Saint Patrick's Day Production

Irish Flute
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A new pub has opened up in Keyser WV, my home town. They asked me to put on a Saint Patrick’s Day shindig. I conjured a violinist, I have a guitarist who can switch to banjo. I do the ‘bones’ and a wee bit of flute and whistle. I have 3 or 4 college voice students. Can someone suggest some web sites to get lyrics and scores. I have Finale 2002 software so I can download midi files and change them into sheet music. And the voice students have the software also so I can email the scores to them.

There are no instrumentalist in town who play in the traditional Irish jenre so I cannot have a session. We will just have to play and sing some of the old favorites that Americans are used to hearing.

Also I need suggestions from others how have done this before and have made the mistakes I will make, already.

If you have any sheet music to mail, send to:
Nelson McAvoy
Route 6 Box 6514
Keyser, West Virginia
26726 USA
(304) 788-0728

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Some well known songs with Midis here

http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/

Another site with loads of lyrics but no scores or midis but most of the songs here are very well known so somebody in your little band should know the melodies

http://home.t-online.de/home/Donegal-Danny/lyrics.htm

Heres a few more links that should get you started

http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/music/irish/

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/dubliners6611.html

If you have any problems, PM me and I might be able to point you in the right direction.

Slan,
D.