The Irish Rovers 50 Years - Vol. 2

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Countries excluded (Deezer)

(As of 2026-04-29).

  • Southern Europe: 🇷🇸 Serbia (rs)
  • Eastern Europe: 🇧🇾 Belarus (by)
  • Northern Africa: 🇱🇾 Libya (ly)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇧🇮 Burundi (bi) 🇸🇴 Somalia (so) 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (zw)
  • Middle Africa: 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo (cd) 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (cf)
  • Western Asia: 🇮🇶 Iraq (iq) 🇾🇪 Yemen (ye)
Annotation last modified on 2026-04-29 19:25 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1A Long Time Ago
recording of:
A Long Time Ago (sea chantey)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:31
2Wild Colonial Boy
recording of:
The Wild Colonial Boy
lyricist and composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 677)
3:43
3New York Girls
recording of:
New York Girls (Roud 486)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 486)
2:46
4Dunluce Castle
3:47
5Little Skillet Pot
3:45
6Up Among the Heather
2:41
7Rambling Boys of Pleasure
recording of:
Rambling Boys of Pleasure
lyricist and composer:
Will Millar
3:35
8Boolevogue
3:09
9Rory Murphy
3:03
10Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
recording of:
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
lyricist:
Joseph Geoghegan (in 1867)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3137)
3:26
11Reels: Pidgeon on the Gate / The Plough and the Stars / The Reconcilliation
live medley including a recording of:
The Pigeon on the Gate (reel, Ng #1581)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:12
12Girls of Derry
3:07
13Dark Island
4:15
14Irish Rover
recording of:
The Irish Rover
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
writer:
Joseph M. Crofts (Irish songwriter/arranger)
2:36
15Ireland Boys Hurray
2:19
16Patsy Fagan
recording of:
Patsy Fagan
lyricist and composer:
Thomas P. Kennan
2:22
17Gracehill Fair
3:42
18Rare Ould Mountain Dew
recording of:
The Rare Old Mountain Dew (Irish-American folk song, begins "Let grasses grow and water flow...")
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Edward Harrigan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and David Braham (musical theatre composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 938)
2:12
19Whistling Gypsy
recording of:
The Whistling Gypsy
composer:
Frank Baron
3:14
20Lily the Pink
3:39
21Pheasant Plucker’s Son
3:04
22Lewis Bridal Song / Mairi’s Wedding
medley including a recording of:
Mairi's Wedding
lyricist and composer:
John Roderick Bannerman (in 1934)
2:34
23She Took Me by the Hand
3:03
24Whiskey in the Jar
recording of:
Whiskey in the Jar (traditional)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 533)
3:03
25Dear Little Shamrock Shore
4:30
26Reels: The Clare Reel / The Dawn Reel
medley including a recording of:
The Clare (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:01
27Her Wonderful Ass
3:00
28The Titanic
6:35
29Come Away with Me
3:53
30What Would You Do
1:58
31Whores and Hounds
4:12
32Raise a Glass to St. Patrick
3:15
33The Hermit
3:16
34Drunken Sailor
cover recording of:
What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? (sea shanty)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Lugan Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 322)
52:57
35Rovers Farewell
6:36