), searched www.irish-folk-songs.com up to about G but I'd rather not have to search the entire website, and tried searching the book of parodies we sang in elementary school but I couldn't find that book anywhere online. People I know who like Irish music can't identify it either.
Are you sure all of the songs were parodies? Your song might actually just be "A Song of Erin."
Many other ones I can definitely tell were parodies. And I was pretty sure that the little booklets we had for the songs said the real song name. Even if it's possible that they might have written a fake Irish sounding song, the whole point is humor. There's nothing humorous about the words of that last song, except if it was a parody.
Managed to find some information online. "A Song of Erin" is apparently from Thomas Dunhill's song cycle The Wind Among the Reeds. The file you uploaded sounds like the movement "The Cloths of Heaven," but according to YouTube search results, it appears to be a popular piano etude under the title "A Song of Erin."
Dunhill was from England, but Erin is Irish for Ireland, so I guess somebody along the way thought the song sounded Irish. Still don't know where the words in that book came from, though.
Managed to find some information online. "A Song of Erin" is apparently from Thomas Dunhill's song cycle The Wind Among the Reeds. The file you uploaded sounds like the movement "The Cloths of Heaven," but according to YouTube search results, it appears to be a popular piano etude under the title "A Song of Erin."
Dunhill was from England, but Erin is Irish for Ireland, so I guess somebody along the way thought the song sounded Irish. Still don't know where the words in that book came from, though.
Thank you for introducing me to this song because I do like it and it reminded me of high school choir, but unfortunately it's not the same song. When I found the amazon recordings I realized what I played on the piano was misremembered. And the words from the book (and the Amazon file) were a parody.
There's definitely a rhythm and tempo change, at least.
yeah when I heard the real one I noticed that too. I probably mixed it up with other Irish or just older songs in general. I guess we can forget about my recording just for the purposes of finding this song.
On second thought, I think this page might have thrown me off, too. After listening to the Amazon recording again, the melody sounds a lot more like "The Rising of the Moon."
On second thought, I think this page might have thrown me off, too. After listening to the Amazon recording again, the melody sounds a lot more like "The Rising of the Moon."
OH. MY. GOD. THAT'S IT. I'm so stunned. I never thought I would find it.