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Songs to Play on St. Patrick’s Day

Are you hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party with friends or family? Or do you plan on a family night with a traditional Irish meal? Playing Irish songs in the background is a great way to add to your celebrations. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following songs to play on St. Patrick’s Day.

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  1. “Molly Malone” –  The Dubliners
  2. “The Irish Rover” – The Dubliners & The Pogues
  3. “Danny Boy” – The Irish Tenors
  4. “I’m Shipping up to Boston” — Dropkick Murphys
  5. “Seven Drunken Nights” — Celtic Thunder
  6. “On Raglan Road” – Luke Kelly
  7. “Óró, Sé Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’” –  The Dubliners
  8. “The Maids of Mitchelstown” – The Bothy Band
  9. “Lanigan’s Ball” – Christy Moore
  10. “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” – Bing Crosby
  11. “Ten Thousand Miles Away” – Dan Milner, John Doyle & Robbie O’Connell
  12. “The Fields of Athenry” — Paddy Reilly
  13. ‘O’Sullivan’s March” – The Chieftains
  14. “Tim Finnegan’s Wake” – The Clancy Bothers & Tommy Makem
  15. “Riverdance” — Bill Wheelan
  16. “The Shores of Botany Bay” – The Irish Rovers
  17. “The Jug of Punch” – The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
  18. “Brown Eyed Girl”- Van Morrison
  19. “Drunken Sailor” – The Irish Rovers
  20. “The Rocky Road to Dublin” – The High Kings
  21. “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That’s an Irish Lullaby)” – Bing Crosby
  22. “My Wild Irish Rose” – Luka Bloom
  23. “The Rose of Tralee” – The Irish Tenors
  24. “The Heart’s Cry” –  Bill Whelan
  25. “Mountain Dew” – The Clancy Bothers
  26. “Galway Girl”- Ed Sheeran
  27. “Song for Ireland” – Mary Black
  28. “Mise Eire” – Celtic Woman
  29. “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – U2
  30. “An Irish Pub Song” – The Rumjacks
  31. “Ireland’s Call” – Celtic Thunder
  32. “The Foggy Dew” – The Chieftains
  33. “The Bonny” – Dropkick Murphys
  34. “The Soldiers Song (Amhrán Na bhFiann)’” – The Young Wolfe Tones
  35. “The Night Pat Murphy Died” – Fiddler’s Green
  36. “I’ll tell My Ma” – The Dubliners
  37. “Beer, Beer, Beer” – The Clancy Brothers
  38. “Whiskey, You’re The Devil” – The Clancy Brothers
  39. “Rattlin’ Bog” – The Irish Descendants
  40. “The Parting Glass” – The High Kings
  41. “Carrickfergus” – Celtic Thunder
  42. “Lisdoonvarna” –  Christy Moore
  43. “Forty Shades of Green” –  Foster & Allen
  44. “The Rising of the Moon” – The High Kings
  45. “Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)” –  The Irish Rovers

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Do you have a favorite song? Let me know in the comments.

50 Songs to Play on the 4th of July

Tomorrow is the 4th of July! Are you hosting a barbeque or party to celebrate the patriotic holiday? Adding patriotic songs from all genres to your playlist is a great way to celebrate. If you are searching for the best songs to play on the 4th of July, consider the following list.

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  1. “The Star-Spangled Banner” – Louis Daniel Armstrong
  2. “America the Beautiful” – Ray Charles
  3. “God Bless America Again” – Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
  4. “God Bless America” – Irving Berlin
  5. “This Land Is Your Land” – Woody Guthrie
  6. “Courtesy Of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” – Toby Keith
  7. “R.O.C.K. in the USA” – John Mellencamp
  8. “Chicken Fried” – Zac Brown Band
  9. “Living In the Promiseland” – Willie Nelson
  10. “Yankee Doodle” – George M. Cohan
  11. “American Kids” – Kenny Chesney
  12. “American Saturday Night” – Bran Paisley
  13. “Party in the U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus
  14. “Color Me America” – Dolly Parton
  15. “Surfin’ USA” – Beach Boys
  16. “Everyday America” – Sugarland
  17. “Small Town” –  John Mellencamp
  18. “Glory Days” – Bruce Springsteen
  19. ‘God’s Country” – Blake Shelton
  20. “Summer Nights” – Rascal Flatts
  21. “Free Bird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  22. “American Land” – Bruce Springsteen
  23. “All-American Girl” – Carrie Underwood
  24. “Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church
  25. “Born in the U.S.A.” – Bruce Springsteen
  26. “Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  27. “Travelin’ Soldier” – The Chicks
  28. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” – John Denver
  29. “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” – Samuel Francis Smith
  30. “American Girl” – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  31. “Battle Hymn of the Republic” – Julia Ward Howe
  32. “American Girl” – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  33. “God Bless the USA” – Lee Greenwood
  34. “I’ve Been Everywhere” – Johnny Cash
  35. “The Star-Spangled Banner” – Whitney Houston
  36. “A Country Fourth of July” – Toby Keith
  37. “Song of the Patriot” – Johnny Cash
  38. “Celebration” – Kool & the Gang
  39. “Firework” – Katy Perry
  40. “Ragged Old Flag” – Johnny Cash
  41. “American Heart” – Faith Hill
  42. “American Pie” – Don McLean
  43. “You’re a Grand Ole Flag” – George M. Cohan
  44. “Almost Independence Day” – Van Morrison
  45. “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  46. “Stars and Stripes Forever” – John Philip Sousa
  47. “Summer of 69” – Bryan Adams
  48. “Watermelon Sugar” – Harry Styles
  49. “America” – Neil Diamond
  50. “All Summer Long” – Kid Rock

Turn up the music and enjoy! Happy 4th!