Classical Crossover / Celtic Folk in the style of 'The High Kings' 'Tommy Fleming

At Peace Once More(The Holy Ground)

Epic Soundtrack visualisation 'Hero on a horse'

Hero On A Horse (Instrumental Soundtrack)

This is an original melody and choral arrangement constructed around the Celtic Prayer 'Deep Peace' , original text by Fiona McLeod

Deep Peace Choral

An original choral setting of an Irish Blessing.

Deep Peace

An extract from the soundtrack of Independent Short Film 'Troubled Mind' directed by Michael Lafferty

Troubled Mind (Talking With A Ghost)

An instrumental version for soundtrack application.

Stay A While (Instrumental)

This is the opening music setting a mystical scene

Prologue 2017 WORMA

Farewell The Road To Sweet Dungloe (OPENING INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)

When Our Roads Meet Again (MALE / FEMALE LEAD + CHORUS)

When Our Roads Meet Again (Instrumental)

A song detailing the annunciation between angel and Mary 
Text used by permission of John Bell of the Iona Community

No Wind At The Window

A Child Of The Snow

A New Song Has Been Given

An original  setting of  Latin Text 'Agnus Dei' (Lamb Of God)

Agnus Dei

An original setting of a Roger McGough Text composed for a BBC Carol competition 2015

Comes The Light

An original song composed for a Children's Millennium Album 'Voices Of Promise' in the UK featuring Soloist Susannah Sinnamon and  a choir of Primary School Children from Londonderry/Derry

Voices Of Promise

Trust Can Build A Dream

A recreation of a nineteen thirties style musical dance band performance in the the style of Jimmy Kennedy

I'll Pick A Rose (SWNG) Shane Farrell

This song which featured in its previous incarnation as a 1930s dancehall band Jimmy Kennedy style singalong is now restated as a poignant ballad.

I'll Pick A Rose (BALLAD REPRISE) Shane Farrell

Child ( Michelle Forbes )

A Feel Good 'Jools Holland style' Vintage fifties sounding rock n roll tribute.

Empty Pockets

I’ve got empty pockets I am poor as a mouse
I got holes in the soles of my shoes; I got a leak in my house
But here is my philosophy;” We don’t pass this way twice”
I’m as rich as a millionaire cos it’s a wonderful Life

REFRAIN
Empty pockets doesn’t mean the cupboard’s bare
Empty pockets doesn’t mean nobody cares
Hey, ‘Don’t knock it’ you could do with some advice
Got no diamonds and got no pearls but what a wonderful life

Never had much money but life is sweeter like that
I can see simplicity through every hole in my hat.
And here is my philosophy; an indisputable fact
Life is like a carnival / ( Spinning wheel) 
and there is no turning back

REFRAIN
Empty pockets doesn’t mean the cupboard’s bare
Empty pockets doesn’t mean nobody cares
Hey, ‘Don’t knock it’ you could do with some advice
Got no diamonds and got no pearls but what a wonderful life

BRIDGE
I’ll dream when I’m sleeping that I’m richer than gold
But when daylight comes creeping my dream it grows cold

Still I’ll have empty pockets but you won’t hear me complain
Cos I can see the sunshine when others just see the rain
And here is my philosophy; Brother, take my advice
Got no diamonds and got no pearls but it’s a wonderful Life
Got no riches but I don’t care cos it’s a wonderful Life.


Words and Music Copyright © 2018 Ronan Doherty
Mobile: 07546264154
Email: ronan842doherty@btinternet.com

Empty Pockets

Beautifully performed by Bridgeen Tully... this song was conceived as part of an Original Musical based on the socio-historic phenomenon of The Hiring Fair ... The song is conceived as a work song / the first part sung by Bridgeen is the text of an old Gaelic prayer before moving into English language chorus multitracked between Bridgeen and myself.

Mo Ghrasa Mo Dhia ( Vocal by  Bridgeen Tully)

She’s gone and straightened me out.

