ECS Publishing: What's New: David Mooney Irish Choral Series

These editions of Mooney's beautiful arrangements of Irish folksongs include original texts, some in English and some in Irish Gaelic. Those in Irish Gaelic are not meant to be sung in English and include the original text with an Irish translation and IPA guides in the front matter; in the body of the music a singing transliteration is provided underneath the original language. Instrumental parts are available separately.

Mooney's stunning choral arrangements are sung regularly in Ireland and the UK. Recordings of his works are featured on Scenes of an Irish Christmas and Ireland's Voices for Peace (both on Viking Records) and a third CD entitled CÓR, featuring his arrangements sung by the Celtic Ayres Chamber Choir and the Radio-Television Ireland. CÓR is now available at ARSIS AUDIO.

Dúlamán
SATB & opt. Percussion • #5925 • $2.50 • c. 2'40"
"O seaweed from the yellow cliff, seaweed from the hills,
O seaweed from the ocean and seaweed from the tide..."

Thuggamar féin an samhradh linn
SATB • #5926 • $1.75 • c. 2'50"
"The May doll, the summer maiden,
Up every hill and down every dale,
Spendid girls dressed in bright dresses,
We brought the summer with us..."

'Si í do Mhaimeo í
SATB & opt. Percussion • # 5928 • $2.05 • c. 1'40"
"She's your granny, She's your granny,
She's your granny, old hag with the money.
She's your granny from Irishmore town,
And she'd put coaches on the roads of Cois Fhrarraige [Connemara]!..."

Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil
Solo Sop., SATB, Harp • #5929 • $2.50 • c. 2'45"
Harp Part • #5962 • $2.50 • Christmas
"I sing of a night in Bethlehem, a night as bright as the dawn,
I sing of a night in Bethlehem, the night the Word was born.
The skies are gaily glowing, the Earth is covered in white;
See Jesus in the manger, deep in his mother's breast..."

Suantraí na Maighdine
SATB & Harp • #5930 • $2.05 • c. 4'00" • Christmas
Harp Part • #5960 • $2.50
"Worship the newborn child; Sleep peacefully my child.
Worship his frailty and nakedness; Sleep peacefully my child.
Tell me of his love lying there in a cradle.
Tell me why you are laid out in the hay.
And you are protected by graces of Jesus, God's son;
Sleep peacefully my child..."

Rakes of Mallow
SATB • #5934 • $2.05 • c. 1'40"
"Beauing, belling, dancing, drinking,
Breaking windows, damning, sinking,
Ever raking, never thinking,
Live the rakes of Mallow..."

Wexford Carol
SATB • #5936 • $2.05 • c. 5'15" • Christmas
"Good people all, this Christmas-time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done,
in sending his beloved Son.
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day;
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born..."

Ardaigh Cuain
SSAA & Harp or Kybd • #5924 • $2.05• c. 4'20"
Harp Part • #6015 • $2.50
"O, to be in Ardaigh Cuain, near the mountains far away,
I would visit the cuckoo's glen every Sunday..."

Óró, 's é do bheatha 'bhaile
SATB unaccompanied • #5927 • $1.75 • c. 1'14"
"Welcome, woman who was so afflicted,
It was our ruin that you were in bondage,
Our fine land is in tghe possession of thieves,
And sold to foreigners..."

Famine Lament
SA, Violin & Harp or Kybd • #5932 • $1.75 • c. 2'40"
Violin/Harp Part • #6016• $3.80
"O the praties [potatoes] they grow small over here, over here,
O the praties they grow small over here..."

Silent, O Moyle
SATB unaccompanied • #5935 • $2.05 • c. 4'14"
"Silent, O Moyle, be the roar of thy water,
Break not ye breezes your chain of repose,
While murmuring Lir's lonely daughter,
Tells to the night star her tale of woes..."

The Coulin
SATB unaccompanied • # 5937 • $1.75 • c. 2'03"
"Tho' the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see,
Yet wherever thou art shall see Erin to me;
In exile thy bosom shall still be my home,
And thine eyes made my climate wherever we roam..."

The Salley Gardens
SATB unaccompanied • #5938 • $1.75 • c. 2'37"
"Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I , being young and foolish, with her would not agree..."

