The Irish emigrated to England in the decades following the second world war. And one of the jobs they commonly held was laying "hot asphalt" this song chronicles an encounter with an unfortunate policeman who ended up falling into a barrel "full…

This song has everything. Love, betrayal, gunfights, hold ups, prison break outs and whiskey.

Made popular in Ireland by Christy Moore

Another Contempory song absorbed into the Irish folk / ballad scene. Again from the singing of Christy Moore

An old scottish song. Also sung by Luke Kelly of the Dubliners.

This is my cover version of a recently written song about famine era Passage West, a port town in Co. Cork, Ireland. Written by John Spillane and released in 2009. John Spillane's myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/johnsp illane

An old folk song of american origin which has been adopted by the Irish folk scene. It tells the story of a broke traveller who is so impressed by the hospitality and dark beauty of a Creolo girl that he asks her to marry him, but is turned down…

Get up the Yard!

Get up the Yard!

An Irish Hornpipe.