The Irish Melodies

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: The Irish Melodies (Op. 60)
Words: Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Arranger: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Publisher: Boosey & Co.
Copyright: 1895

Google books now has a downloadable copy of The Irish Melodies.

Low resolution scans can also be found at Library Ireland.

See also the 1859 publication of Moore’s Irish Melodies.

Contents:

  • After the battle
  • And doth not a meeting like this
  • As a beam o’er the face of the waters
  • As slow our ship
  • As vanquished Erin
  • At the mid hour of night
  • Avenging and bright
  • Before the battle
  • Come o’er the sea
  • Come, rest in this bosom
  • Come, send round the wine
  • Dear Harp of my country
  • Desmond’s song
  • Drink of this cup
  • Drink to her
  • Echo
  • Erin, oh Erin
  • Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes
  • Fairest! put on a while
  • Farewell! but whenever you welcome the hour
  • Fill the bumper fair
  • Fly not yet
  • Forget not the field
  • From this hour the pledge is given
  • Go where glory waits thee
  • Has sorrow thy young days shaded
  • How dear to me the hour
  • How oft has the banshee cried
  • I’d mourn the hopes that leave me
  • If thou’lt be mine, the treasures of air
  • Ill omens
  • In the morning of life
  • I saw from the beach
  • I saw thy form
  • It is not the tear
  • I’ve a secret to tell thee
  • Lay his sword by his side
  • Lesbia hath a beaming eye
  • Let Erin remember the days of old
  • Love and the novice
  • Love’s young dream
  • My gentle harp
  • Nay, tell me not, dear
  • Ne’er ask the hour
  • No, not more welcome
  • O think not my spirits
  • Oh! Arranmore
  • Oh banquet not
  • Oh! blame not the bard
  • Oh! breathe not his name
  • Oh, could we do with this world
  • O’Donoghue’s mistress
  • Oh! doubt me not
  • Oh for the swords
  • Oh! had we some bright little isle
  • Oh, the sight entrancing
  • Oh, where’s the slave
  • Oh, ye Dead!
  • On music
  • One bumper at parting!
  • Quick! we have but a second
  • Remember thee
  • Remember the glories of Brien the brave
  • Rich and rare were the gems she wore
  • Sail on, sail on
  • Shall the harp then be silent
  • She is far from the land
  • She sung of love
  • Silence is in our festal halls
  • Sing, sing, music was given
  • Sing, sweet harp
  • Song of Innisfail
  • Song of the battle eve
  • St. Senanus and the lady
  • Sublime was the warning
  • Sweet Innisfallen
  • Take back the virgin page
  • The dream of those days
  • The fortune teller
  • The harp that once through Tara’s halls
  • The Irish peasant to his mistress
  • The legacy
  • The meeting of the waters
  • The minstrel boy
  • The mountain sprite
  • The night dance
  • The origin of the harp
  • The Prince’s day
  • The song of Fionnuala
  • The song of O’Ruark
  • The time I’ve lost in wooing
  • The wandering bard
  • The wine-cup is circling
  • The young May moon
  • Thee, thee, only thee
  • There are sounds of mirth
  • They know not my heart
  • They may rail at this life
  • This life is all chequered
  • Though humble the banquet
  • Though the last glimpse of Erin
  • ‘Tis gone, and for ever
  • ‘Tis sweet to think
  • ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer
  • To ladies’ eyes
  • ‘Twas one of those dreams
  • We may roam thro’ this world
  • Weep on, weep on
  • What the bee is to the flowret
  • When cold in the earth
  • Whene’er I see those smiling eyes
  • When first I met thee
  • When he who adores thee
  • While gazing on the moon’s light
  • While history’s muse
  • Wreath the bowl
  • Yes, sad one of Sion
  • You remember Ellen

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