VERSE

It’s been ten weeks flat since I phoned the guys
I haven’t had a drink since past July
Haven’t seen a ball game since they lost in June
I don’t do cussin’ or spittin’ no more
I say ‘Honey’ and ‘Darlin’ when I open the door
I’ve been stolen by an angel on a moonlit night
And for the rest of my life I’m gonna hold on tight

REFRAIN
She’s got me wide-eyed tongue-tied, inside out 
Whenever we kiss it don’t get better than this
I’m in a Blue sky tail spin, 
Upside down , learning to fly 
And I don’t know why
But there ain’t no doubt
She’s gone and straightened me out

VERSE
I’m getting’ in touch with my feminine side
Going through a phase of learning how to cry
Curled up with my baby on our movie nights
Well I think I might be ‘monogamous’ 
A mighty big word but I got it sussed
Cos I call her “Honey’ or ‘Buttercup’
And to my surprise I don’t throw up!

She’s got me wide-eyed tongue-tied, inside out 
Whenever we kiss it’s not a moment I’d miss 
I’m in a Blue sky tail spin, 
Upside down , learning to fly 
And I don’t know why
But there ain’t no doubt
She’s gone and straightened me out

FINAL REFRAIN

She’s got me wide-eyed tongue-tied, inside out 
Whenever we kiss don’t get better than this
I’m in a Wide screen love scene
In my arms she might go blind 
When my halo shines
Cos’ there ain’t no doubt
She’s gone and straightened me out

No there ain’t no doubt
She’s gone and figured me out

MIX 3 She's Gone And Straightened Me Out 184bpm

A child’s song directed towards a sibling who is leaving home.

For Every Wish A Star Is Born DEMO VOX

A song for the Advent season based on the biblical text 'Immanuel our God is with us...'

IMMANUEL (Song of the kings)

A rowdy drinking song in a Vaudeville,  Music Hall style

VERSE 1
Oh, my name it is Tom Kidd the boatman
And I’ve worked thirty years on this tow-path
In foul weather or fine I have walked time and time
Till the leather has worn in my shoe 
I’ve been walking the half-way from Derry,
I’ve been leading a horse with no name. 
And the barge that we’re pulling is a sure enough full one
We’d be better by far come by train 

REFRAIN 
Blow the wind Northerly, Blow the wind home                                                                 My body is frozen and chilled to the bone
But we’ll dig to the ceiling and shovel the meal in
And I swear it’s the last time I’ll roam 

VERSE 2
Oh ‘The Shamrock’ we met five-mile downstream,
A fine full-rigged clipper of note 
And her Captain McIvor sure he claims 
There’s no finer a vessel was ever afloat 
I’ve a flat bottom boat fifty-tonner, 
She’s down-laden with corn-meal and coal
And before this day’s over
These riverbank rovers
For ‘Mary Ann Kelly’s’ we’re bound 

REFRAIN  Blow the wind Northerly, Blow the wind home... 

VERSE 3
If I had my time to live over
I’d still be the river bank rover 
From ‘Divin’s’, ‘The Lock’, ‘Smyths’ Mills’ at the dock,
And a puff on the pipe when we’d stop 
But my four-legged friend he gets weary 
From haulin’ and pullin’ all day
So we’ll head to the ‘Dead House’ 
and then to the “ale House’
And at Mary Ann Kelly’s we’ll say... 

Blow the wind Northerly, Blow the wind home
My body is frozen and chilled to the bone
But we’ll dig to the ceiling and shovel the meal in
And I swear it’s the last time I’ll roam

Tom Kidd The Boatman (Solo Vox Guide)

A Christmas Childhood ; Poem by Patrick Kavanagh  (Read by Declan Doherty)

Instrumental Ballet taken from an original children’s musical

Swan Instrumental Dance MSTR UAD

A homage to a well-known Irish drinks company’s famous Christmas Advertisement

Christmas Smooth Ad UAD MSTR

A Song which deals with the loss of a child. It was written specifically in remembrance of the children (James Barker, Sean McLaughlin and Oran Doherty as well as unborn twins) who died in an IRA Bombing on 15th August 1998 in the market town of Omagh Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland. Thanks to Michelle for her beautiful performance.



