Did Your Mother Come From Ireland / Various Did Your Mother Come From Ireland / Various CD

This CD features an inspirational set of songs and narration's which should bring a warm smile to any Irish man or woman and would make an excellent gift on St. Patrick's Day. Featuring singers Bing Crosby, Maureen O'Hara, Anne Shelton, Michael O'Duffy, Brendan O'Dowda, John McCormack and W. B. Yeats the great Irish poet reading The Lake Isle of Innisfree and Coole And Ballylee, and President John F. Kennedy giving a farewell speech on leaving Shannon airport and Ireland where his family had so many connections. You'll adore this if you're Irish, but all who hear it will be charmed by these songs and readings in tribute to the Emerald Isle: "How Can You Buy Killarney?, " "Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?" Bing Crosby, "Come Back to Erin" Maureen O'Hara, "With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" Anne Shelton, "The Old House" John McCormack, "Bridget Donohue" Michael O'Duffy and more including John F. Kennedy's June 29, 1963 speech upon leaving Shannon Airport and W.B. Yeats reading "The Lake Isle of Inisfree and Coole and Ballylee"! Sounds of Yesteryear.

1. Did Your Mother Come from Ireland? - Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra and the King's Men 2. Come Back to Erin - Maureen O Hara with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra 3. With My Shillelagh Under My Arm - Anne Shelton with Wally Stott, His Orchestra and Chorus 4. The Bard of Armagh - Bill Shepherd and His Orchestra 5. Whistlin' Phil McHugh - Brendan O'Dowda with Philip Green and His Orchestra 6. The Old House - John McCormack with Gerald Moore, Piano 7. How Can You Buy Killarney? - Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra 8. A Kerry Cow - Maureen O'Hara with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra 9. Down By the Glenside - Anne Shelton with Wally Stott and His Orchestra 10. Bridget Donohue - Michael O'Duffy with Bill Shepherd, His Orchestra and Chorus 11. The Emigrant's Letter - Brendan O'Dowda with Philip Green and Orchestra 12. Off to Philadelphia - John McCormack with Gerald Moore, Piano 13. The Isle of Innisfree - Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 14. The Lake Isle of Innisfree and Coole and Ballylee Read By w. B. Yeats 15. It's True That the Women Are Worse Than the Men - Maureen O'Hara with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra 16. Little Town in the Ould County Down - Anne Shelton with Wally Stott, His Orchestra and Chorus 17. The Old Boreen - Michael O'Duffy with Bill Shepherd, His Orchestra and Chorus 18. Gortnamona - Brendan O'Dowda with Philip Green and His Orchestra 19. The Star of the County Down - John McCormack with Gerald Moore, Pianist 20. Beal Na Mblath - Unknown Singer 21. The Meeting of the Waters - John McCormack with Gerald Moore, Pianist 22. I'm Going to Be Married on Sunday - Maureen O'Hara with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra 23. There's No Song Like An Irish Song - Anne Shelton with Wally Stott, His Orchestra and Chorus 24. Phil, the Fluter's Ball - Brendan O'Dowda with Philip Green and His Orchestra 25. Where the River Shannon Flows - Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra and the King's Men 26. Speech on Leaving Shannon Airport By President John F. Kennedy, June 29th 1963