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Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem
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About the artist

Thomas "Tommy" Makem (November 4, 1932 – August 1, 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem during the 1950s and 60s. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, guitar, tin whistle, and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as "The Bard of Armagh" (taken from a traditional song of the same name) and "The Godfather of Irish Music".

Top songs

  1. The Irish Rover
  2. Kitty Magee
  3. Courtin' in the Kitchen
  4. The Lowlands of Holland
  5. Mrs. Mcgrath
  6. The Cobbler
  7. O'Donnell Aboo
  8. The Butcher Boy
  9. Whiskey, You're The Devil - Live
  10. The Little Beggarman
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  1. Four Green Fields
  2. The Jug Of Punch - Live
  3. Irish Rover
  4. Red Is the Rose
  5. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
  6. Bold O'Donahue
  7. Gentle Annie
  8. Johnny I Hardly Knew You
  9. Johnny McEldoo
  10. As I Roved Out
  11. Farewell to Nova Scotia
  12. The Foggy Dew
  13. Mountain Dew
  14. The Moonshiner
  15. Boys From County Cork/Let Erin Remember (live) - Live
  16. Roddy McCorley
  17. South Australia
  18. The Rising of the Moon
  19. Over the Hills
  20. Waltzing With Bears
  21. Blow Ye Winds
  22. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - 2022 Remaster
  23. The Wild Colonial Boy
  24. The Old Orange Flute
  25. Red Is The Rose - 2022 Remaster
  26. Farewell to Carlingford
  27. The Dutchman
  28. The Dawning Of The Day - 2022 Remaster
  29. Irish Rover - Live
  30. Finnigan's Wake
  31. When The Ship Comes In
  32. The Dutchman - 2022 Remaster
  33. The Wild Rover
  34. Canada My Own Land
  35. The Black Velvet Band
  36. The Parting Glass
  37. Courting In The Kitchen
  38. Brennan on the Moor
  39. Tim Finnegan's Wake
  40. The Rambles of Spring
  41. Fare Thee Well Enniskillen
  42. I'll Tell My Ma
  43. The Whistling Gypsy
  44. Whiskey You're the Devil
  45. Whiskey, You're the Devil
  46. The Leaving Of Liverpool
  47. Bold Thady Quill
  48. The Boys of Killybegs
  49. The Bard of Armagh
  50. The Connemara Cradle Song
  51. Erie Canal
  52. Holy Ground - Live
  53. I'll Tell Me Ma
  54. The Month Of January
  55. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
  56. The Jug of Punch
  57. Finnegan's Wake
  58. Winds of Morning
  59. A Jug of Punch
  60. Henry Joy
  61. Leatherwing Bat
  62. A Place in the Choir
  63. The Maid Of The Sweet Brown Knowe
  64. The Stuttering Lovers - Bonus Track
  65. The Real Old Mountain Dew
  66. The Work Of The Weavers
  67. Whatever You Say, Say Nothing - Live - 2022 Remaster
  68. Wild Colonial Boy
  69. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
  70. The Boys of Killibegs
  71. (Down By The Glenn) The Bold Fenian Men
  72. The Minstrel Boy
  73. Nell Flaherty's Drake
  74. The Rare Auld Mountain Dew
  75. All for Me Grog
  76. Crúiscín Lán
  77. The Men Of The West
  78. Willie McBride
  79. Galway Bay
  80. The Band played Waltzing Matilda
  81. The Stuttering Lovers
  82. The Cobbler - Bonus Track
  83. Johny McEldoo [*]
  84. The Finnegan's Wake
  85. Sally O
  86. Mick McGuire
  87. Whack Fol the Diddle
  88. Johnson's Motor Car
  89. True Love And Time
  90. The Winds Are Singing Freedom

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