Sarah Makem
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Biography
Sarah Makem, born on October 18, 1900, in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was an Irish singer known for her extensive repertoire of traditional folk songs. She learned many of these songs from her mother and local schoolchildren, eventually amassing over five hundred ballads in memory. Makem gained recognition in the 1950s when song collectors recorded her performances. Her rendition of "As I Roved Out" opened the BBC Radio folk music programme of the same name. Makem released several albums, including Ulster Ballad Singer in 1968. Posthumously, her work was compiled into notable releases such as As I Roved Out and The Heart Is True (2012). Makem passed away on April 20, 1983.
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- The Factory Girl
- Our Ship She's Ready
- Caroline And Her Young Sailor Bold
- I Courted a Wee Girl
- Derry Gaol
- Farewell My Love, Remember Me
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- As I Roved Out
- The Jolly Thresher
- Mary Of Kilmore
- A Serant in Her Master's Garden
- I Courted a Wee Girl0q
- A Servant Maid in Her Father's Garden
- Caroline & the Sailor
- The Butcher Boy
- The Canny Ould Lad
- The Laurel Wear
- Robert Burns and His Highland Mary
- Barbara Allen
- It Was in the Month of January
- The Banks of Red Roses
- Jackets Green
