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The Kelligrew’s Soiree

This tune was written by a fellow named Johnny Burke. It’s a Newfoundland song in an Irish tradition. Here’s one version of the lyrics: You may talk of Clara Nolan’s Ball or anything you choose, But it couldn’t hold a snuffbox to the spree at… Read More

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Navajo Rug

When we were out at the opera the other night, somebody said something about that old song, you know the one that has ay yi yi in it…not whoopitiyi-o, ay yi yi, and the song was Navajo Rug. C. had heard it somewhere but couldn’t… Read More