Derry Air
SATB & Harp or Kybd • #5940 • $1.75 • c. 2'37"
Harp Part • #6017 • $2.50
"O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen and down the mountainside,
The summer's gone and all the roses falling,
'Tis you, 'tis you, must go and I must bide..."

My Lagan Love
SATB unaccompanied • #5941 • $2.05 • c. 3'15"
"Where Lagan streams sings lullaby,
There blows a lily fair..."

The Lark in the Clear Air
SSA & Harp or Piano • #6021 • $1.75 • c. 2'22"
Harp Part • #6022 • $2.50
"Dear thoughts are in my mind and my soul soars enchanted,
As I hear the sweet lark sing, in the clear air of the day.
For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted,
And tomorrow she shall hear all of my fond heart would say..."

Róisín Dubh
SATB unaccompanied • #5931 • $2.05 • c. 1’20”
“Róisín, have no sorrow for all that has happened to you. You will have your
pardon from the Pope in Rome. The friars are coming back by the sea, And we
won’t spare the Spanish wine for my Róisín Dubh.”

Beidh Aonach Amárach
SSA & Piano • #6020 • $2.05 • c. 2’20”
“Tomorrow there’ll be a fair in County Clare,
Tomorrow there’ll be a fair in County Clare,
Tomorrow there’ll be a fair in County Clare,
What good is it to me? I won’t be there.”

The Cat’s Ramble to the Child’s Saucer
SSA & Piano • #6019 • $3.70 • c. 4’30”
A Medley using six popular Irish folk songs: “The Star of County Down,”
“Connemara Lullaby,” “Molly Malone,” “The Spanish Lady,”
“When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” “Rakes of Mallow,” and “Mrs. McGraw.”

PERCY FRENCH (1854–1920), DAVID MOONEY (arr.):
Phil the Fluther’s Ball
SSA & Piano • #6023 • $2.05 • c. 2’30”
“Have you heard of Phil the Fluther of the town of Ballymuck?
The times were going hard for him, in fact the man was bruk,
So he sent an invitation to hisneighbours one and all,
As to how he’d like their company that evenin’ at a ball.”

She Moved Through the Fair
S Solo, SATB unaccompanied • #6226 • $2.05 • c. 4'00"
"My young love said to me,...It will not be long, love, till our wedding day."

Molly na gCuach Ni Chuilleanain (Curly-Haired Molly Ní Chuilleanáin)
SATB divisi • #6324 • $2.05 • c. 1'50"
This is a well-known traditional Irish song which tells the story of a poor man who pines for a wealthy (and therefore unattainable) girl. The title refers to the girl’s name, curly-haired Molly Ní Chuilleanáin.

Quick! we have but a second
SSAA divisi • #6325 • $2.05 • c. 1'20"
"Quick, we have but a second,
Fill round the cup while you may,
For time, the churlbath beckoned,
And we must away, away."

Téir abhaile ‘riú (Go Away Home)
SSAA divisi • #6327 • $2.05 • c. 1'58"
In this traditional Irish song, the girl, Mary, having been forced into an arranged marriage with a piper, is advised to go home and accept it.

Sleep, o sleep my little one
Solo Voice, SATB divisi • #6326 • $2.05 • c. 4:16
A gentle lullaby imagined to be sung by Mary to the baby Jesus. “Sleep, o sleep, my little one, sleep, o sleep, my baby. / May the angels guard your slumbering dreams, singing their peaceful song. / Stars and planets circle thee, sleep, o sleep, my baby. / As the moonlit heavens whisper your name, singing their peaceful song.”

Dublin Bells Carol
SATB divisi • #6323 • $2.05 • c. 3:04
A celebration ofthe joyous spirit of Christmas Eve in the city of Dublin. The bells of the city’s parish churches (many of which are enumerated in the words) ring out over the rooftops and the river Liffey.



