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    Darby O’Gill’s Somewhat Complete and Conspicuously Inexpensive Songbook is a free, on-line collection of song lyrics and, when available, chord charts and copyright information. Songs are continually being added to this collection. If you do not find a song herein that you would like to see, please send us an email and we will do our utmost to research and include your request.

     The majority of songs in this book are Celtic folk songs, particularly Irish pieces. We will give special attention to songs recorded, written or performed by the Irish Stage Show Band, Darby O’Gill; but this book is not exclusive to those songs.

     The songs appearing in this songbook are presented here for “fair use”, for the purpose of education. Songs will be removed from this collection at the request of the copyright owner.

     Songs that fall within the Public Domain appear here in version form. We do not recommend they be performed as noted here. Singers should feel free to alter the lyric and music of such songs to suit one’s taste.

     Any questions, comments and suggestions should be directed to
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Song titles followed by "LISTEN" are available for free download.

A Christmas Story
LISTEN
All for Marie's Wedding
Arthur McBride
A Toast
LISTEN
Alice
Another Flight of Earls
As I Roved Out LISTEN
Auld Lang Syne LISTEN
Bachelor's Lament, The LISTEN
Bambo Lane
Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Bang on the Ear
Biddy McGrath LISTEN
Biddy Mulligan
Big, Strong Man
Birnie Bouzle LISTEN
Black and Tans
Black Velvet Band
Body in the Bag
Bog Down in the Valley-O LISTEN
Bonnie Bessie Logan
Bonnie Woods of Hatton LISTEN
Bridie Murphy

Brilliant Love Affair
Carol of the Bells LISTEN
Carrickfergus
Chihuahua Song
Children; Go Where I Send Thee LISTEN
Christmas Cake LISTEN
Christmas Comes but Once a Year LISTEN
Christmas in Carrick LISTEN
Christmas in Killarney LISTEN
Christmas Story LISTEN
Clare to Here
Come Out, You Black and Tans
Come Up the Stairs, Molly-O
Come Up the Stairs Again
Courtin' in the Kitchen
Craic Was Ninety in the Isle of Man
Currency Lasses
Daily Mail

Dicey Reilly
Dick Darby
Dirty Old Town
Divil is Dead
Donald MacGillavry
Don't Forget Your Shovel
Dublin Jack of All Trades
Eileen Og
Faerie Story
Finegan's Wake LISTEN
Fisherow
Flight of Earls
Fly Up, You Fire LISTEN
Follow Me Up to Carlow LISTEN
Future
Galway Races
German Clockwinder
Gertrude and Johnny
Glasgow Peggy LISTEN
Green Grow the Rashes-O
Ha'e Yersel' a Canty Wee Bit Christmas
Hatton Wood
Irish Rover LISTEN
I Yince Lo'ed a Lass
Jack of All Trades
Jack Tar LISTEN
Johnny Jump Up
Johnson's Motorcar
Join the British Army
Just Before Christmas LISTEN
Kilkelly, Ireland
Kissin' of the Sheriff's Wife LISTEN
Kretchma LISTEN
Leather, Brass and Bone LISTEN
Lewis Bridal Song
Livin' Next Door to Alice
Man From the Daily Mail
Moonshiner
Mrs. Fogharty's Christmas Cake LISTEN
Mrs. Murphy's Chowder LISTEN
Never Wed an Old Man
Night Pat Murphy Died
Night Visit Song, The LISTEN

Old Mary Catherine Bridgette O'Gill LISTEN
Over in America LISTEN
Paddy on the Railway
Parnell Square
Peggy Gordon
Pretty Irish Girl
Quare Bungle Rye LISTEN
Ramblin Rover
Ride On
Rocky Road to Dublin
Seven Nights Drunk
She Says Right
Situation LISTEN
Sober Men
Spancilhill
Spanish Lady
Streets of London
Sweet Sixteen
Take Me Up to Monto
The Future
The Gettin's Good LISTEN
The Irish Rover LISTEN
The Kissin' of the Sheriff's Wife LISTEN
The Kretchma LISTEN
The Rattlin' Bog LISTEN
The Wren Song LISTEN
Three Drunken Maidens
Twa Corbies
Twice Daily
Upstairs, Downstairs
Waltzing Matilda
Waxies' Dargle
Weilla Waellia
When Will We be Married, Molly
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Whiskey, You're the Divil
Wild Colonial Boy
Wild Rover
When I'm Good and Dead
Whiskey in the Jar / Live LISTEN
Wren Song LISTEN