Brent Santin and Gary Mallon
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Shenandoah Shenandoah
This song may have been derived from an earlier aboriginal or French-Canadian Voyageur song.
5/28/2006 World General
When You and I Were Young, Maggie When You and I Were Young, Maggie
The words for this song come from a poem by Canadian G. W. Johnson of Glanford, Ontario (near Hamilton).
5/28/2006 Acoustic Folk
Dance of the Blessed Spirits Dance of the Blessed Spirits
An excerpt from Christoph Gluck's opera 'Orfeo ed Euridice', performed on an 1860s melodeon.
5/28/2006 Classical General
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory... Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory...
Also known as 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'. Played on mid-19th century Saxhorns.
5/28/2006 Acoustic Folk
Honest Irish Lad Honest Irish Lad
A song of Irish immigration to North America.
5/28/2006 Traditional Irish
O Rest In the Lord O Rest In the Lord
A solo piece by Felix Mendelssohn from his oratorio 'Elijah'. Played on a mid-19th century melodeon.
5/26/2006 Classical General
Rowan Tree Rowan Tree
According to Celtic legend, the Rowan is a magical tree which sybolizes beauty, privacy, sanctuary and peace.
5/25/2006 Acoustic Folk
The Greenland Whale Fishery The Greenland Whale Fishery
This song celebrates the fortunes & hazards of the booming whaling industry of the 1850s.
5/25/2006 Traditional Celtic
Un Canadien Errant Un Canadien Errant
The lyric of this song was written in the early 1840s to describe the feelings of isolation & lonliness experienced by a French-Canadian in exile.
5/25/2006 Acoustic Folk
Donkey Riding Donkey Riding
The origins of this Canadian folk song are unclear, but its tune may derive from the Scottish song 'Hielund Laddie'.
5/25/2006 Acoustic Folk
Blind Mary Blind Mary
A tune attributed to the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (b. 1670 - d. 1738)
5/22/2006 Traditional Irish
The Glendy Burke The Glendy Burke
Another Steven Foster Song, written in 1860, near the end of his life.
5/22/2006 Acoustic Folk
Folk Medley Folk Medley
This medley consists of three traditional Scottish & Irish tunes: Mairi's Wedding, Scotland the Brave and Dennis Murphy's Polka.
5/22/2006 Traditional Celtic
Gentle Annie Gentle Annie
A Stephen Foster song played on an original late 19th-century 'square' piano.
5/22/2006 Acoustic Folk
Long, Long Ago Long, Long Ago
This song (published in 1843 and performed here acapella) quickly became very popular, especially in the U.S.A.
5/18/2006 Acoustic Vocals
Ave Verum Corpus Ave Verum Corpus
This choral piece, by W. A. Mozart is played on a melodeon dating from the 1860s.
5/17/2006 Classical General
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
The tune the Anti-Fenian Song was taken from this Northern U.S. Civil War song (performed on 19th century sax-horns).
5/17/2006 Acoustic Folk
Shady Grove Shady Grove
'Shady Grove' is actually a North American derivation of a much older English Ballad: 'Matty Groves'.
5/17/2006 Acoustic Folk
The Spinning Wheel Song The Spinning Wheel Song
The gentle melody and rhythm of this song imitates the cycle of a spinning wheel.
5/17/2006 Acoustic Folk
Anti-Fenian Song Anti-Fenian Song
This song was popular among the Canadian volunteers who were sent to confront U.S. based Fenian invaders during the 1860s.
5/17/2006 World General