	David Mooney (b. 1964), the arranger of this new series, was born in Sligo, Ireland. He began piano studies at the age of four and at twelve won a scholarship to the Schola Cantorum at St. Finian's College in Mullinger, Ireland where he studied piano, organ, and composition. Mooney continued his studies at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth, receiving a BA in Music and French and an MA in Music. Subsequently, he completed the PhD degree in Musicology in 1999 at the University College, Dublin. In 1988, Mooney joined the staff of Ireland's largest music institution, the Conservatory of Music and Drama at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He has lectured in piano and academic studies at the graduate and postgraduate levels and is particularly committed to teacher education. A contributor to the latest edition of the New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Mooney is currently Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies.
These editions of Mooney's beautiful arrangements of Irish folksongs include original texts, some in English and some in Irish Gaelic. Those in Irish Gaelic are not meant to be sung in English and include the original text with an Irish translation and IPA guides in the front matter; in the body of the music a singing transliteration is provided underneath the original language. Instrumental parts are available separately. Mooney's stunning choral arrangements are sung regularly in Ireland and the UK. Recordings of his works are featured on Scenes of an Irish Christmas and Ireland's Voices for Peace (both on Viking Records) and a third CD entitled CÓR, featuring his arrangements sung by the Celtic Ayres Chamber Choir and the Radio-Television Ireland. CÓR is now available at ARSIS AUDIO. *Dúlamán* SATB & opt. Percussion • #5925 • $2.50 • c. 2'40" "O seaweed from the yellow cliff, seaweed from the hills, O seaweed from the ocean and seaweed from the tide..." *Thuggamar féin an samhradh linn* SATB • #5926 • $1.75 • c. 2'50" "The May doll, the summer maiden, Up every hill and down every dale, Spendid girls dressed in bright dresses, We brought the summer with us..." *'Si í do Mhaimeo í* SATB & opt. Percussion • # 5928 • $2.05 • c. 1'40" "She's your granny, She's your granny, She's your granny, old hag with the money. She's your granny from Irishmore town, And she'd put coaches on the roads of Cois Fhrarraige [Connemara]!..." *Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil* Solo Sop., SATB, Harp • #5929 • $2.50 • c. 2'45" Harp Part • #5962 • $2.50 • Christmas "I sing of a night in Bethlehem, a night as bright as the dawn, I sing of a night in Bethlehem, the night the Word was born. The skies are gaily glowing, the Earth is covered in white; See Jesus in the manger, deep in his mother's breast..." *Suantraí na Maighdine* SATB & Harp • #5930 • $2.05 • c. 4'00" • Christmas Harp Part • #5960 • $2.50 "Worship the newborn child; Sleep peacefully my child. Worship his frailty and nakedness; Sleep peacefully my child. Tell me of his love lying there in a cradle. Tell me why you are laid out in the hay. And you are protected by graces of Jesus, God's son; Sleep peacefully my child..." *Rakes of Mallow* SATB • #5934 • $2.05 • c. 1'40" "Beauing, belling, dancing, drinking, Breaking windows, damning, sinking, Ever raking, never thinking, Live the rakes of Mallow..." *Wexford Carol* SATB • #5936 • $2.05 • c. 5'15" • Christmas "Good people all, this Christmas-time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done, in sending his beloved Son. With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas Day; In Bethlehem upon that morn There was a blessed Messiah born..." *Ardaigh Cuain* SSAA & Harp or Kybd • #5924 • $2.05• c. 4'20" Harp Part • #6015 • $2.50 "O, to be in Ardaigh Cuain, near the mountains far away, I would visit the cuckoo's glen every Sunday..." *Óró, 's é do bheatha 'bhaile* SATB unaccompanied • #5927 • $1.75 • c. 1'14" "Welcome, woman who was so afflicted, It was our ruin that you were in bondage, Our fine land is in tghe possession of thieves, And sold to foreigners..." *Famine Lament* SA, Violin & Harp or Kybd • #5932 • $1.75 • c. 2'40" Violin/Harp Part • #6016• $3.80 "O the praties [potatoes] they