As I Roved Out ~ Traditional
Banks Of Sicily ~ Hamish Henderson (V)
The Beginning ~ Tom Paxton
Biddy Mulligan ~ Seamus Kavanagh
Blackleg Miner ~ Traditional (V)
Bluenose ~ Michael Stanbury (V)
Bold O'Donoghue ~ Traditional (V)
The Bonavist' Line ~ Traditional
The Bonny Ship The Diamond ~ Traditional (V)
The Boston Burglar ~ Traditional (V)
Brand New Song ~ Dermot O'Reilly
Brigid Flynn ~ Percy French
Butcher Boy ~ Traditional
By The Bright Silvery Light Of The Moon ~ J.W. Turner (V)
Candlelight And Wine ~ Dermot O'Reilly (V)
Cape Breton Lullaby ~ Kenneth Leslie
Carrickfergus ~ Traditional (V)
Chastity Belt ~ Traditional (V)
A Children's Winter ~ Dermot O'Reilly (V)
Cliffs Of Baccalieu ~ Jack Withers (V)
Coal Town Road ~ Allister MacGillivray (V)
Cock O' The North ~ MIDI File Only
Cod Liver Oil ~ Traditional (V)
Come By The Hills ~ Gordon Smith (V)
Come To The Bower ~ Traditional
Connemara By The Lake ~ Traditional (V)
Coorie Doon (The Miner's Lullaby) ~ Matt McGinn (V)
The Cross On Spancil Hill ~ Michael Considine (V)
Curragh Of Kildare ~ Traditional (V)
Danny Boy ~ Frederick E. Weatherly (V)
Dark As A Dungeon ~ Merle Travis (V)
Dark Island ~ David Silver (V)
Delaney's Donkey ~ William Hargreaves (V)
Down By The Liffeyside ~ Peader Kearney
Drunken Sailor ~ Traditional (V)
Dublin In The Rare Old Times ~ Pete St. John (V)
Every Time ~ Tom Paxton
Far Away In Australia ~ D.Warfield/T.Byrne (V)
Fare Thee Well Enniskillen ~ Traditional (V)
Farewell To Carlingford ~ Tommy Makem (V)
Farewell To Nova Scotia ~ Traditional (V)
Farewell To Tarwathie ~ George Scroggie
Fella From Fortune ~ Traditional (V)
Fhir A' Bhàta ~ Jane Finlayson
Finnegan's Wake ~ Traditional (V)
Flower Of Sweet Strabane ~ Traditional
Gallant Forty Twa ~ Traditional (V)
Galway City ~ Traditional
The Galway Shawl ~ Traditional
The German Clockwinder ~ Traditional (V)
Glimpse Of Heaven ~ Dave Cousins (V)
Go To Sea No More ~ Traditional
Good Bye Mick ~ Traditional (V)
The Greenland Whale Fisheries ~ Traditional (V)
Harbour Le Cou ~ Jack Dodd (V)
The Hills Of Glenswilly ~ Mick McGinley
Home, Boys, Home ~ Traditional (V)
I Followed Her Into The West ~ Tom Paxton (V)
I'm A Rover ~ Traditional (V)
The Irish Rover ~ Traditional (V)
I'se Da Bye ~ Traditional (V)
The Island Song ~ Kenzie MacNeil
Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor ~ Traditional (V)
Jackie Tar ~ Traditional (V)
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya ~ Traditional (V)
The Labrador Song ~ Dermot O'Reilly
The Lark In The Morning ~ Traditional (V)
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream ~ Ed McCurdy (V)
Leaving London ~ Tom Paxton (V)
A Lesson Too Late For The Learning ~ Tom Paxton (V)
Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's ~ Otto Kelland (V)
Life Of The Country Boy ~ Traditional (V)
Little Darling ~ Hughie Clark (V)
Looking Back ~ Allister MacGillivray (V)
Manchester Rambler ~ Ewan MacColl (V)
The Miner's Lullaby (Coorie Doon) ~ Matt McGinn (V)
Mingulay Boat Song ~ Traditional (V)
The Minstrel Boy ~ Thomas Moore
Mist Covered Mountains Of Home ~ John Allan Cameron (V)
