Joel Schick
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Water Under The Bridge Water Under The Bridge
One day they see his ex getting on the El. He claims she's just water under the bridge. But, alas, water under the bridge cannot actually extinguish the torch he carries.
No Fool Like An Old Fool No Fool Like An Old Fool
Old-fashioned bluesy-jazz number about a guy who keeps making the same mistake over and over again. If the girl is young and pretty, he's sunk. Who ain't?
New Jersey Farewell New Jersey Farewell
A seafarer's lament for the homeland left behind...New Jersey.
I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Love I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Love
Okay, he's really smart. But he's an idiot. The girl is flirting with him, but he doesn't get the message. Not in time, anyway. Wish I could say he's unique.
Ashes To Ashes Ashes To Ashes
In the wee small hours in any city USA, the denizens of the night come out and live their own lives of quiet desperation in the bus stations, diners and dives. This one's for them.
Headache Headache
This poor guy. He goes to see the gypsy woman, he comes home from work every night and brings home all his pay, he puts Barry White on the turntable, and...his baby's got a headache. Again.
Everybody's Irish Everybody's Irish
Ben Horowitz, Sal Maggio, Alvaro Velasquéz...On Saint Paddy's Day, everybody's Irish, no matter who they are. Humorous drinking song.
Marie Delaney Marie Delaney
Traditional Irish waltz combined with a '50s American high school song. Oddly, it makes for a sweet, funny romp. Go figure.
The Banks Of Loch Linne The Banks Of Loch Linne
Haunting ballad. Has his lover left Loch Linne, or sunk beneath its mystic black waters?
Mother Apocalypta Mother Apocalypta
I see it coming over the moor...I hear the clashing of talon and claw...I smell the brimstone, and I can be sure...It's my mother-in-law!
A Bold Irish Man A Bold Irish Man
I love my Liffey, and I love my stout...I'm a bold Irish man. Humorous, but loving, drinking song: The Clancy Brothers meet Brendan Behan.
Van Dieman's Land Van Dieman's Land
Moving ballad about the 18th Century Irish prisoners transported to the penal colony of Van Dieman's Land (now Tasmania).
The Fair At Kenmare The Fair At Kenmare
Humorous drinking song. The boy is trying to talk the girl into coming out with him. All very innocent and charming, until he starts to reveal himself.
Across The Ocean Sea Across The Ocean Sea
Tender, lyrical waltz about a man who leaves everything he knows and loves in Kerry to follow his Colleen to Delancey Street. And it's all worth it.
American Wake American Wake
During the 1840s, America was so unthinkably remote that many Irish families considered their emigrant relatives to be as good as dead. They mourned with an American Wake.
Gone A Sailor Gone A Sailor
Who will hold your pretty little hand, when I am gone a sailor? A timeless story in a land wedded to the sea.
Rose O' Sharon Rose O' Sharon
Tragic ballad about the forbidden love of a good girl and a wandering minstel man.
Annie Lorry Annie Lorry
Affectionate parody of a heroic tragic ballad. In this case, the man's lost love is a rival lorry driver. 'Annie Laurie was her name, and a lorry was her fame...and she came from old Kilorglin in a lorry.'
Comes The Dawn At O'Malley's Comes The Dawn At O'Malley's
Remember 'The Crying Game'? This time it's silly.
Dublin Town Dublin Town
Rollicking traditional jig. In Dublin Town, the girls are chasing the boys around, the boys are chasing the dogs around, the dogs are chasing the cats around.... And everyone's chasing the pound around.
