I couldn’t put together a collection of traditional Irish music, without including Down by the Salley Gardens!
A song that I learned in my singing lessons in school many times - it’s one that I’ve returned to time and time again.
Such a lovely melody that is familiar to everyone, whether you’ve heard it before or not!
The poem is by Irish poet William Butler Yeats, set to the traditional air ‘The Moorlough Shore’. Yeats, and the original song this poem was inspired by, both originated in Sligo, while Herbert Hughes who collected the tune and set it to the melody, was born in Belfast, so this song does have strong connections throughout the island of Ireland.
It was this song specifically that sparked my interest in traditional music, as they are so free and easy to sing, and have been passed down through generations, and lasted many years.
I wanted my performance and arrangement of this song to be fairly relaxed and simple, and just let the song stand for itself

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