The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs

The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs

Infobox Album
Name = The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs
Type = Studio
Artist = Brobdingnagian Bards


Released = December 13, 2006
Recorded =
Genre = Irish, Celtic
Length =
Label = Mage
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol 1"
(2005)
This album = "The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs"
(2006)
Next album = ""
(2007)

"The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs" is a compilation of Irish drinking songs. Most of the songs are newly remastered from the Brobdingnagian Bards' previous albums "A Faire to Remember," "Songs of Ireland," "Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales," and "Marked by Great Size," although several are new recordings.

Track listing

# "Beer, Beer, Beer" – 1:47
# "Black Velvet Band" – 3:14
# "Seven Drunken Nights" – 5:05
# "The Holy Ground" – 3:04
# "Lily the Pink" – 3:30
# "Old Dun Cow (MacIntyre!)" – 4:00
# "The Orange and The Green" – 2:30
# "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" – 2:42
# "Rattlin' Bog" – 3:22
# "Johnny at the Door" – 3:41
# "Finnegan's Wake" – 2:53
# "Johnny Jump Up" – 3:33
# "Whiskey in the Jar" – 3:03
# "Wild Rover" – 2:32
# "A Begging I Will Go" – 2:38
# "Health to the Company" – 3:14


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