grow small over here, over here, O the praties they grow small over here..." *Silent, O Moyle* SATB unaccompanied • #5935 • $2.05 • c. 4'14" "Silent, O Moyle, be the roar of thy water, Break not ye breezes your chain of repose, While murmuring Lir's lonely daughter, Tells to the night star her tale of woes..." *The Coulin* SATB unaccompanied • # 5937 • $1.75 • c. 2'03" "Tho' the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see, Yet wherever thou art shall see Erin to me; In exile thy bosom shall still be my home, And thine eyes made my climate wherever we roam..." *The Salley Gardens* SATB unaccompanied • #5938 • $1.75 • c. 2'37" "Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I , being young and foolish, with her would not agree..." *Derry Air* SATB & Harp or Kybd • #5940 • $1.75 • c. 2'37" Harp Part • #6017 • $2.50 "O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, From glen to glen and down the mountainside, The summer's gone and all the roses falling, 'Tis you, 'tis you, must go and I must bide..." *My Lagan Love* SATB unaccompanied • #5941 • $2.05 • c. 3'15" "Where Lagan streams sings lullaby, There blows a lily fair..." *The Lark in the Clear Air* SSA & Harp or Piano • #6021 • $1.75 • c. 2'22" Harp Part • #6022 • $2.50 "Dear thoughts are in my mind and my soul soars enchanted, As I hear the sweet lark sing, in the clear air of the day. For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted, And tomorrow she shall hear all of my fond heart would say..." *Róisín Dubh* SATB unaccompanied • #5931 • $2.05 • c. 1’20” “Róisín, have no sorrow for all that has happened to you. You will have your pardon from the Pope in Rome. The friars are coming back by the sea, And we won’t spare the Spanish wine for my Róisín Dubh.” *Beidh Aonach Amárach* SSA & Piano • #6020 • $2.05 • c. 2’20” “Tomorrow there’ll be a fair in County Clare, Tomorrow there’ll be a fair in County Clare, Tomorrow there’ll be a fair in County Clare, What good is it to me? I won’t be there.” *The Cat’s Ramble to the Child’s Saucer* SSA & Piano • #6019 • $3.70 • c. 4’30” A Medley using six popular Irish folk songs: “The Star of County Down,” “Connemara Lullaby,” “Molly Malone,” “The Spanish Lady,” “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” “Rakes of Mallow,” and “Mrs. McGraw.” PERCY FRENCH (1854–1920), DAVID MOONEY (arr.): Phil the Fluther’s Ball SSA & Piano • #6023 • $2.05 • c. 2’30” “Have you heard of Phil the Fluther of the town of Ballymuck? The times were going hard for him, in fact the man was bruk, So he sent an invitation to hisneighbours one and all, As to how he’d like their company that evenin’ at a ball.” *She Moved Through the Fair* S Solo, SATB unaccompanied • #6226 • $2.05 • c. 4'00" "My young love said to me,...It will not be long, love, till our wedding day." Molly na gCuach Ni Chuilleanain (Curly-Haired Molly Ní Chuilleanáin) SATB divisi • #6324 • $2.05 • c. 1'50" This is a well-known traditional Irish song which tells the story of a poor man who pines for a wealthy (and therefore unattainable) girl. The title refers to the girl’s name, curly-haired Molly Ní Chuilleanáin. Quick! we have but a second SSAA divisi • #6325 • $2.05 • c. 1'20" "Quick, we have but a second, Fill round the cup while you may, For time, the churlbath beckoned, And we must away, away." Téir abhaile ‘riú (Go Away Home) SSAA divisi • #6327 • $2.05 • c. 1'58" In this traditional Irish song, the girl, Mary, having been forced into an arranged marriage with a piper, is advised to go home and accept it. *Sleep, o sleep my little one* Solo Voice, SATB divisi • #6326 • $2.05 • c. 4:16 A gentle lullaby imagined to be sung by Mary to the baby Jesus. “Sleep, o sleep, my little one, sleep, o sleep, my baby. / May the angels guard your slumbering dreams, singing their peaceful song. / Stars and planets circle thee, sleep, o sleep, my baby. / As the moonlit heavens whisper your name, singing their peaceful song.” *Dublin Bells Carol* SATB divisi • #6323 • $2.05 • c. 3:04 A celebration ofthe joyous spirit of Christmas Eve in the city of Dublin. The bells of the city’s parish churches (many of which are enumerated in the words) ring out over the rooftops and the river Liffey. © 2008 ECS Publishing. All rights reserved.