Irish Rovers- Best of the Irish Rovers

I often think that fun music must be the hardest to do properly because it would be so easy to sound silly. Yet here is a group that sounds like they're having fun but still taking their music seriously.


The set opens with "The Unicorn", a children's song that has become their signature song and now a North American "Irish music" standard. "Liverpool Lou" is a great folk song, "The Orange and The Green" takes an amusing look at an Irish family (their own?) in which the father is Protestant and the mother is Catholic. "Lily the Pink", a brilliant drinking song, is a cover of the Scaffold's number one UK hit. "Did She Mention my Name" is a cover of a Gordon Lightfoot song. "Years May Come Years May Go" provided Herman's Hermits with a major UK hit in 1970. "The Marvellous Toy" is a cover of Tom Paxton's classic children's song. A storefront from the TV series, The Virginian, was the inspiration for "Mrs Crandall's Boarding House".

So many great songs (and not just those I've mentioned) will surely provide plenty of happy listening. If the Irish Rovers can't cheer you up, nobody can.
Reviewer: Peter D Harris


Tracks:


1. Unicorn
2. Liverpool Lou
3. Orange and the Green
4. Lily the Pink
5. Did She Mention My Name
6. Irish Rover
7. Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)
8. Biplane "Evermore"
9. Mrs. Crandall's Boarding House
10. Winken, Blinken and Nod
11. Goodbye Mrs. Durkin
12. Black Velvet Band
13. Years May Come, Years May Go
14. Marvelous Toy
15. Goodbye Mick and Goodbye Pat
16. Nancy Whiskey