Mist Upon A Morning ~ Dermot O'Reilly (V)
Molly Bawn ~ John K Casey (V)
Muirsheen Durkin ~ Traditional
Mussels In The Corner ~ Traditional (V)
Nancy Whiskey ~ Traditional (V)
Newport Town ~ Michael Burke
The Night That Paddy Murphy Died ~ Johnny Burke (V)
The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen ~ Mel & Mary Webb (V)
Now I'm Sixty-Four ~ Traditional (V)
Old Johnny Bucher ~ Traditional
Paddy On The Railway ~ Traditional (V)
Peat Bog Soldiers ~ W.Langhoff/J.Esser (V)
Peggy Gordon ~ Traditional
Peter Amberly ~ John Calhoun (V)
Rattlin' Roarin' Willie ~ Robert Burns (V)
The Rocks Of Bawn ~ Traditional (V)
The Rocks Of Merasheen ~ Al Pittman (V)
The Rocky Road To Dublin ~ Traditional (V)
Róísín Dubh ~ Traditional
Rose Of Mooncoin ~ Watt Murphy
Ryans And Pittmans ~ W.H.Le Messurier (V)
A Sailor Courted A Farmer's Daughter ~ Traditional
Sea People ~ Allister MacGillivray
Seven Old Ladies ~ Traditional (V)
The Ship Is Ready To Sail Away ~ Traditional
So Long, It's Been Good To Know Ya ~ Woody Guthrie (V)
Sonny's Dream ~ Ron Hynes (V)
South Australia ~ Traditional (V)
Star Of Logy Bay ~ Mark Walker (V)
The Streets Of London ~ Ralph McTell (V)
The Swallow's Tale (Reel) ~ MIDI File Only
Sweet Forget Me Not ~ Bobby Newcomb
This Land Is Your Land ~ Woody Guthrie
Tie Me Down ~ Allister MacGillivray (V)
The Tiree Love Song ~ Traditional
Towersy Fair ~ J.Conolly/B.Meek
Trinity Cake ~ Traditional (V)
Twenty-One Years ~ Bob Miller (V)
The Vale Of Margaree
West Country Lady ~ Dermot O'Reilly (V)
The West's Awake ~ Thomas Davis (V)
Whiskey In The Jar ~ Traditional (V)
Wild Goose ~ Wade Hemsworth (CBC)
Will You Go, Lassie ~ Jimmy McPeake (V)
Willie McBride ~ Eric Bogle (V)
The Wreck Of The Anna Maria ~ Traditional (V)
Yarmouth Town ~ Traditional (V)



Biographical Notes

Denis Ryan, Dermot O'Reilly, and Fergus O'Byrne
received the Dr. Helen Creighton [1899-1989] 2004 Lifetime
Achievement Award at the East Coast Music Awards:

#39: YouTube video by kelticknots ©2007.
   ~ Used with permission ~

Special thanks to Chris Chaulk for transcribing most of
these songs from his Ryan's Fancy recordings collection.

Liner notes -- Songs From The Shows (Avalon Music ©2001):
"Ryan's Fancy's arrival in Newfoundland was a pivotal event in the emergence of modern Newfoundland culture. As the trio played to packed houses night after night in the Strand Lounge in St. John's, young Newfoundlanders re-discovered traditional music. It was the music that their parents and grandparents had played and sung and danced to; music that for more than a generation had been deemed un-cool but was still very much alive at kitchen parties or parlour times. Ryan's Fancy popularized the traditional music and dragged it kicking and screaming out of the closet for the enjoyment of all. The momentum generated by their arrival has not stopped: The Irish Descendants, The Punters, The Fables, Great Big Sea, and others, all credit Ryan's Fancy with lighting the spark."
~ Jack Kellum, Executive Producer Performance Programs,
CBC Television, Halifax, Nova Scotia.