As I Roved Out (Traditional)
Banks Of Sicily ~ Hamish Henderson
The Beginning ~ Tom Paxton
Biddy Mulligan ~ Seamus Kavanagh
Bold O'Donoghue ~ Traditional
The Bonavist' Line ~ Traditional
The Boston Burglar ~ Traditional
Brand New Song ~ Dermot O'Reilly
Brigid Flynn ~ Percy French
Butcher Boy ~ Traditional
By The Bright Silvery Light Of The Moon ~ J.W.Turner
Candlelight And Wine ~ Dermot O'Reilly
Cape Breton Lullaby ~ Kenneth Leslie
Carrick Fergus ~ Traditional
Chastity Belt ~ Traditional
A Children's Winter ~ Dermot O'Reilly
Cliffs Of Baccalieu ~ Jack Withers
Coal Town Road ~ Allister MacGillivray
Cock O' The North ~ MIDI File Only
Come By The Hills ~ Gordon Smith
Come To The Bower ~ Traditional
Connemara By The Lake ~ Traditional
The Cross On Spancil Hill ~ Michael Considine
Curragh Of Kildare ~ Robert Burns
Danny Boy ~ Frederick E. Weatherly
Dark As A Dungeon ~ Merle Travis
Dark Island ~ David Silver
Delaney's Donkey ~ William Hargreaves
Down By The Liffeyside ~ Peader Kearney
Dublin In The Rare Old Times ~ Pete St. John
Every Time ~ Tom Paxton
Far Away In Australia ~ D.Warfield/T.Byrne
Fare Thee Well Enniskillen ~ Traditional
Farewell To Carlingford ~ Tommy Makem
Farewell To Nova Scotia ~ Traditional
Farewell To Tarwathie ~ George Scroggie
Fella From Fortune ~ Traditional
Fhir A' Bhàta ~ Jane Finlayson
Finnegan's Wake ~ Traditional
Flower Of Sweet Strabane ~ Traditional
Gallant Forty Twa ~ Traditional
Galway City ~ Traditional
The Galway Shawl ~ Traditional
The German Clockwinder ~ Traditional
Go To Sea No More ~ Traditional
Good Bye Mick ~ Traditional
Harbour Le Cou ~ Jack Dodd
The Hills Of Glenswilly ~ Mick McGinley
Home, Boys, Home ~ Traditional
I Followed Her Into The West ~ Tom Paxton
I'm A Rover ~ Traditional
I'se Da Bye ~ Traditional
The Island Song ~ Kenzie MacNeil
Jacky Tar ~ Traditional
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye ~ Traditional
The Labrador Song ~ Dermot O'Reilly
The Lark In The Morning ~ Traditional
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream ~ Ed McCurdy
Leaving London ~ Tom Paxton
A Lesson Too Late For The Learning ~ Tom Paxton
Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's ~ Otto Kelland
Manchester Rambler ~ Ewan MacColl
The Miner's Lullaby ~ Matt McGinn
Mingulay Boat Song ~ Traditional
The Minstrel Boy ~ Thomas Moore
Mist Covered Mountains Of Home ~ John Allan Cameron
Mist Upon A Morning ~ Dermot O'Reilly
Molly Bawn ~ John K Casey
Muirsheen Durkin ~ Traditional
Nancy Whiskey ~ Traditional
Newport Town ~ Michael Burke
The Night That Paddy Murphy Died ~ Johnny Burke
The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen ~ Mel & Mary Webb
Now I'm Sixty-Four ~ Traditional
Old Johnny Bucher ~ Traditional
Paddy On The Railway ~ Traditional
Peat Bog Soldiers ~ W.Langhoff/J.Esser
Peggy Gordon ~ Traditional
Peter Amberly ~ John Calhoun
The Rocks Of Bawn ~ Traditional
The Rocks Of Merasheen ~ Al Pittman
The Rocky Road To Dublin ~ Traditional
Róísín Dubh ~ Traditional
Rose Of Mooncoin ~ Watt Murphy
Ryans And Pittmans ~ W.H.Le Messurier
A Sailor Courted A Farmer's Daughter ~ Traditional
Sea People ~ Allister MacGillivray
Seven Old Ladies ~ Traditional
The Ship Is Ready To Sail Away ~ Traditional
Sonny's Dream ~ Ron Hynes
South Australia ~ Traditional
Star Of Logy Bay ~ Mark Walker
The Streets Of London ~ Ralph McTell
The Swallow's Tale (Reel) ~ MIDI File Only
Sweet Forget Me Not ~ Bobby Newcomb
This Land Is Your Land ~ Woody Guthrie
Tie Me Down ~ Allister MacGillivray
The Tiree Love Song ~ Traditional
Towersy Fair ~ J.Conolly/B.Meek
Twenty-One Years ~ Bob Miller
The Vale Of Margaree
West Country Lady ~ Dermot O'Reilly
The West's Awake ~ Thomas Davis
Whiskey In The Jar ~ Traditional
Wild Goose ~ Wade Hemsworth
Will You Go Lassie ~ Jimmy McPeake
Willie McBride ~ Eric Bogle
The Wreck Of The Anna Maria ~ Traditional
Yarmouth Town ~ Traditional



Biographical Notes

Denis Ryan, Dermot O'Reilly, and Fergus O'Byrne
received the Dr. Helen Creighton [1899-1989] 2004 Lifetime
Achievement Award at the East Coast Music Awards:

U-Tube video of East Coast Music Award by
Kelticknots ©2007. Used with permission.

Special thanks to Chris Chaulk for transcribing many of
these songs from his Ryan's Fancy recordings collection.

Liner notes -- Songs From The Shows (Avalon Music ©2001):
"Ryan's Fancy's arrival in Newfoundland was a pivotal event in the emergence of modern Newfoundland culture. As the trio played to packed houses night after night in the Strand Lounge in St. John's, young Newfoundlanders re-discovered traditional music. It was the music that their parents and grandparents had played and sung and danced to; music that for more than a generation had been deemed un-cool but was still very much alive at kitchen parties or parlour times. Ryan's Fancy popularized the traditional music and dragged it kicking and screaming out of the closet for the enjoyment of all. The momentum generated by their arrival has not stopped: The Irish Descendants, The Punters, The Fables, Great Big Sea, and others, all credit Ryan's Fancy with lighting the spark."
~ Jack Kellum, Executive Producer Performance Programs,
CBC Television, Halifax, Nova Scotia.