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Derek Warfield【 19 songs in total 】
Derek Warfield (born 15 September 1943) is an Irish singer, songwriter, historian, and a founding member of the musical group The Wolfe Tones.

Career

Derek Warfield is a singer, songwriter, mandolin player and a founding member of the Wolfe Tones, performing with the band for over 37 years. He has written and recorded over 60 songs and ballads. The Foggy Dew was the first of 16 albums recorded by the Wolfe Tones (1964) while the popular Sing Out For Ireland (1987) was the last studio album that all four members were present on.

A solo album, Legacy was released in 1995 and was followed with Liberte’ ‘98, Sons of Erin, Take Me Home To Mayo and Clear The Way. Warfield also has a video Legacy and two books, The Songs and Ballads of 1798 and The Irish Songster of the American Civil War.

Warfield has performed his music and songs at American Civil War events and commemorations at such sites as Gettysburg, Sharpsburg and Harrisburg with his band, The Sons of Erin. Warfield’s 2002 release, Clear the Way is the second in his Irish Songs in the Civil War series.

The ballad “Take Me Home To Mayo”, written by Belfastman Seamus Robinson as a tribute to Michael Gaughan, was recorded as a duet with Irish American Andy Cooney and is the title track of another 2002 Warfield release.

In March 2006, Warfield released his 9th solo album, a 36 song double CD of Irish songs.

Derek now tours with his new band, Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones.
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  Song Lyricist Composer Date
1 A Nation Once Again     2009
2 Ballad of General Shields      
3 Celtic Symphony.      
4 Dixieland     2009
5 Finnegans Wake      
6 Four Leaf Clover      
7 I'll Speak To Gran      
8 Irish American Soldier     2009
9 Let The People Sing      
10 NYPD Honours Irelands Sons      
11 The Bivouac of the Dead     2009
12 The Bonnie Blue Flag     2009
13 The Fields of Athenry      
14 The Hunley     2009
15 The Man from Mullingar      
16 The Men Behind the Wire      
17 The Southern Wagon     2009
18 The wearing of the gray      
19 Was My Brother in the Battle