We've added some Christmas music from our show, "Christmas Customs of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales".
The First Friday of every month at the Bellaire in Port Sanilac at 8pm.
July 13 6-8pm Concert in Port Sanilac Harbor Park. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the lake air.
July 26 7-9pm. Downtown, Howell Michigan
Aug 3 7pm. Lexington Harbor Park
Sept 14 & Oct 5,12,19, 26 join us in the courtyard at Smackwater Jack's in Lexington for an afternoon of music. We'll move indoors if the weather is bad.
Sept 21 1-5pm Join us to celebrate the visit of the Highlander Sea, a tall ship on the riverfront in St Clair, Michigan. Tour the ship (free) and enjoy fine music.
Dan Allen joins Ourselves! Dan is a hot guitar player and adds some fine licks on accordian as well. Be sure to come out and hear Ourselves enhanced sound.. it's better than ever. Dan is also an excellent song writer. You can hear samples of his work at http://www.kanvas-studios.com
Our new cd "The Docks of Port Sanilac" is ready. Featuring songs of the sea and lakes including a couple of original songs and some splendid arrangements of old favorites. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Kanvas Studios http://www.kanvas-studios.com
This is good for a St Paddy's Day laugh.... music by Leprechauns... remember Alvin and the Chipmunks? Here are their Irish brethren!Irish Leprechauns
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CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| Beware of young ladies cruising the town. A young sailor learns a lesson from Maggie May. |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
Credits: Traditional, arranged by Dan Allen. |
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| Our granddad fished and swam off the dock back at the turn of the century, before the great storm of 1913 ended commercial shipping at the small lake towns. |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
Credits: Written by Tom Schlichting |
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| Sea Shanty from Massachusetts. |
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CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| English sailor's shanty describes voyage to exotic South America |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| English Morris Dance tune followed by an Irish Jig |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| This fast paced song tells of a Scottish whaling ship. |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| What better way to celebrate the end of a long voyage than with a song? |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| In 1966 the Daniel J Morell broke in half and Lake Huron claimed the lives of all but one of the crew. Dan Allen wrote this eerie song in tribute. |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
Credits: Written by Dan Allen. |
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| Sea Shanty |
CD: The Docks of Port Sanilac
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| A rousing tale of a bold highwayman betrayed by a deceitful woman. This one gallops along, driven by Anne's bodhran. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
Label: Waltsmusic
Credits: Tom - lead vocal, guitar : Walt - harmony, mandolin, whistle : Anne, bodhran. |
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| The wee folk often visit at Hogwart's School where they entertain the students with their musical skills. These are three of Harry Potter's favorite dance tunes. |
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| Making moonshine was common in the mountains in both Appalachia and Ireland. This lively song tells of poitin making in Connemara. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Beware of deceiving women wearing black velvet bands.... be sure not to keep their watch for them or you might wind up wearing heavy irons and shipping out for Australia too! |
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| As fast as a little girl running home to tell her ma.... Tom and I think this is a perfect description of our sister Anne's behaviour as a child. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| The Faerie folk are thought to have created flutes and drums. Here they are playing two wild jigs. |
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| Lively sea song from the days of the tall ships. The bodhran and concertina drive this one along. |
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| Mary Mack's father's makin' Mary Mack marry me.... Yet another humorous Irish song about an arranged marriage. |
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| The Irish people fought for freedom from England for many years. And for so many years the risings were fruitless, like this one in 1798. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Frank McCourt's Dad used sing this rebel song when he'd roll home drunk in the novel Angela's Ashes. Roddy McCorley was hanged in his home town of Toome. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| If you want your child to grow feed the youngster a jar of porter....the miracle diet suppliment! |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Wedding songs are certainly popular... and why not? A wedding always means a good party! A bouncy song from Scotland followed by two Irish Polkas, Sweeney's and Egan's. |
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| A light hearted look at the life of a Dublin City "character". |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| A woman chooses love with her dark eyed gypsy and leaves lord and lands behind her.Just one version of many found in Ireland, Scotland, England and North America. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Irish lyrics to the Scottish tune "Loch Lomond". Sweet and slow, vocals, guitar, and whistle. |
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| One of the most popular of 1890's Irish-American sentimental songs. Featuring sweet tenor harmony and concertina. |
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| She was a beauty brushing her hair in the night..... |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| The all time request favorite, this one was a favorite of Walt's Irish archeology prof's as well. A beautiful old tune, sung quietly by Tom. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Long ago, leaving home to cross the sea to a new land meant that you might only see the loved ones left behind in your dreams.... This version of Spancil Hill features two whistles weaving a dreamy background for an emigrants vision of home. |
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CD: Ourselves Alone
