The Irish Rovers’ Gems

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Annotation

Copyright: © 1996 Rover Records
℗ 1996 Rover Records

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-17 14:27 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1The Last of the Irish Rover
2:34
2Star of the County Down
recording of:
Star of the County Down
lyricist:
Cathal McGarvey
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4801)
version of:
Dives and Lazarus
2:45
3Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee
recording of:
Bonnie Dundy (Bonnie Dundee)
lyricist and arranger:
Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:34
4Liverpool Lou
recording of:
Liverpool Lou
composer:
Dominic Behan
3:56
5The Gypsy Rover
recording of:
The Gypsy Rover
writer:
Leo Maguire
3:38
6Muirsheen Durkin
recording of:
Muirsheen Durkin
3:42
7Come by the Hills
recording of:
Come by the Hills
lyricist:
W. Gordon Smith
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Buachaill Ón Éirne
3:30
8The Gallant Forty‐Twa
recording of:
The Gallant Forty Twa
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:35
9No Nay Never
recording of:
The Wild Rover
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1173)
3:16
10Whiskey on a Sunday
3:44
11Farewell to Carlingford
3:08
12Unlisted
1:43
13I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler
2:34
14Three Jigs
3:07
15The Unicorn
recording of:
The Unicorn
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
3:00
16The Orange and the Green
recording of:
The Orange and the Green (parody of Wearing of the Green)
writer:
Anthony Murphy (songwriter, performer active in Liverpool UK around 1960)
3:31
17Lily the Pink
recording of:
Lily the Pink
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), John Gorman (UK comedian) and Roger McGough (poet)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly (Australia) P/L
3:58
18The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie
recording of:
The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie (Scottish folk song)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 545)
2:44
19Donald Where’s Your Trousers
recording of:
Donald Where’s Your Troosers?
lyricist:
Andy Stewart (Scottish singer and entertainer)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Neil Grant
2:17
20Mountain Tay
2:05
21Sweet Strabane
3:54
22Turra Market
2:35
23Young Roddy McCorley
2:29
24Tied Up With a Black Velvet Band
recording of:
The Black Velvet Band (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2146)
3:43
25My Boy Willie
4:06
26Caltan Weaver
3:10
27The Lovely Isle of Innishfree
recording of:
The Isle of Innisfree
lyricist and composer:
Dick Farrelly (songwriter)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
3:57
28Good Luck to the Barleymow
recording of:
The Barley Mow
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:40
29Wild Mountain Thyme
recording of:
Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as “Purple Heather” and “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go”)
lyricist:
Robert Tannahill
writer:
Francis McPeake (in 1957)
additional composer:
John Hamilton (songwriter in the late 1700's) (in 1796)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
The Braes o' Balquhidder (1829 Tannahill version)
part of:
Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend
4:32
30Three Reels
3:25
31Weigh, Hey and Up She Rises
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)
2.52:42
32Rolling Home to Ireland
recording of:
Rolling Home (sea shanty)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1870)
3:02
33Wasn’t That a Party
cover recording of:
Wasn't That a Party?
lyricist and composer:
Tom Paxton (US folk singer-songwriter)
3:42