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Welcome to the Lyrical Bardic Fire. Here you will find the
lyrics to many
songs along with the MIDI sound files to go with some of them.
Just click on
the title of the song to view the lyrics and MIDI files.
Not all the songs listed here are period (written between 600
and 1600 AD).
Many of the songs listed are favorites among members of the Kingdom
of
Ansteorra. It is important that the bards in the Society for Creative
Anachronism also include in their music songs written in period
and written
in a period style. Songs that are period are noted.
The problem with finding songs that are period is that much
of the folk
music was not written down until 1600 and 1700. As this page grows,
documentation will be added for those pieces that are period.
For now they
are annotated as "Period" after the author of the piece.
I hope that you enjoy the selection. If you have pieces you
would like to
add, send them to Lady Simone At bardicfire@fcmail.com
The music here is separated into the following categories:
Irish, SCAdian Originals, Scottish, English, and Folk,
| Title |
Author (Date) Tune Type |
Source |
Tune Name (date) |
Composer | MIDI | Notes |
| Eileen Aroon |
Carrol O'Daly (Gaelic, 14c): Translated by Gerald Griffin (1803-1840) |
Eileen Aroon (Unknown) |
Lady Caroline Keppel | Yes | Elinen Aroon has gone through many translations and changes over the last 400+ years. It is a song that is still popular now as when it was first writen. | |
| Black Velvet Band |
Unkown (OOP) Revolutionary |
Black Velvet Band (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | Irish Revolutionarey song. The Black Velvet band in The hair Showed women Loyal to the IRA | |
| The Rising of the moon |
John Keegan Casey (OOP) Revolutionary |
The Rising of the moon | John Keegan Casey | Yes | ||
| Hills of Connemara |
Unkown (OOP) Traditional |
Hills of Connemmara (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Croppy Boy |
Unkown (OOP) Revolutionary |
The Robber | Unknown | Yes | ||
| Londanderry Air |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Londanderry Air | Unknown | Yes | Danny Boy uses The same tune | |
| The Irish Emigrant |
Unkown (OOP) Traditional |
The Irish Emigrant (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye |
Unkown (OOP) Traditional |
Johnny Comes Marching Home (20c) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
I'll Take you home again Kathleen (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Kilgary Mountain (Whiskey In The Jar) |
Unkown (Possible 16-17c.) Traditional |
1. Cole 2. Mel Bay Songs of Ireland |
Kilgary Mountians (possible 16-17c.) *See notes |
Unknown | Yes |
MelBay Songs of Ierland Dates this as a peice comming
out of Ierland . durring the time of the Elizabethan Era displaying the common thoughts about Ireland durring the 1560's |
| The Lark In The Clear Air |
Samuel Furgesson (1850-) Tradtional |
Cole |
Lark in the clear air (1850-) |
Samuel Furgesson | Yes | |
| Will Ye Go, Lassie? (Wild Mountain Thyme) |
Unkown (Possibly Piriod) Traditioanal |
Will ye go lassi go (unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Snowy Breasted Pearl |
Unknown (Possibly Piriod) Traditional |
The snowy brested pearl (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Red is the rose |
Unkown (Unknown) Traditional |
Londanderry Air | Unknown | Yes | ||
| My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose |
Burns (Late 18c.) Traditional |
Oswald's companion book |
Red Red Rose (1845) |
Major Graham | Yes | |
| Rosin The Beau |
Johnathan Swift (1706) Traditional |
Rosin The Beau (1706) |
Johnnathan Swift | Yes | ||
| Down By The Salley Gardens |
Willam Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Traditional |
Down By the Sally Gardens (Unknown) |
Unknown |
Yes | ||
| She Moved Through The Fair |
Colum, Padraic (Unknown) Traditional |
Older Tune (Unknown) |
Hughes, Herbert | Yes | ||
| My Singing Bird |
Unkown (Possible piriod) Traditional |
My singing Bird (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Verdant Braes Of Skreen |
Unkown (Possible piriod) Traditional |
The Verdant Braes of Skreen (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Spinning Wheel |
Unkown (Possible piriod) Traditional |
The Spinning Wheel (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Rose Of Tralee |
Unkown (OOP) Traditional |
The Rose of Tralee (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes |
| Title |
Author (Date) Tune Type |
Source |
Tune Name (date) |
Composer |
MIDI or Real |
Notes |
| The Rising of the Star |
Bathenzar of Endor (1979) A Troupe |
SCA | The Rising of th Moon | Yes | ||
| Warriors of Elfsea | Lady Simone Marion Ui'Dunlainge | SCA | Lady Simone Maurian Ui'Dunlainge | No | Origional Peice Written at Gulf War VI |
| Title |
Author (Date) Type |
Source |
Tune Title (Date) |
Composer | Midi | Notes |
| The Four Marys |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
1. Child #173 |
The Four Marys (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | |
| Flow Gently, Sweet Afton |
Burns (1786) Traditional |
Flow Gently Sweet afton (1786) |
Burns | Yes | ||
| Auld Lang Syne |
Burns (1790 in present form, 1725 is earliest known printing) Traditional |
SMM |
Auld Lang Syne (1725) |
Burns | Yes | |
| The Bluebells Of Scotland |
Ms. Jordan (1800's) Traditional |
The Blue Bells of Scottland (1800's) |
Ms. Jordan | yes | "Scots", really English in Scots form (typical) - Jordon was a London Actress | |
|
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Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon |
Burns (1794) Traditional |
Caledonian Hunt's Delight (1788) |
Charles Miller | Yes | ||
| Corn Rigs Are Bonnie |
Unknown 1587, (Collected March 3 by Rose O'Rourk, First Published Printing 1700's) Traditional |
Dowling private collection |
Corn Rigs Are Bonnie (Unknown) |
Burns set this to a playford tune 1700's. | yes | |
| Dumbarton's Drums |
Unknown (1733 or earlier) Traditional |
Orpheus Caledoneus, Thomson; SMM |
Dumbarton's Drums (1733 or earlier) |
Unknown | Yes | |
| Bonnie Dundee |
Sir Walter Scott (1825) Traditional |
Moffat |
Adew Dundee (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | |
| Eriskay Love Lilt |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
Eriskay Love Lilt (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Flower Of Scotland |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
The Flower Of Scotland (Unknown) |
Unknown | This is the unofficial scottish national anthem. | ||
| Horo, My Nut Brown Maiden |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
Cole |
Horo, My Nut Brown Maiden (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | John Stuart Blackie(TRANSLATED 19c.) |
| Ye Jacobites By Name |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Ye Jacobites By Name (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Jessie, The Flower Of Dunblane |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Jessie, The Flower Of Dunblane | Unknown | Yes | ||
| My Love She's But A Lassie Yet |
James Hoggs (18c.) Traditional |
Moffett |
My Love She's But A Lassie Yet (18c.) |
James Hoggs | Yes | |
| Lochnagar |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
Lochnagar (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Macpherson's Lament |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Macpherson's Lament (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| A Man's A Man For A' That |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
A Man's A Man For A' That | Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Minstrel Boy |
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Traditional |
The Minstrel Boy | Thomas Moore | Yes | ||
| Mo Shuil Ad Dheidh! |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
Mo Shuil Ad Dheidh! (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Nancy Whiskey |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Nancy Whiskey (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| The Piper Of Dundee |
Unknown (1745) Traditional |
The Piper Of Dundee (1745) |
Unknown | NO | ||
| The Road To The Isles |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
The Road To The Isles (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | Collected & translated by Kennedy-Fraser and MacLeod |
| Title |
Author (Date) Type |
Source |
Tune Title (Date) |
Composer | Midi | Notes |
| Rowan Tree |
Lady Carolina Nairn, (1766-1845) Taditional |
Scottish Minstrel, 1822 |
Rowan Tree 1822 |
Lady Carolina Nairn, | Yes | |
| Comin' Thro' The Rye |
Burns (1796) Traditional |
Millers Wedding (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Scotland The Brave |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Scotland The Brave (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Scots Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled |
Burns (1783) Traditional |
Hey Tutti Tattie (Unknown) |
Unknown | Yes | Wallace died in 1305. Unofficial Scots Anthem | |
| Skye Boat Song |
Sir Harold Boulton (1884) Traditional |
Skye Boat Song (1884) |
Annie MacLeod | Yes | Event happened in 1745 | |
| The Scottish Soldier |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
The Scottish Soldier | Unknown | Yes | ||
| Farewell To Tarwathie |
George Scroggie, (unknown) traditional |
Farewell To Tarwathie (Unknown) |
George Scroggie | Yes | ||
| Turn Ye To Me |
Christopher North 1785-1854 Traditional |
Unknown (Ancient Tune) |
Unknown | Yes | ||
| Will Ye No' Come Back Again? |
Unkown (OOP) Tradtional |
Will Ye No' Come Back Again? (Unknown) |
Unknown | NO | ||
| March Of The Cameron Men |
Unknown (Possibly Period) Traditional |
March Of The Cameron Men (Unknown) |
Unknown | NO | ||
| Jock o' Hazeldean |
D'Urfey (1679) Traditional |
Choice Ayres, Playford (MOFFET) |
Willie and Annet (pre 1679) |
Unknown | NO |
| Title |
Author (Date) Type |
Source |
Tune Name (Date) |
Composer | Midi | Notes |
| The Maid Who Sold Her Barley |
Thomas D'Urfey (1688) |
1. PMOT, 2. Pills |
Cold and Raw or Stingo or Oil of Barley (1651 or before) |
Yes | ||
