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Are Ye Right There Michael is a song by the 19th-century and early 20th-century Irish composer and musician Percy French, parodying the state of the West Clare Railway system in rural County Clare. It was inspired by an actual train journey in 1896.
The implementation of chords using particular tunings is a defining part of the literature on guitar chords, which is omitted in the abstract musical-theory of chords for all instruments. For example, in the guitar (like other stringed instruments but unlike the piano ), open-string notes are not fretted and so require less hand-motion.
Open E tuning is a tuning for guitar: low to high, E-B-E-G ♯-B-E. [1] Compared to standard tuning, two strings are two semitones higher and one string is one semitone higher. The intervals are identical to those found in open D tuning. In fact, it is common for players to keep their guitar tuned to open d and place a capo over the second fret.
"Closer to Fine" is a folk single by Indigo Girls, an American songwriting duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The single, released in 1989 from their eponymous second album, was written by Saliers. The song primarily speaks to the search for meaning in life. "Closer to Fine" was reviewed favorably, and appeared in the 2023 film Barbie.
J'attendrai" (French for "I will wait" [1]) is a popular French song first recorded by Rina Ketty in 1938. It became the big French song during World War II ; a counterpart to Lale Andersen 's " Lili Marleen " in Germany and Vera Lynn 's " We'll Meet Again " in Britain.
Pages in category "French songs" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 250 (song) A. À toi;
Lucienne Delyle recorded a version in 1952 with French lyrics. A 1952 arrangement of "Charmaine" by Billy May and His Orchestra reached # 17 on the Billboard charts. The single was May's biggest hit under his own name. [5] Shel Talmy produced the Bachelors' 1963 version with Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar and Jimmy Page on guitar. It was their ...
"Danny Boy" – one of the most popular Ireland-related songs, though the lyrics were written by an Englishman and only later set to an Irish tune [58] "Easy and Slow" – a Dublin song of somewhat constant innuendo [24] "Eileen Oge" – by Percy French, also played as a reel [59] "The Ferryman" – by Pete St. John, set in Dublin