Playlist For Sunday, March 15, 2020: I'm a wild, colonial boy!

I've been waiting for this one: The Irish Edition!

Not like I'm really that Irish. My name might seem a bit Irish, but my family tree is a gnarly one, with off-shoots, grafts, missing bark, and plenty of moss. So when you get down to it, the amount of Irish in this gal amounts to the size of my little finger (on the left hand, which is slightly smaller than my right). But I FEEL Irish. And sometimes Italian. But never French Canadian, which part of me actually IS. That, and Dutch. Super exciting.

 Like my family,

only a lot more aesthetic.

Ah, me.

BUT, on St. Pat's Day (or in this case, the Sunday before St. Pat's Day) we can all pretend we're Irish, and enjoy some Irish-flavored musicals, and Irish-flavored drinks, if our throats (like Barry Fitzgerald's in The Quiet Man) feel slightly parched. And some traditional Irish music, as well...just the excuse I need to fall completely off the Broadway wagon (drive that cart slowly, Barry!), and play some Irish Rovers and The Dubliners. The big-wigs at Jazz90.1 usually tolerate me and my musical tastes, so I think I can get away with it. I'll just claim I'm Irish and wistful for the old sod. (And bring a Guinness cake for all said wigs to share and/or sip on.) :)

Yup, I've been there.

I pretended not to be French Canadian.

So...Finian's Rainbow, Juno, Once, and Irene. A little Jimmy Cagney cavorting about as George M. Cohan, and Joel Grey doing the same. Leprechauns, rainbows, pots of gold, and some boy named Danny.  Sounds like a plan. I won't be downin' the whiskey while I spin, but perhaps a wee bit of that "cake" will find its way into the studio. Barry, me throat is parched!


Look To The Rainbow (Ella Logan, Finian's Rainbow)
The North Strand (Ensemble, Once)
Falling Slowly (Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti, Once)
Abandoned In Bandon (Andy Taylor, Once)
Gold (Steve Kazee, Company, Once)
It's A Great Day For The Irish (Judy Garland, Little Nellie Kelly)
My Darlin' Eileen (Edie Adams, Nathaniel Frey, Albert Linville, Wonderful
       Town)
An Irish Girl (Debbie Reynolds, Irene)
We're Alive (Company, Juno)
Daarlin' Man (Melvyn Douglas, Jack MacGowran, Juno)
Song Of The Ma (Shirley Booth, Juno)
The Liffey Waltz (Ensemble, Juno)
Harrigan (Jimmy Cagney, Joan Leslie, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Mary's A Grand Old Name (Jimmy Cagney, Sally Sweetland, Yankee
       Doodle Dandy)
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway (Jimmy Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Off The Record (Jimmy Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Seven Drunken Nights (The Dubliners)
The Rattlin' Bog (The Irish Rovers)
The Wild Colonial Boy (The Quiet Man)
Raglan Road (The Dubliners)
Whiskey In The Jar (The Dubliners)
Billie/Push Me Along In My Pushcart/Ring To The Name Of Rose/Popularity
       (Jill O'Hara, Ensemble, George M!)
Mary's A Grand Old Name (Jacqueline Alloway, George M!)
Give My Regards To Broadway (Joel Grey, George M!)
How Are Things In Glocca Morra (Ella Logan, Finian's Rainbow)
When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love (David Wayne, Finian's Rainbow)
That Great "Come-And-Get-It" Day (Donald Richardson, Company,
       Finian's Rainbow)
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Debbie Reynolds, Irene)
Mama, A Rainbow (Daniel Fortus, Shelley Winter, Minnie's Boys)
Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland, The Wizard Of Oz)
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (John McCormick)
Black Velvet Band (The Dubliners)
Danny Boy (Judy Garland)