2 Songbooks: 34 Irish Songs (1961) *GUC* & Airs of Old Erin (1936) *INC*

Description: Two Irish Songbooks: 34 Irish Songs ©️1961 Charling Music Corp., New York, NY; Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc., sole distributor. For piano and voice. 9 x 12" saddle-stitched (staple bound) book with a coated paper cover (loose, not attached); 72 pages. 34 songs include (in alphabetical order): At Eve I Wander'd By The Shore; Believe Me If All Those Ending Young Charms; Bendemeer's Stream; Cockles and Mussels; Come Back To Erin; Daughters of Erin; Dear Little Shamrock; Erin! Oh Erin!; Erin! The Tear and The Smile In Thine Eyes; First Swallow; Foggy Dew; Galway Piper; Girl I Left Behind Me; Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls; Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded?; I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen; Katey's Letter; Kathleen Mavourneen; Kerry Dance; Kevin Barry; Killarney; Kitty of Coleraine; Last Rose of Summer; Let Him Go Let Him Tarry; Londonderry Air; Low Back'd Car; Minstrel Boy; Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow; Rory O'Moore; Rose of Tralee; St. Patrick's Day; Shule Agra; Wearing of the Green; Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder. *Originally purchased at Babcock Music in Eau Gallie, FL (stamped on front cover). (From 1860 to 1969, Eau Gallie was an independent incorporated city in Brevard County, FL. It is now a section of the City of Melbourne, FL.) *Published in the style of the very popular "34 Hit Parade Extras" songbooks - a number of those titles are advertised on the back cover. An array of "Hit Parade Extras" are always available on eBay and elsewhere, but I could not find another copy of this particular songbook online. Airs Of Old Erin: An album of the best loved Thomas Moore and other celebrated Irish songs, some never before published in any collection ©️1936 Edward B. Marks Music Corp., New York, NY. For piano, ukulele and voice. 9 x 12" saddle-stitched (staple bound) book; incomplete, lacks cover as well as first and last two leaves (pages 1-4 and 45-48). 18 remaining songs include (in order published): Would God I Were The Tender Apple Blossom (adapted from Londonderry Air; last page only); Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms; The Minstrel Boy; 'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer; Aileen, Aroon!; Three Leaves Of Shamrock; Erin! The Tear And The Smile; Shamus O'Brien; The Rose Of Tralee; Tell Them That You're Irish; Wearing Of The Green; Kathleen Mavourneen; Killarney; The Story Of The Rose; The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls; Come Back To Erin; The Girl I Left Behind Me; St. Patrick's Day (first page only). Seven songs printed with accompanying ukulele chord charts; a few others are annotated in pencil with guitar chords. *Missing the first page of Would God I Were The Tender Apple Blossom (adapted from Londonderry Air), page 4; last two pages of St. Patrick's Day, pages 45-46; and the entire song, How Oft Has The Banshee Cried!, pages 47-48 *The book's copyright can be found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3: Musical compositions (United States: Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 1936), p.153. Complete copies have been offered on eBay and elsewhere, but this appears to be another uncommon title. From a Naugatuck, CT, estate. Other music-related items being listed are from the same estate. Smoke-free home.

Price: 22.5 USD

Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland

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