Child, child the trust that’s in your eyes
Was born out of your innocence;
A heart that’s never lied
So soon, soon I’ll be missing you
So I will look into your eyes and try to draw you near to me my child
 
And time, time was never on our side
So let me hold you one last time
My arms are open wide
So soon, soon you may understand
The meaning of this moment;
The meeting of our hearts
 
For I am the last Autumn leaf clinging to the tree
The wind of change is coming to softly carry me
Another falling petal is cast upon the air
No chance to change what’s gone before
But you shall be my prayer, My child
 
So Child, child
You shall be my seed though I can’t walk beside you
I will feel your need
So fly high, the arrow from my bow
And fall upon these killing fields;
A seed of Hope you’ll grow

Child REWRITE

I’m gonna’ take a ‘high-tail’ 
And head on down the home-trail 
I’m bustin’ out of this jail I’m comin’ back home to you 
And if I have to pitch a twin-sail 
I’ll steer it through a Force Gale 
And hope I reach the shore before the devil knows I’ve fallen in 

Nothin’s gonna stop me: 
Not even if they drop me from a fifty-floor hot -air balloon 
Just send me your location and I’ll go ahead and jump the moon 

So I’m bustin’ down the highway, 
My ticket is a ‘One-way’ 
I’m gonna make it some way 
I’m comin’ back home to you 


Well I think I’ve lost my senses: 
I stole a truck in Memphis 
I don’t know where tomorrow ends or where today begins 
And every night we’ve been Zoomin’ 
But that don’t take the place of Human 
I need to kiss her face 
I need feel her warm embrace 

Nothin’s gonna stop me: 
Not even if they lock me in a forty -day quarantine 
Just send me your location and I’ll go ahead and jump the moon 

So I’m bustin ‘down the highway 
Responding to a ‘May-day’ 
I’m gonna make it some-way 
I’m comin’ back home to you 


Words and Music Copyright© 2020 Ronan Doherty 

ronan842doherty@gmail.com

Mobile 07546264154

Comin Back Home To You

A Blessing for the dead as they make the journey to Eternal Life. From an Irish island perspective the song uses a sailing metaphor.

Someday when the clocks they stop in motion
Someday when the wind it whispers low
You’ll sail out like a boat upon the ocean 
And before the tears have dried
You’ll go softly, slip silently by

And Seabirds from their cliff tops and towers
Will bid you fond farewell from off the shore
And when you set upon that Holy ground 
You’ll find home and peace once more

So Take all that your heart it leaves behind you
And Take the memories that your heart it cannot hold
And until we meet ,until we meet again 
May the Lord enfold you in His arms till then

INSTRUMENTAL

Somewhere you’ll walk out across the water
Somewhere you will answer to His call
We do not stand and weep for you do not sleep
Where there’s home and peace once more

Words And Music Copyright 2020 Ronan Doherty
ronan842doherty@gmail.com

Where There's Home And  Peace Once More(On Holy Ground)

An original adaptation of an Irish Blessing

God to enfold me
God to surround me
God in my watching and with His arms around me
God in my rising
And when I lay me down
God in my speaking
God in my thinking
God in my life, my lips, my soul, my heart
God in my rising and when I lay me down

And You shall raise me up to see Your kingdom come
Let Your glory,Let Your Glory fall
The world it waits to see
Your kingdom’s victory
Let Your glory fall, let Your glory fall on me

God To Enfold Me

A retrospective homage to Burt Bacharach in a Michael Buble Soul style arrangement.

Tell Her (REMIX)

A Song written to promote Irish / Northern IrishTourism

Stay A While

SUNSET OVER DERRY

Left home in sixty nine
In the days before the Summer
In that time
The fires lit the starry skies
Seen from Creggan to Culmore
I never stopped to say that I was leaving
And no one heard the closing of the door
But if Truth Be told I’ll not find gold
Like the sunset over Derry

Soon gave up chasin’ dreams
For they spoke in words that mocked me
But “no turning back”, I said
Made my bed and I will Lie.
For twenty years I’ve lain in cardboard cities
Turned my coat to keep me from the cold
And if truth be told  I’ve grown as old
As the sunset over Derry

Someday I’m comin’ home
I’ll cross the river Foyle
And I’ll find comfort in you there
And I’ll climb up upon the city walls
Watch the birds fly over Guildhall Square
And I’ll meet you there

INSTRUMENTAL

Twenty years I’ve lain in cardboard cities
Turn my coat to keep me from the cold
But if Truth Be told I’ll not find gold
Like the sunset over Derry
And if truth be told  I’ve grown as old
As the sunset over Derry

Sunset Over Derry

A Christmas Nativity themed composition Inspired by an Irish Poem 'Cuireaidh Do Mhuire' ( An Invitation To Mary) written by Irish Poet Mairtin O Direain (1910 - 1988 ) from The Aran Islands.

This is an instrumental setting of a Choral work.

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