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
Notes:
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