lyrics

Maria’s songs have been recorded by several artists, including:

• Niamh Parsons (The Peddler, recorded on “The Old Simplicity”)
• Bob Bossin (We Were Good People, adapted and recorded on “The Roses on Annie’s Table”)
• Aengus Finnan (Orphan Hand, arranged and recorded on “Northwind”)
• The Outside Track (Poor Lonesome Hen on “The Outside Track”)
• Norah Rendell (Heather Down Road on “Wait There Pretty One”)

Listen to a selection of these songs on the Look/Listen music page.

Piece By Piece (2012) (selected notes & lyrics pages in progress – thank you for your patience!)

The Peddler (2008) (selected notes & lyrics pages in progress – thank you for your patience!)

• Katie Comes a-Callin’
• The Peddler
• The Elder Sister
• Tell Her I Was Brave
• You Can’t Take That Away
• Chavala, Eva
• William McIlroy’s

We Were Good People (2004) (selected notes & lyrics pages in progress – thank you for your patience!)

• Can You Blame the Poor Miner?
• We Were Good People
• Freedom Here
• How Do You Do, 1935?
• Do You Know Slim Evans?
• Mrs.McClung’s Address at Walker Theatre / Nellie’s Jig
• In The Shadow of the Rockies / As I Walk Through Canada
• From the Bread Line to the Front Line
• Troublemaker

For a Song (2001)

• Lingan Strike
  
• God Bless Us Everyone
• Take it Easy on Me
• Whiskey Evening

From Where I Stand (1998)

• New York 1849
• Shoes of a Man
  

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