|
Title: RE: What Is Your Favored Celtic Woman Song Post by: Larry on May 14, 2009, 07:03:42 PM Many but to narrow it down to two I'd say She Moved Through The Fair and Danny Boy.
A bit of info on the song Danny Boy from what I've found onlne (printed here by permission): "To begin with, Danny Boy is one of over 100 songs composed to the same tune. The author was an English lawyer, Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929), who was also a songwriter and radio entertainer. In 1910 he wrote the words and music for an unsuccessful song he called Danny Boy. In 1912 his sister-in-law in America sent him a tune called the Londonderry Air which he had never heard before. He immediately noticed that the melody was perfectly fitted to his Danny Boy lyrics, and published a revised version of the song in 1913. As far as is known, Weatherly never set foot in Ireland." Title: Re: RE: What Is Your Favored Celtic Woman Song Post by: rick on April 04, 2010, 11:47:20 AM This is hard because there are so many great songs by the Celtic Woman. But up there near the top is The Soft Goodbye. I just love the harmony and Lisa, Chloë and Méav just perfect the song.
|