Golden Bough's Program (10/26)

As promised, here's the program from Golden Bough's performance on Monday night (10/26) for the North Orange County Community Concerts Association.

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Golden Bough: Margie Butler, Paul Espinoza, & Kathy Ross Sierra.

"America Bound"

"Set sail for the land of freedom and opportunity. Tonight, the popular Celtic trio, Golden Bough, performs a new musical concert, America Bound, capturing in song the experience of millions of Irish and Scottish immigrants who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a better life in the New World. Margie Butler, Paul Espinoza and Kathy Sierra trace that journey in haunting ballads, humorous songs, sea chanteys and rousing jigs and reels and demonstrate how the songs these immigrants carried in their hearts to their new home became the foundation for some of American's best-loved folk music."

PROGRAM

Mursheen Durkin

Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

P Stands for Paddy

When the Boys Come Rolling HOme

Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

Froggy Went A'Courtin'*

Frog in the Well**

When New York was Irish

The Little Beggarman / The Red Haired Boy***

The Bard of Armagh / The Streets of Laredo

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

Real Old Mountain Dew / The Arkansas Traveler

*Popular American Folk version of an (originally) Irish song, according to the performers.

**The Irish Version

***Went from Irish song to an American Appalachians/Bluegrass song. :)

- - INTERMISSION - -

The Water is Wide

The Scottish Soldier

Green Grow the Rashes-O

Black is the Color

Charlie is My Darling

Banks of the SAcramento

Irish Eyes Are Smiling / Too-Ral-Loo-Ra*

My Irish Molly-O

Bonnie Highland Laddie

Cape Breton Tunes

Donal, Where's Your Trousers?

*According to the performers, though these 2 songs are usually known as Irish, they' actually written by Americans. :)