From the hopeful anticipation of Mary, do you fancy me? to the bitterness of Hag, you've killed me, this extraordinary compilation of Irish melodies runs the emotional gamut, with melancholy airs and sprightly reels aplenty. Its source material, The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, ranks among the most important 19th-century collections of traditional Irish music, with its song texts in both Irish and English, plus George Petrie's detailed notes about the music's origins. Out of print for many years, the Petrie Collection became an extremely rare and much sought-after collector's item; this new edition will bring the cherished old songs into the repertoire of any student or performer of traditional Irish music.
Reprint of the Pigott & Co., Dublin, 1877 edition.

Table of Contents for Ancient Irish Airs and Dances: 201 Classic Tunes Arranged for Piano

About the Cauldron
"Adieu, my lovely Peggy"
"Alas, O thou world's gem"
A little before day
Ancient Caoine
Acient Church Music
Ancient Clan March
Arran Air
Arranmore Air
Arranmore Boat Song
Arranmore Tune
Arthur of this town
Awhile as thou wert
Anonymous Airs-
No. 4
No. 6
No. 7
No. 12
No. 18
No. 42
No. 47
No. 70
No. 74
No. 75
No. 83
No. 89
No. 99
No. 104
No. 117
No. 124
No. 129
No. 139
No. 148
No. 156
No. 158
No. 161
No. 162
No. 168
No. 170
No. 176
No. 180
No. 183
No. 187
No. 188
Ballyvaughan
"Banks of Ahasnagh, The"
"Banks of the Daisies, The"
Beautiful Molly M'Keon
Beside the River Loune
Bessie of Dromore
Better let them alone
"Biddy, I'm not jesting"
Black Burke
Black-eyed Susan
"Brave Irish Lad, The"
Cahan O'Hara
Callino Casturame
Caoinan or Dirge
"Caoine, A"
"Caoine, A"
Cathleen
Clare Reel
Coady's Dream
Come sit down beside me
Connemara Air
"Cork Reel, A"
"Cork Reel, A"
Cradle Song
Cradle Song
Cradle Song
"Crooked Old Man, The"
Curly Locks
"Cutting of the Hay, The"
"Dear Eileen, I'm going to leave you"
"Deserter, The"
Donnell O'Daly
"Dumpe, The Irish"
"Erris Melody, An"
"Eagle's Whistle, The "
Emigrant Song
"Ewe with Crooked Horn, The"
Far beyond yon Mountain
Farewell
"Far, far down in the south of Luidach"
Fond Chloë
"Four Seasons, The"
"Gaol of Clonmel, The"
"Good Ship Planet, The"
"Gramachree, but I love you well"
"Great Mountain, The"
"Hag, you've killed me"
Handsome Molly Nugent
He knew yo
Her skin is like the lily
"Ho-Hoane, The Irish"
Hop Jig
"Hornless Cow, The"
I'd roam the world over with you
If I and my true love
If I'm alive in Ireland
I'll make my love a breast of glass
I lost my love
I'm a poor stranger
I'm a rover
I'm a young little girl
I'm lost without her
In Miltown I head the music
In the beginning of the Summer
"Irish lad's a jolly boy, The"
I shall leave this country
I will never deceive you
I will raise my sail
"I wish, I wish, but I wish in vain"
Jig
Jig
Jig
Johnny Cox
"Kerry Boys, The"
Knockreany
Lady Gordon's Minuet
"Lament, A"
"Lament, A"
"Lament, A Woman's, for the death of her hen"
"Lament, Carolan's, for Charles Maccabe"
Lament for Una M'Dermot
"Lament of William M'Peter, The"
Last night I dreamt of my own true love
Limerick Air
Little Donnel
"Little Red Lark, The"
"Lobster Pot, The"
Lovely Nancy
"Lover's Complaint, The"
Luggelaw
Luinneach-from Ossian's Poems
"Lullaby, A"
"Maiden Ray, The"
"Maids of Mourne Shore, The"
March Tune
Mayo Air
Molly Asthore
Molly my Jewel
Mor of Cloyne
"Moving Bog, The"
Munster Jig
My heart's love is he
My love he is tall although he is young
"My love, what is the reason you cannot fancy me?"
My wife is sick
My woe and my loss
Nurse's Tune
"Oh ! fair John, my love"
"Oh ! shrive me, Father"
"Oh, what shall I do with this silly old man ?"
"Old Coolin, The"
"O, Mary Asthore"
"O, Mary, thy laugh is sweet"
"O, my girl along with me"
One night I dreamed
"Open the door, love"
"O, whiskey, my dear"
Paddy Browne
Patrick Sarsfield
"Pearl of the fair poll of hair, The"
"Pearl of the Yellow Road, The"
"Plaint, A"
Planxty
Planxty by Carolan
Planxty Drew
Priests over the border
Red Regan and the Nun
"Reel, A"
"Reel, A"
Ree Raw
"Rose, with the snowy skin and raven hair"
Ross
"Roving Pedlar, The"
Savourneen Deelish
Scorching is this love
"Sheela, my love"
"Sigh, The"
"Sligo, Air"
Sligo Lullaby
"Soldier's Song, The"
"Song of Castle Hacket, A"
Song of the Ghost