Sheet Music Downloads by Desmond Earley

The Gartan Mother's Lullaby is based on a traditional air from County Donegal with words by Joseph Campbell. It is arranged here by Desmond Earley for SSAATTBB choir and harp or piano accompaniment.  ...

This traditional Irish folk song, sub-titled “The Wealthy Woman, ” has reached worldwide popularity thanks to the popular folk ensemble Celtic Woman. Desmond Earley has created this arrang...

Using “body percussion” and stomping to accompany this traditional Irish text, Desmond Earley has captured the spririt and energy of Irish men who make a living at the sea. Set for 3 part...

With a melody by Rolf Lovland, Brendan Graham was struggling to find a lyric and a theme that was sensitive enough for Rolf's gorgeous tune. Brendan's daughter was leaving home for a year's study in S...

The Parting Glass in a beautiful arrangement for solo tenor voice and choir by one of Ireland's foremost choral arrangers, Desmond Earley.

Black Is the Colour (of My True Love's Hair) is a traditional folk song first known in the Appalachian Mountains region of the United States in 1915, but most probably originating from Scotland, as at...

Written by the 18th century poet, Seán  Clárach Mac Dómhnaill, Mo Ghile Mear is a traditional Irish allegorical song in which the poet laments the departure of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Pri...

The Skye Boat Song given an imaginative treatment by one of Ireland's foremost vocal arrangers Desmond Earley. For SATBB choir with tenor solo. The song was used as the theme for the TV series Outland...

Bó na Leathadhairce (the one-horned cow) is a playful song learned by many Irish children in school. With origins in county Kerry, located on the south-west coast of Ireland, the one-horned cow is a m...

Dúlamán is a traditional working song from the north of Ireland, made famous in the 1970s by the legendary Irish group Clannad. The word Dúlamán means seaweed and the song references two types, one fo...

In this graceful arrangement, we hear the standard English version of the well-knowntext set to a traditional Scottish melody. Sopranos and altos predominate in the four verses, sometimes in unison an...

In this graceful arrangement, we hear the standard English version of the well-knowntext set to a traditional Scottish melody. Sopranos and altos predominate in the four verses, sometimes in unison an...

Arranged for for Alto Solo, S.A.T.B. Voices, Guitar and Bodhrán, the song Courting is a Pleasure is a song of false love, betrayal, and emigration, typically sung from the male perspective about a fal...

In the song the girl sings a tale of an unhappy courtship after being slighted by her sweetheart Johnny and warns people to be wary of men with a roving eye! The protagonist of the song curses the man...

Commissioned by All Classical Portland radio network to mark the occasion of the total solar eclipse in 2017, Body of the Moon was first recorded by Erick Vallé (vocal solo), Nancy Ives (violoncello),...