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Britain’s oldest colony…. Lots of anti-Irish songs were written for the music halls, some gently mocking, some less so. Often taken up by Irish traditional singers anyway ….<\/td><\/tr>
Agricultural Irish Girl, The<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Barney Brallaghan\u2019s courtship<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Billy Johnson\u2019s Ball<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Billy O\u2019Rourke<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Cassidy \u2013 Private Michael Cassidy<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Cockles and Mussels<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Darby McGuire<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Delaney’s Chicken<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Englishman, Irishman and Scotchman, The<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Four-and-Nine<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Grandfather Brian<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
How Paddy stole the rope<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
If you\u2019re Irish come into the parlour<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Irish Wedding, The<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Lannigan\u2019s Ball<\/a>
Learning McFadden to waltz<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Limerick Races<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Little Annie Rooney<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Maggie Murphy\u2019s Home<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Miss Fogarty\u2019s Christmas Cake<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Miss Mulligan\u2019s Homemade Pie<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Muirsheen Durkin\/ Diggin\u2019 lumps of Gold<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
No Irish need apply<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Nora Magee<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Paddy\u2019s Dream<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Paddy McGinty\u2019s Goat<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pat of Mullingar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pat works on the railway<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Peggy O\u2019Neil<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Rocky road to Dublin<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Stone outside Dan Murphy\u2019s door, The<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Teddy O\u2019Neale<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ten minutes too late<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
That old fashioned mother of mine<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Waterford boys (The)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Wedding of Biddy McGrane (The)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
When they ask you what your name is<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Where the grass grows green<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Whistling Thief, The<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n
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