- The Irish Rovers【 9 albums 73 lyrics 】
- The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians, half of whom now[when?] live in Canada. Formed in 1963 and named after the traditional song 'The Irish Rover' they are best known for their international television series, contributing to the popularisation of Irish Music in North America, and for the songs 'The Unicorn', 'Drunken Sailor', 'Wasn't That a Party', 'The Orange and the Green', 'Whiskey on a Sunday', 'Lily the Pink' and 'The Black Velvet Band'.
The primary voices heard in the group's early songs were Will Millar (tenor), Jimmy Ferguson (baritone), George Millar and Joe Millar, and in the last twenty years, also John Reynolds and Ian Millar. Wilcil McDowell's accordion has been a signature sound of the band throughout their more than fifty years.
All but one of the band members are from Ireland. Founding member George Millar and his cousin Ian are both from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, original member Wilcil McDowell is from Larne, Northern Ireland, Sean O'Driscoll from Cork, Gerry O'Connor from Dundalk, with Morris Crum from Carnlough and percussionist Fred Graham from Belfast. Flute and whistle player Geoffrey Kelly was born in Dumfries, Scotland.
In the 1980s, the group briefly renamed itself The Rovers. During this period, their 'Wasn't That a Party' led to crossover success in the country rock genre.
The Irish Rovers have represented Canada at five World Expos. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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The Unicorn
1999
1.Black Velvet Band
2.Bridget Flynn
3.Goodbye Mrs. Durkin
4.Hiring Fair5.The First Love In Life
6.The Orange And The Green
7.The Unicorn -
Greatest Hits
1999
1.Lily the Pink -
Live In Concert
1.Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
2.Three Jolly Rogues3.Dan O'hara (Live) -
Home in Ireland
1.The Boys of Belfast (Live)
2.Ireland Boys Hurrah (Live)
3.Dear Little Shamrock Shore
4.The Deep Blue Sea (Live)5.Let the Toast Go Round (Live)
6.A Long Time Ago (Live)
7.The Unicorn (Live) -
Gracehill Fair
1.Ireland Boys Hurrah
2.The Boys of Killybegs
3.Drink, Sing and Be Jolly4.Gracehill Fair
5.And the Sun It Still Rises -
Drunken Sailor
1.Drunken Sailor
2.The Titanic
3.Pleasant and Delightful
4.Across the Western Sea
5.Dear Ould Ireland6.All For Me Grog
7.Sweet Anne
8.Cruising 'round Yarmouth
9.Whores and Hounds
10.The Dublin Pub Crawl -
50th Anniversary Live on St Patrick's Day
1.The Irish Rover (Live)
2.Whores and Hounds (Live)
3.Black Velvet Band (Live)
4.The Orange and the Green (Live)
5.Lily the Pink (Live)6.Whiskey in the Jar (Live)
7.The Dublin Pub Crawl (Live)
8.The Titanic (Live)
9.Patsy Fagan (Live)
10.Drunken Sailor (Live) -
40 Years a-Rovin'
1.Toor-I-Ah
2.Mingulay Boat Song3.Haul Away Joe
4.Kellswater -
Miscellaneous
1.The Biplane, Evermore
2.Wasn't that a Party
3.The Drunken Sailor
4.Years May Come, Years May Go
5.Farewell to Nova Scotia
6.Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
7.The Scottsman
8.the wild rovers
9.Teddy Bear's Picnic
10.A Hug or Two
11.Winken Blinken and Nod
12.God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13.My Old Man's a Dustman14.Dunluce Castle
15.Kitty the Rose of Kilrea
16.Weigh, Hey and Up She Rises
17.Fiddler's Green
18.The Gypsy
19.Brady of Strabane
20.Rambling Boys of Pleasure
21.Good Luck to the Barleymow
22.Puff the Magic Dragon
23.We Wish You a Merry Christmas
24.Away in a Manger
25.The Jolly Roving Tar
26.Come Fill Up Your Glasses
【Correction of errors in the album information】