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| You seldom pick a wife your mother wants. A comic song by the 19th century master, Percy French, who had a great flair for reporting on the Irish scene. |
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| A song of farewell... and bittersweet it is, whether sung to end an evening in the pub or to mark the day of emigration. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Those Scotch Irish in the Appalachians would eat anything! A comic song from the mountain tradition featuring dulcimer and fiddle. |
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| In Dublin's fair city, where the girl's are so pretty...... Molly worked as a fishmonger, here's her song. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| A pair of jigs used in the Wexford Mummer's Dance by Hole in the Bog Morris. Morris is usually thought of as an English dance form, but morris style dances were performed in Wexford and in Northern Ireland. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| A sea chantey....watch out for those Irish girls! |
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| Tune featuring concertina, flutes, whistles. Rolls along nicely. |
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CD: On St Patrick's Day
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| Scottish mouth music. This is what you'd diddle if you wanted to dance and didn't have any instrument. Tom & Anne have a bit of a competition-voice vs bodhran on this one! |
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| Ah, my darling little jug! Let others praise what they will, I'll hold my cruiskeen close to my heart..... A drinking song with a chorus in Irish Gaelic.. though it has a bit of a Russian flavour to it. |
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| Britches Full of Stitches, Maggie in the Wood, and Bill Sullivan's Polkas. |
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| When winter turns to spring an itinerant fiddler's thoughts turn to tunes and travelling. |
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| A comic tale of the wooing of a pretty tinker girl set to a fast moving polka tune. |
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| A tale of a terrible woman... "she fiddled in the hall, she fiddled in the alleyway" |
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| This one's a real tongue twister.... a young Irishman takes to the road to seek his fortune in the big city. |
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| This is the original campaign song from 1996. Lyrics have been updated for 2000. The melody is a catchy traditional tune.... once you hear it you can't forget it! |
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Credits: Lyrics, Tom Schlichting |
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| Songs of political commentary have a long history. This satiric look at drainage in St Clair County was written by Tom to support Fred Fuller's 2000 campaign. Keep Fred in office, keep the drains flowing but natural, and keep some tax dollars in YOUR pocket! |
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Credits: Lyrics & Arrangement:Tom Schlichting 2000 |
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| Heard about the 100 year old fruit cake that people keep passing on, uneaten, every holiday season? Miss Fogarty had one of them but tried to eat it. |
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| Have a laugh at some of our modern Christmas customs. New lyrics by Walt, set to the old Shaker tune Simple Gifts (also used for Lord of the Dance). |
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Credits: Lyrics: Walt Schlichting 2000 Tune: trad |
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| The wee folk love this tale of resurrection by whiskey so much that they can't resist making comments and queer noises throughout the song. |
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| According to this song a healthy child needs to be fed up on Porter. The wee folk prefer stronger drink. |
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| The wee falorie people love to dance and dance fast! |
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| Very popular in the mortal realm, the melody is in fact an ancient fairy tune. |
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| The Leprechaun folk enjoy singing the songs of the mortal folk...and having a good laugh at their strange customs! |
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| The Leprechauns make fine liquors...and never a worry about the taxman. They must have a fine laugh thinking of the poor mortal folk and their moonshine when they sing this song. |
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| A rollicking song depicting a Dublin beggar's adventures. |
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| An old Christmas carol with part of the lyrics in Latin, part in Old French. Tom accompanies himself on the mountain dulcimer, which gives the song an Eastern flavour. |
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| Also known as the Coventry Carol. A soothing melody with not so soothing lyrics! |
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| Perhaps the best loved Christmas song. Beautiful harmonies sung softly make thes version a delight to hear. |
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| Instrumental featuring harp and flute. |
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| This well known carol is also a lively dance tune. Listen to this instrumental version featuring flutes, whistles, harp, and mandolar. |
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| Piano and whistle back the vocals on this old Appalachian carol. |
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| What gets the caroling underway? A knock at the door. This is also the beginning of the next song, "Here We Come A Wassailing", so play them together. |
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| Wassailing: An old English custom of visiting neighbors in the Christmas season. The carolers begin their visit by announcing themselves. |
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| Harp and flute combine on this old Welsh tune. |
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Credits: composed by Ryan Schlichting 1998 |
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| Latin was the universal language of the church. The St Michael's choir likes to include this Latin version of Oh Come All Ye Faithful. |
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| The Shepherds are woken by the glorious song of heavenly angels. |
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| Hasten to the stable to adore the baby Jesus. |
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