St Patricks Day Favorites Cigar Box Guitar Songbook Tablature Chords Lyrics For 35 Beloved Irish Songs Perfect For Celebrating St Patricks Day

This 136-page songbook contains 35 of the best-known and beloved Irish/Celtic songs and tunes, all arranged specifically for playing on 3-string cigar box guitars tuned to Open G GDG. The words and additional verses are included for all of the songs, along with chords and chord forms and as well short historical sketches. All of the songs are presented with multiple arrangements for different skill levels and vocal ranges. Ben Gitty writes: Irish music, and the people who play and sing it, have become a very special part of my life since I settled in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire. This book contains my favorite songs, all of them ones you would be very likely to hear on St. Patrick's Day in a great Irish pub. Speaking of Irish pubs, I have performed most of these on-stage in one or more of them! Playing these great Irish songs is easier than you ever believed, just follow the numbers above the words in the easy-to-play 3-string tablature format. This book was designed here at C. B. Gitty, with all tablature arranged by Ben "Gitty" Baker. The author includes how-to-play pages showing you how to read the tablature, read and use the chord forms, and how to approach playing the songs!Here is the list of songs included in this song book: All For Me Grog; Beer Beer Beer; Black Velvet Band; The Boys From the County Armagh; Brennan on the Moor; Courtin' in the Kitchen; Danny Boy; Finnegan's Wake; The Holy Ground; I'll Tell Me Ma; Irish Polka Tune Set (3 different tunes); The Irish Rover; Isn't It Grand Boys (Look At the Coffin); The Jug of Punch; The Maid of Fife (Irish Dragoons); The Mermaid; Molly Malone; The Moonshiner; Nancy Whiskey; The Parting Glass; The Rare Old Mountain Dew; The Rattlin' Bog; Reilly's Daughter; The Rising of the Moon; The Rocky Road to Dublin; Roddy McCorley; Seven Drunken Nights; Star of the County Down; Whiskey in the Jar; The Wild Colonial Boy; Wild Mountain Thyme; The Wild Rover