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These songs and other lost hits from the likes of Butte, Montana and New York City's Tin Pan Alley run alongside more recent songs like those of Garth Brooks, Tom Waits, Thin LIzzy, and a few originals I wrote myself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach song shines with its printed lyrics on one page and accompanying lore on the other. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHappy Within: An Irish American Songbook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the price\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Beth Curran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46244319396011,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/3734\/1867\/files\/happy_within_an_irish_american_songbook_02.jpg?v=1776814791"},{"product_id":"do-me-justice","title":"Do Me Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe spectre of the Vaudeville haunts the edges of New York City and mingles with the Black Banjoist Hannah Mayree as she performs in Derek Fordjour's Arena. Fiction and history co-mingle during the explosive anti-zionist first weeks of October 2023. A Dundalk-based Irish Folk Rock Band called The Mary Wallopers prepares to release their album \"Irish Rock n Roll\". During their pre-Irving Square concert DJ set at Bartley Dunnes on Friday The 13th, a monster called The Train Robber emerges. This beast wants to steal our cultural souls and sell them back to us as entertainment products. I research. This has been going on since at least The Tin Pan Alley era of the 1890s and early 1900s. 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