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Mick Ryan |
Song Books Vol.s 1 & 2 |
Click on Mick and Pete to go to the Mick Ryan & Pete Harris page | |
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Volume I has been reprinted May 2008! |
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Folk on Tap Book review - Book 1
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Click the book cover to go to the song book contents. |
Mick Ryan (right) with accompanist Pete Harris. | ||
The Song Book Volume 2 |
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For Mick's folk-musical The Navvy's Wife click here
Note that songs from this musical are in Vol 2 |
Vol. 1 |
Contents Vol. 1 |
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| Preface | ||
| Notes to the songs | ||
Miscellaneous Songs Love is Life Long Hard Season. Desperate Dan Down Among the Dead Men The Man I Killed Willy Worrel The Cause The Wagon of the Lord The Widow's Promise |
Songs from A Day's Work Flanders Tommy Prince of Peace The Foe The Lark Above the Downs |
Songs from The Voyage The Leaving Time When We Take 'Em Over Sailing West Green Island How Deep's the Sea? Reprisals I Won't Take That Lying Down Voices from the Past |
In standard notation with guitar chords.
Edited by Stephen Kenyon.
| If you were hoping to purchase a copy of the books from this site, please call the publishers on 01305 257099, or email. |
Book 1 is £8.00 per copy plus £1.00 p&p in the UK. Book 2 is £10.00 per copy plus £1.00 p&p in the UK. The address is at the foot of this page. Cheques payable to 'S. Kenyon' please.Get in touch for postage overseas. |
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Book ReviewFolk on Tap Winter 2000 page 57Over the years many of us have become familiar with the songs of local lad Mick Ryan, whether sung solo, in partnership with Pete Harris, or from his songwriting collaborations with Graham Moore. I first met him when we both performed in the Foc's'le Folk Club's production of Peter Bellamy's "The Transports" and was impressed by his thorough professionalism and his attention to detail, talents that have rubbed off on his songwriting. Gathered here in one volume for the first time are the fruits of his labours and a fine publications of work it turns out to be with the lyrics and tunes clearly laid out with the chord sequences given too. His writing covers a wide spectrum but always contains a very real human dimension, whether it be humorous as in "Desperate Dan" or thought-provoking as in "The Man I Killed". The human condition is a constant source of inspiration to him with a strong anti-war current running throughout. Reading the lyrics aloud you realise Mick is a fine lyricist regardless of the subject. This coupled with an incisive wit and excellent tunes lift the songs out of the ordinary. Unsurprisingly his songs have been covered many times by other performers: indeed only recently I've reviewed The Poozies who perform "The Widow's Promise" although they call it "The Widow" and also Damien Barber who has recorded "The Man I Killed", although he too gives it the wrong title of "My Enemy". So clearly this volume has two purposes, one is to get more artists performing his work, and the other is to get them to give the song's correct title! Phil Hugill |
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