Clare County Library: Songs of Clare

John Lyons, Newmarket-on-Fergus (b. 1934)
Photo: John Howson	Songs: After Aughrim Bad Year, The Banks of Sullane Boys of Barr Na Sráide, The Boys of Mullaghbawn, The Bunclody Broadford Prisoners, The Constant Farmer's Son County of Mayo, The Easter Snow Fair Of Sixmilebridge, The Family Ointment, The Farewell Lovely Mary Farmer Michael Hayes Green Fields of America, The Kilkenny Louse House, The Limerick Rake, The Maid on the Shore, The May Morning Dew Mohill Elopement, The Nobleman's Wedding, The Rambling Boys of Pleasure Sweet Kingwilliamstown Tailor Bán, The Van Diemen's Land Willie the Ploughboy
John Lyons is originally from Millstreet, County Cork and in 1961 moved to Newmarket-on-Fergus, following spells in England and Wales, where he worked as an electrician. From a musical family, he picked up the melodeon and developed an interest in songs, learning them from many sources, including RTE’s ‘Balladmaker’s Saturday Night’. The majority of these recordings were made when John stayed with us in London while on a tour we had organized for him in 1974; the rest were recorded at various singing sessions during Willie Clancy Summer Schools. John’s first album, ‘May Morning Dew’, instigated by us through Topic Records, was recorded while he was on tour in London and he has made several albums since, the most recent being ‘Easy and Bold’ (Veteran Records, 1912), with his brother, Tim. Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie
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