The Irish Songbook (Vocal Songbooks): 75 Songs (Songs collected , adapted and have been sung by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem ; The Irish Echo)

A great source for Irish music

I have actually had this book for some time but my old copy was damaged. I use it enough that I chose to replace it. If you are looking at this book then you should pretty much already know what it is. It is a collection of sheet music with lyrics and guitar chords for many of the Clancy Brothers songs. Not much else to say about it.

This is a very good songbook, but much more serious than I required. Several of the songs were in Gaelic, and could not be used for my purpose. I did return the book, not because it was not good it just was not right for me.

i bought it as a gift, have no comment about it. thanks

It is nice to have the words to many of my favorite Clancy Brothers and Tommy Maken songs written down where hopefully I can memorize them.

Not necessarily familiar with all of them and they aren't necessarily the easiest chords to play. I don't know that I would recommend it for a beginner. Also there are a couple songs that don't have chords, so one should know how to read music.Your mileage may vary...

It is well done. Melodies are there. Good history.

If you ever listen to The Clancy Brothers (and who wouldn't?) this is the songbook for you, although a few classics are missing. The children love them, as do the grownups.

To learn the songs in the book

Brilliant.