An Anthology of Forgotten Ballads from the Premier County
Hi, I'm Bill the Bard and I collect old lost and forgotten songs, ballads and poems from around Ireland and work to reconstruct and resurrect them. I have collected over 1000 ballads that are almost or entirely forgotten to time by searching through old newspaper and folklore archives as well as travelling to singing sessions and talking to older generations. I document this in a podcast I host called Lost Songs of Ireland Podcast which is available on all major streaming platforms.
From this work, I have collected a large number of songs from around County Tipperary which I have arranged into a songbook. The songs contained are almost entirely unknown and largely lost to time and I have worked to match their lyrics to airs popular around the region at the time of composition based on meter, rhyme and overall structure that are likely the melodies to which the were originally written and sung to. As well as lyrics, I have also included details about the stories these songs tell, as well as cultural and historically contexts.
To someone with an interest in Tipperary history or ballad singing, this should be an interesting publication.
