Andy M. Stewart: Scottish singer and songwriter
The Andy M. Stewart Collection -- book cover

The Andy M. Stewart Collection
pub. 1998

April 2003: PLEASE NOTE
The songbook is out of print.  It may be reprinted sometime in the future, but there is no definite date at this time.

The Andy M. Stewart Collection contains complete lyrics, music and chords for sixty songs from Andy's repertoire, many appearing in print for the first time. From his timeless original compositions to some of the finest ballads and songs from the Scottish and Irish traditions, this book is packed with gems.

It is richly illustrated with photographs and features wonderful background notes written by Andy himself, illuminating the inspiration and history of each song.  A helpful glossary of Scots and Irish terms and phrases is included at the end.

 

Songs in this book:
Jenny Gray's Whiskey
Land o' the Leal
The Broom o' the Cowdenknowes
The Isla Waters
Fhir a Bhata
Donald McGillavry
Wi' My Dog and Gun
Bridget o'Malley (Brid og Ni Mhaille)
The Valley of Strathmore
The Highland Clearances
Hame, Hame. Hame
The Fisherman's Song
If I Was a Blackbird (The Blackbird)
The Ramblin' Rover
The Parish of Dunkeld
Haud Yer Tongue Dear Sally
Patrick Sheehan
I'd Cross the Wild Atlantic
The Orphan's Wedding
They Wounded Old Ireland
By the Hush
The Loch Tay Boat Song
Golden, Golden
The Banks of the Bann
The Queen of Argyle
Sweet Dublin Bay
The Banks of the Lee
Lover's Heart
The Chill Eastern Winds
Ferry Me Over
Fire in the Glen
Brighidin Ban Mo Store
Young Jimmy in Flanders
I Mourn for the Highlands
The Gold Claddagh ring
Bogie's Bonnie Bell
The Humours of Whiskey
Freedom is Like Gold
Tak' it, man, tak' it
Where Are You (Tonight I Wonder)
Dinny the Piper
Take Her in Your Arms
Heart of the Home		 Monday Morning
The Haughs of Cromdale
If I Never Spend A Morning Without You
My Heart, It Belongs To She
At It Again
The Lea Rig
Hey, How, Johnnie Lad
Man in the Moon
The Echo Mocks the Corncrake
The Errant Apprentice
Island of Sorrows
MacGregor's Gathering
Listen To The People
Reckless Affection
When You Took Your Love (From Me)
Gallant Murray (Gathering of Athole)
Donegal Rain

About the Songs

Glossary of Scots Words and Other Terms

  Page from AMS songbook - Heart of the Home, p. 62

Example of song notes

53. THE ERRANT APPRENTICE:
My dear friend Bill Watkins, whose family came originally from Limerick, penned this wonderful lyric. The brilliant and amusing internal rhyming have been a source of delight for audiences wherever I have sung it. I cracked up when I first read it and went ahead with Bill's request that I should write a tune for it. Gerry O'Beirne suggested an improvement to that tune during recording rehearsals and this is the final result. When I recorded this song I sang "So I'll stick to the soldiers life" as the final line. Since then,  however, I've found that I prefer "So I'll stick to the single life" as a last line. Thanks uncle Bill.

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