63 Irish songs, part 2 (nos. 30-59) for one, two or three voices, violin, violoncello and piano WoO 153

Listening samples

Nr. 30 I dream'd I lay where flow'rs were springing

Nr. 31 The hero may perish

Nr. 32 Sad and luckless was the season

Nr. 33 O soothe me, my lyre

Nr. 34 By the side of the Shannon

Nr. 35 Farewell mirth and hilarity: Norah of Balamagairy

Nr. 36 The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left

Nr. 37 The Soldier

Nr. 38 Oh! Thou hapless soldier

Nr. 39 The Elfin Fairies

Nr. 40 When far from the home

Nr. 41 I'll praise the saints with early song

Nr. 42 Put round the bright wine

Nr. 43 The Wandering Minstrel

Nr. 44 'Tis sunshine at last

Nr. 45 O who, my dear Dermot

Nr. 46 The pulse of an Irishman

Nr. 47 Paddy O'Rafferty

Nr. 48 O would I were but that sweet linnet!

Nr. 49 'Tis but in vain, for nothing thrives

Nr. 50 Save me from the grave and wise

Nr. 51 A health to the brave

Nr. 52 He promised me at parting

Nr. 53 O might I but my Patrick love!

Nr. 54 Come, Darby dear! easy, be easy

Nr. 55 The Soldier in a Foreign Land

Nr. 56 No more, my Mary, I sigh for splendour

Nr. 57 Judy, lovely matchless creature

Nr. 58 Thy ship must sail, my Henry dear

Nr. 59 The Farewell Song

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Composition

Nos. 30, 38, 41, 47 and 49: 1810, no. 48: 1812, nos. 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40 in two versions, second version of no. 41, nos. 42, 45, 46, 50 and 52-59 as well as the second vesions of nos. 30, 48 and 49: late 1812-early 1813, nos. 32, 34, 37, 43 and 51: turn of the year 1814/15, no. 44: September-October 1815

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